LOPRESTI: Minor leagues are a home run across state
Five ballparks, from South Bend to Evansville, pack ’em in with baseball, promotions.
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Skarbeck: Lots of reasons to avoid ‘liquid-alt’ mutual funds
Considering that annual fees can run 3 percent or more, and investment performance for the vast majority of these funds has been subpar, if offered a liquid-alt mutual fund, our decision would be to pass.
Hicks: Indiana good, but not optimal, for small firms
a recen studied of states’ friendliness to small businesses gave Indiana poor grades for ease in finding workers, leveling blame on networking and training programs. This is interesting, but almost certainly not the actual problem.
Kim: Investors fleeing market as stocks hit record highs
It’s amazing how the 24/7 media bombardment of random noise and sound bites on the economy and markets has investors continually on tenterhooks. It seems Armageddon is always lurking around the corner.
Hicks: Rulings limit state power, embrace freedom
This past couple of weeks has offered a rare series of court rulings that have implications for both households and businesses.
EDITORIAL: Choose roadwork based on need, not politics
The City-County Council has turned infrastructure repair into a political battleground, with Democrats and Republicans touting competing proposals for how to finance and assign a vital round of major public infrastructure needs.
MAURER: Upon reflection, some personal advice
There are certain things you should do before it’s too late.
LOU’S VIEWS: A bang and a whimper end two trilogies
Reviews of the final volumes of Ben H. Winters’ end-of-the-world detective series “The Last Policeman” and Walter Wangerin Jr.’s “Dun Cow” books.
DINING: Pub brings Irish fare to Mass Ave
Nine Irish Brothers brings bangers and mash to Mass Ave. New pub also features live music.
Autistic children still denied benefits
Imagine your child had a chronic condition requiring on-going treatment, like diabetes, epilepsy or cystic fibrosis, and every six months you had to fight for weeks in order to continue medical treatment, even though your child’s entire clinical team and physicians agree that treatment is medically necessary.
MOSELEY: A new way to finance college
We need a fundamentally new approach to financing college education. Price resistance and over-reliance on student loans are not going away.
RUSTHOVEN: Things you don’t know about Hobby Lobby
From reaction on the left to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, you’d think it ruled that corporations have First Amendment “free exercise of religion” rights, allowing them to refuse contraceptive coverage for women employees despite the Affordable Care Act’s statutory command. You’d be wrong. Literally none of this is true.
LOPRESTI: Miller’s Butler team, and its venue, are a work in progress
Bulldogs and historic Hinkle Fieldhouse both need work before second season in Big East.
RACE: The Indy travel experience: Is improvement in sight?
The city needs a strategy to transform into a destination visitors would recognize.
Moves to improve Americans’ income
Burn both the federal and state individual income tax codes and give each income-receiving American citizen a $50,000 standard deduction while keeping current dependent exemptions.
WIBC slides further into ‘have it your way’ news
News is supposed to bring us facts even if they challenge our preconceptions. As two towering statesmen—Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Republican James R. Schlesinger—said, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts.
Scales shouldn’t quit Meadows TIF project
As public servants, it is our job to serve the public, not pick unnecessary fights.
Solidly conservative
I favor lower taxes, strong morality and work ethics, family values and an ability to defend my family—all hallmarks of extremists.
PHILLIPS: Indiana is lab of life sciences innovation
Indiana is in the midst of a revolution and it’s not what you think. It’s not politics, open-wheel racing or even basketball. This revolution is about creating a sustainable health care model for personal wellness and economic growth.