LOPRESTI: November matchups should bring answers for local teams
Will Chuck Pagano survive the month? Can Purdue finally retake the Old Oaken Bucket from IU?
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MAURER: Shortz makes puzzles a pleasure
Renowned creator and solver gives us tools to sharpen our minds.
EDITORIAL: Crunch time for Indy soccer
Today, the Indy Eleven’s bid to join Major League Soccer is considered a long shot. It needs a quick jolt if the city wants to win.
KIM: Mutual fund distributions are a risk you can avoid
Taxable shareholders should avoid buying shares of a fund in front of a large distribution. The last thing you want is to buy into a fund and pay taxes on a distribution you did not enjoy in any way.
BOHANON & STYRING: Rankings only as good as criteria they’re based on
But northern Indianapolis suburbs have been scoring rather well in several recent rankings.
LOPRESTI: A six-week planning blitz scores mega-event
One minute, the football championship folks are on the line to pop the question. The next, Indianapolis has six weeks to say yes, and plan how to pull it off.
DINING: Rize shines at Ironworks location
You could go to work afterward without feeling ashamed of yourself.
LOU’S VIEWS: Unique narrator anchors the return of John Green
In “Turtles All the Way Down,” Indy’s crown prince of young adult novels, is back in all his John Green-ness.
LOPRESTI: Butler’s Joey Brunk gets to be a basketball player again
After illness and grief that made sports secondary, he’s ready to return to the game he loves.
MORRIS: Leading the fight against hunger
The takeaway from panels’ sobering discussion? Get involved.
EDITORIAL: City should prepare for what could be dicey Pacers negotiation
Pacers officials already want to start negotiating the next deal. That won’t be cheap. Owner Herb Simon says he’s looking for a “major redo” of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
LETTER: Manufacturing is not deadÂ
Despite slumps in U.S. manufacturing as a whole, in Indiana, it has remained a mainstay for decades. It’s in a position to grow, especially as companies look to “reshore” their operations back to places in the Midwest.
LETTER: We can all be Peyton Manning
Anyone can be a hero—all it takes is a willingness to serve others simply because it’s the right thing to do.Â
LETTER: Shocked, stunned, sobered
With Indianapolis in 2015 at 21.3 percent of the population in poverty, that is more than one in five people or 175,623.
LETTER: Lucases help not-for-profits
The ability to host a high-end event that does not blow our budget means that organizations like ours can focus more on mission delivery (and less on more fundraising).
LETTER: State not progressive on social issues
Indiana’s politics stand in sharp contrast to our aspirations to be a progressive state when it comes to courting business.
BELTON: The public benefits from manufacturing
Indiana—arguably the leading manufacturing state in the nation—has a particularly compelling story to tell.
WHITE: Why resilient design matters here
As we just witnessed, the consequences of urban sprawl and overdevelopment, especially in a low-lying area like Houston, can be devastating. But resilient design is not just about buildings. It’s about people.
SKARBECK: Constant buying, selling of stocks makes no sense
If you owned a small manufacturing business here in town, would you be looking to sell it in a few months to buy a restaurant, only to tire of that soon and sell to purchase a software company?
BOHANON & STYRING: Tariffs often tilt playing field rather than level it
tariffs aren’t really about fair trade; they’re all about fixing the market for domestic firms at the expense of the rest of us.