Many of the new House and Senate members ran on limited, simplistic campaign platforms, and—because few had seriously contested general election campaigns—they had little opportunity to educate themselves on more than a handful of big-picture matters.
Because of the vital role education plays in Indiana’s future, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee recently voted to endorse Gov. Pence’s education agenda for the 2015 legislative session.
From Shanghai to Buenos Aires, entrepreneurs are founding “mission-driven companies” that have a specific social or environmental mission as part of their core business plan.
I am hardly the first—or only—person pointing to the unfortunate consequences of constitutionalizing the tax caps (nor the only person rolling her eyes at Gov. Pence’s duplicative “balanced budget” proposal).
OK, so the Colts aren’t in the big game, but we’re not completely shut out of the action.
American Sniper made me proud to be an American, President Obama’s State of the Union address did not.
Rhapsody Global Tapas goes beyond Spain for the creation of its slate of small plates. What it lacks in purity it makes up for in range.
Sparks fly because these people’s different experiences—the lives they’ve led, choices they’ve made, and ways they’ve opted to remember and/or forget their pasts—actually conflict.
The first part of IBJ’s [Jan. 12] editorial makes the common sense case for transparency regarding campaign contributions.
As a 20-year Noblesville resident reading the [Jan. 5] “Long tenures distinguish mayors of Carmel, Noblesville” article, what stands out to me about mayors Brainard and Ditslear is the stark contrast between the two.
The polytechnic approach is gaining renewed interest among U.S. educators, policymakers and business leaders, and has been the subject of conversations among these same groups in Indiana.
Pence is right. Democratic opposition was reflexive and unfounded. Inaccurate media coverage, suggesting that Indiana already has such a constitutional requirement, was more surprising.
The governor took on the federal government for overreaching on health care and environmental regulations, and he reiterates his priorities on education.
With Christmas and New Year’s Eve 2014 now in the rearview mirror, my thoughts turn to family and holiday travel—which for me don’t always overlap.
At a basic, Economics 101 level, an imbalance has developed between supply and demand.
Time constantly rearranges the furniture–sometimes for the good, sometimes not.
It is important to understand what is going on with the minimum wage, especially since a group of Hoosier lawmakers is proposing a 39-percent increase this year. I think both sides are talking past each other.
The governor is putting money behind his rhetoric, proposing a $40 million increase in funding for career and vocational programs. By 2020, he wants to see a fivefold increase in students graduating with industry-recognized credentials.
Catching up with last year’s columns reveals some hits–and a few misses.
Professor Sheila Kennedy [Dec. 29 Viewpoint] seems to conveniently forget two important events related to the water boarding performed on a few people who possessed vital and important information.
