LETTER: We the People program creates civic engagement
We should pay heed to the proven effectiveness of educational programs like We the People.
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SMITH-JONES, NICOLINI & KLITSCH: Middle-skill workforce is high-level priority
It’s important to erase the perception that our advanced-industry employers are looking for only college-educated STEM professionals or tech-savvy millennials. Roughly half of all advanced-industry jobs are “middle skill,” requiring a two-year degree or technical certificate.
NEFF: Refinance health care reform
The party best situated to manage cost and allocation of benefits (above the safety-net level) is insurance companies.
MORRIS: Short commute caps move north
We stuck with Hamilton County because it’s an easy commute to downtown Indy.
EDITORIAL: Legislature’s goals are good ones
Tax increases should be transparent. The proposed cigarette tax hike is not. While we laud the Legislature’s goals, we urge lawmakers to separate these issues and ensure Hoosiers understand just what they’re paying for and how.
FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers should look past status quo to future needs
We seem to be approaching another series of game-changers, and lawmakers seem largely devoid of institutional memory about how related changes evolved—or failed to do so, to our detriment.
LETTER: Use DNA to solve crimes
Do you need a 100 percent guarantee that it will solve every crime before you’re willing to consider keeping DNA from suspects who aren’t convicted?
LETTER: IEDC has training program
Rather than creating a new incentive program, a much more potent, effective and readily available solution already exists: Simply increase funding to Indiana’s Skills Enhancement Fund.
WATSON & McGUIRE: New transit system would help students
Having good, reliable transportation is paramount to ensuring that our students can take full advantage of their academic opportunities.
SAYSANA & FULLER: Hospitals collaborate on safety issues
The Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety provides a forum for area hospitals to share information about best practices and work together to solve patient safety issues.
CEO PERSPECTIVE: Defining tech’s many facets
As technology permeates companies and industries, there is increasing talk that every company is becoming a tech company. So how are we to make sense of these blurring lines between businesses?
DINING: New Asian spot offers mixed bag for downtown dining crowd
The unexceptional exterior hides a comfortable restaurant where friendly service, nice presentation and fair prices cover for adequate food.
KIM: Despise Patriots, but follow their play-to-win approach
Playing to win involves an intensification of effort and continual risk taking. The equivalent for playing not to lose is conservatism and trying to avoid costly mistakes.
BOHANON & STYRING: Airbnb critics unwisely toy with property rights
Clear and enforceable property rights are at the core of any prosperous and free economy.
LOPRESTI: A trailblazer’s flesh and blood returns to Hinkle 70 years later
Bill Garrett endured racial prejudice on the way to the 1947 state basketball championship.
Trump’s called populist, but populists protect consumers
People keep saying that Donald Trump is a populist. I do not think that word means what they think it means. OK, it’s true that our so-called president—hey, if he can say that about a judge who ruled against him, surely we can say that about him—is channeling the racism and bigotry of some ordinary […]
A merciful immigration policy, but with strings attached
On June 15, 2012, President Obama signed an executive order to protect those who arrived illegally to the United States as minors. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals provides a two-year window to shield these people from deportation and allow them to work. They must have been under 16 when they arrived, be in school or […]
WOLLEY: Indy’s civic culture has awakened
Indy is experiencing a heightened level of civic engagement and interest in the future. Folks are looking for marching orders.
SIDDIQUI: How to do privatization the right way
The use of funds generated through privatization of public resources seems like a quick fix to a short-term budget gap.
DANIELS: McClelland right choice to fight opioid epidemic
Jim McClelland will focus on reducing the number of deaths from overdoses, expanding access to evidence-based treatment for those who are addicted, and reducing exposure of Hoosiers to opioids.