BOHANON & STYRING: Widely cited CBO scores have their shortcomings
CBO doesn’t look beyond immediate, first-order consequences of legislation.
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LOPRESTI: Former Indians have storied history of big moments in All-Star Games
Johnny Callison, Dave Concepcion, Randy Johnson are among former Indians who have made big impacts in All-Star games past.
This former GOP’er ashamed of party
Republican spokesman Pete Seat’s comments in support of Donald Trump’s malicious comments [about MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski] made me beyond angry. Apparently, you think that Hoosiers are a bunch of ignorant yokels that don’t keep up with what is going on in the nation’s capital. To say that the vast majority of voters don’t care what is going […]
LETTER: ISTA leader focuses on wrong ideals
Responding to Teresa Meredith’s viewpoint [State can’t afford two school systems, June 26], she would have us eliminate public funds for vouchers to private schools and one presumes charter schools and use that money to increase funding for public schools and “… get serious about doing what works.” Her concept (and that of ISTA) of […]
LETTER: Diversity museum for city hall
Indy touts itself as an international city, so why not turn the historic city hall into an international center and museum celebrating our diversity [City set to solicit new ideas from developers for Old City Hall property, IBJ.com, June 21]? __________ Georgia Buchanan
EDWARDS: Shovels or ladders?
Some of us are using the ability to personalize our belief systems to shut ourselves off from information and ideas that might challenge those beliefs and cause us to think and act differently.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Company culture: the elephant in the room
Effective communication in the workplace among people from diverse cultures can be especially challenging, especially between a head office located overseas and the regional units in the Indianapolis metro area.
MORRIS: Chicago—full of fun and taxes
Chicago’s official website lists 32 city taxes, including a bag tax that’s led to retailers charging customers to put their merchandise in a sack.
EDITORIAL: Time to revisit sales tax issue
The sales tax is a long-established way for state governments to pay for the services their constituents demand—and it’s ridiculous to allow some retailers to skip it.
DINING: New Zealand burger spot opens first stateside restaurant
Broad Ripple’s new BurgerFuel piles on the unexpected toppings
LOU’S VIEWS: Quasimodo is back; a golem at the Phoenix
Two strong musical productions hit area stages
LOPRESTI: A baseball championship we won’t get our mitts on
Omaha ups its game to keep College World Series from those who would steal it.
KIM: Amazon’s relentless march collects more casualties
Amazon forever changed the way America shops, to the detriment of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.
BOHANON & STYRING: Same dance: Raise debt limit, spend, repeat
Sometime in early autumn, the U.S. Treasury will run out of cash and once again beg Congress to raise the debt limit.
LETTER: Taxis, Uber need level playing field
Uber and Lyft should be subject to the same rules and regulations as taxi services.
LETTER: Medicaid cuts will harm elderly, disabled Hoosiers
The Better Care Reconciliation Act proposes significant cuts to Medicaid by capping the federal government’s participation with states.
LaPIERRE: HIP 2.0 needs more time to show results
The current debate about health care programs will result in consequential health outcomes for real people.
KENNEDY: McConnell’s travesty
The Senate Republican health care bill rations care and massively increases everyone’s premiums in order to fund $300 billion in tax breaks to the top 2 percent of income earners. It robs the poor and gives to the rich.
OLYMPIDIS: All will lose if fuel standards change
A proposed change to a little-known regulation could actually increase federal overreach, potentially driving up gas prices and creating regulatory chaos for small businesses like Family Express.
EDITORIAL: School closings hurt neighborhoods
With the district projecting its high schools will be at only 37 percent capacity in the coming school year, it’s hard to argue IPS should keep all its schools open.