BOHANON & STYRING: War on Poverty funds wasted in Baltimore, too
We’ve fought a 50-year War on Poverty with a cornucopia of public dollars. Poverty is winning.
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MORRIS: Leading lawyers get their due
The Indiana Lawyer’s 10th annual Leadership in Law awards reward commitment to profession.
Kochs balance debate
Sheila Suess Kennedy’s [May 4] column should have had the headline: “Monied megaphones drown liberal left voices.”
Billboard op-ed misled
As representatives from the advertising industry, we are proud partners with many businesses that seek new opportunities by advertising on digital billboards. We are equally proud of our participation in the public discussion about digital billboards in Marion County.
OSBORNE: Methodist plan opens rare opportunity
Make no mistake about it. The $1 billion transformation of Indiana University Health’s Methodist Hospital campus at West 16th Street and Capitol Avenue will be a big deal. Consolidating University and Methodist hospitals will be the biggest single project on the near-north side in anyone’s memory.
RUSTHOVEN: Legislative session was underrated
From some media coverage of the General Assembly’s 2015 session, one might think nothing happened beyond passage and subsequent clarification of a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which—contrary to a fortnight’s hysteria, a fair portion of it posturing and manufactured—paralleled the laws of the federal government and 30 other states (19 by statute and 11 by judicial decision).
Kroger’s onslaught will put Marsh under further siege
Marsh, which has retrenched repeatedly since being acquired by Sun Capital Partners in 2006, now must weather even more competition from Kroger.
DINING: A pair of new eateries add to the SoBro corridor
Dancing Donut and Indy Tacos back 54th between Keystone and the Monon Trail more appetizing.
LOU’S VIEWS: The wheeled deal at the IMA
The fact that I never dreamed of cars didn’t diminish the appeal of “Dream Cars”
EDITORIAL: Politicians shouldn’t misread huge victories
It would be easy for some of the leading politicians in the wealthy northern suburbs to interpret their handy wins in the May 5 primary elections as resounding mandates to take on more debt in the interest of spurring additional private development.
LOPRESTI: World-famous 106-year-old has many stories to tell
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway isn’t older than the Civil War, but it suffered from one.
MAURER: Alex Vraciu, a high-flying but little known Hoosier hero
Only a ‘desk admiral’ came between him and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
KIM: Simple financial solutions not always easy to follow
The two things you can do that will have a big financial impact are both elegant and radical in their simplicity: Spend less and save more.
BOHANON & STYRING: If the pols can’t kill this agency, is there hope?
We never thought we’d toss a bouquet to Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont and recently declared Democratic presidential candidate. But he has one thing right: The Export-Import Bank should be abolished.
EDITORIAL: Let citizens opine on TIF spending
The city of Indianapolis needs to craft a thoughtful strategy for how to spend millions of dollars in anticipated surplus downtown TIF funds over the next three years, and that strategy should include input from stakeholders outside the mayor’s circle.
MORRIS: Hamilton County primary vote is important
The upcoming election will determine future of Carmel, Noblesville and Westfield.
FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers found compromises on big decisions
Even with the surreal week following gubernatorial signing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and enactment of its antidote, legislators managed to plow through their agenda—while even managing to quietly consider new language arising from the ether in the final days.
DINING: Options limited, flavors strong at Wildwood Market
Let other eateries offer epic menus with page after page of something-to-please-everyone options. Let other places walk you through a line of ingredients to pick.
LOU’S VIEWS: Laugh-a-lot ‘Spamalot’ gets ambitious Civic production
You could feel that split between those who knew what would be catapulted over the French castle wall and those baffled, at least at first, by what all the silliness was about.
LOPRESTI: A happy April raises stakes for Tom Crean and IU basketball
Expectations will be high in Bloomington next time the Hoosiers hit the hardwood.