LETTER: Allow Sunday, cold beer sales
It’s time for Indiana to come into the 21st century and eliminate the ban on Sunday alcohol sales and include cold beer sales in convenience and grocery stores.
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GUEVARA & KETZENBERGER: Boost economic development from within
Economic development requires strategic investments in people, networks and non-traditional collaborations to bring about great innovation, entrepreneurship and sustained, competitive growth.
VIEWPOINT: When government abdicates responsibility
Consumers Union is only one of the numerous consumer organizations opposed to repealing net neutrality. These organizations warn that, without net neutrality, internet service providers will raise prices and—even more troubling—give preferential treatment to favored sites and apps.
COAN: Six end-of-year moves investors should consider
The end of 2017 is fast approaching, and it is a great time to do some financial housekeeping.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Examining economics of Macy’s annual parade
National defense is a public good that must be provided by the government. Yet the holiday season offers ample examples of public goods that need not be.
LOPRESTI: Let’s relive Indiana’s wild, woolly sports weekend
There were the state football championships, two marquee Pacers games, the Old Oaken Bucket showdown and a Colts home matchup that looked winnable.
LETTER: City must take lead on Circle Centre
Circle Centre mall’s decline or failure would have a devastating effect on downtown Indianapolis, the convention center, the hospitality industry and the state of Indiana.
LETTER: Personalized learning helps students achieve
Many states have accountability standards that rate “schools” rather than academic progress achieved by virtual students.
THANAWALA: Women in IT—from the classroom to the boardroom
Simply put, girls need to see more women in IT.
PATCH: Uncertainty puts damper on manufacturing
Even with all this optimism, many manufacturers feel a chill in the air as a result of a lack of clarity surrounding a few big issues.
MORRIS: Giving thanks and looking ahead
The Thanksgiving holiday is good prep for finishing the year strong.
EDITORIAL: Give casino deal a thorough review
If the deal goes through, Caesars will own four of the state’s five highest-revenue casinos. It will generate roughly 54 percent of the tax revenue casinos pay to state and local governments.
DINING: Clay Terrace newcomer fights to stand out in burger niche
At Prodigy Burger & Bar, order correctly and the hot stuff gets delivered on a mini-skillet.
LOU’S VIEWS: At Newfields, a little light music
The grounds outside the Indianapolis Museum of Art electrify the holidays.
SKARBECK: Patrick Industries soars after surviving recession
A great example of a management team that skillfully navigated the brutal economy of 2008-2009 and, over the ensuing nine years, grew a spectacular business is Elkhart’s Patrick Industries.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Be thankful for our private property rights
The pilgrims discovered the hard way the weaknesses in the communal-property-rights model.
LOPRESTI: Holtmann adjusting to basketball life at a football school
At Chris Holtmann's new coaching home, there are no live bulldogs, no student body dressed in blue. Not even any windows in the roof at the Schottenstein Center.
EDITORIAL: Leadership void imperils mall
As the mall’s corridors decline steadily, with vacant storefronts increasing and second-tier tenants like an indoor-miniature-golf course replacing national chains, no one is stepping up publicly to champion a solution.
McROBBIE: Delivering value beyond school walls
This fall at IU, we have seen a record 5,066 students enrolled in more than 115 online degrees and over 2,000 online courses offered by IU, a 4 percent increase over last year’s record.
CLARK: Virtual schools save students
Most families turn to virtual education because they have been left behind by the traditional school model in some way.