Councilors should vet justice center deal
It is our job as the legislative body to give the proposal a fair review in the public light.
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BRIZZI: Netanyahu doesn’t deserve the bile
The Democratic response was embarrassing. Not only did it mock a twice-wounded and decorated war veteran who leads a nation purported to be our closest ally, but even more disturbing is the lack of historical perspective and empathy for what Israel and its people have endured throughout history.
KENNEDY: If more lawmakers could be like Spock
During the past couple of weeks, we’ve said goodbye to Spock in more ways than one.
MORRIS: Let’s keep our long summer evenings
The legislative season in Indiana means talk of time zones, a topic that might never go away.
EDITORIAL: Bid to save church can’t go on forever
St. John United Church of Christ should be allowed to exercise its right to sell the property it owns even if the buyer plans to tear it down.
SKARBECK: 15 years later, what we can learn from tech bubble
Many stock investors would like to forget the early 2000s and the vast sums of money lost. Yet valuable lessons can be learned from studying this textbook case of market irrationality.
BOHANON & STYRING: Wage law distorts competitive markets
House Enrolled Act 1019, a bill to repeal the wage, is what gives. Few Statehouse junkies thought it would be an issue this time around. But the bill has passed the House and stands a chance of becoming law.
KIM: ‘Mini-tenders’ not part of investor Happy Meal
Mini-tenders are often used to catch small investors off guard and take advantage of their lack of knowledge.
BOHANON & STYRING: Communities lose more than they gain from TIFs
Tax increment financing is sold by supporters as the closest thing to a free lunch mankind ever invented. We differ.
MAURER: Public prayers can still turn ugly
Winning friends and influencing people works best if you don’t condemn them to Hell.
EDITORIAL: Indiana legislators fail us again
Prohibition died 82 years ago. Indiana’s maddening blue laws live on.
DINING: Bent Rail Brewery worth visiting even without its own taps flowing
Bent Rail Brewery is not officially the cafeteria for The Speak Easy. But it might as well be.
LOU’S VIEWS: IRT basks in mystery with sumptuous ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’
This adaptation, by R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette, largely takes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his words, honoring his best-known Holmes adventure with a patiently paced, witty-but-not-silly script.
FEIGENBAUM: ‘Killer amendments’ waylay expected policy changes
Veteran legislative observers had felt the timing was right this year for two policy changes long overdue.
Compromise on school funding
Fix the way Indiana funds public schools, indeed [Feb. 23 Steve Freeland Viewpoint]!
Pence development fund deserves another look
Indy Chamber knows that affordability and ease of doing business are important economic development assets. But we also know that we live in a talent-driven economy—and our strategy for growth and jobs must adapt.
Utilities make power grab
Across the country we have witnessed utility crusades to stomp out competition from rooftop solar. Now, in Indiana, we see an unprecedented attack by utility companies like AEP, Duke and Vectren to maintain their monopoly status.
THOMAS: Work sharing calms economic waves
The best way to stimulate the economy is by keeping workers on the job through work sharing. The return is greater than infrastructure investments or tax cuts, according to Moody’s Analytics.
RUSTHOVEN: Preschool works; let’s move ahead
Our City-County Council will soon address funding for Mayor Greg Ballard’s preschool education initiative, the next step toward making it a reality. That step should be taken.
LOPRESTI: One-time Butler walk-on finishing the fairy tale
Alex Barlow, the “Guy Who Beat No. 1 Indiana,” is more than a one-shot wonder.