Derek Schultz: A quiet evolution?
If you look deeper and more closely examine what Ballard’s done to this point, you’ll see he is quietly evolving and venturing off the usual script.
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Nate Feltman: Why IBJ has named an award for Mickey Maurer
Significant to the naming of this award, Mickey brought IBJ Media back under local ownership when he and partner Bob Schloss purchased the company back in 1990. He understood the importance of a local news organization, with local owners who are engaged in their community and take great care in producing factual and balanced reporting.
Jess Carter: Data-driven leadership starts with a fearless vision
I live in the weird and exciting gray area between the leaders who want answers and the people doing algorithm development and data cleansing—the stuff that makes your eyes glaze over.
Pete the Planner: Understand your sequence of returns risk before retirement
And whether you care to acknowledge this or not, the order in which the ups and downs occur hasn’t previously mattered to you because you’ve been in the accumulation phase of your investing experience.
Voices from the Industry: How to navigate the Corporate Transparency Act
Not only are the new BOI reporting requirements confusing for Hoosier business owners, but scams have also started appearing in our market. Fraudulent forms that mimic official documents are being sent out to unsuspecting business owners, asking them to submit information and sometimes a fee.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: The ties that bind government and media
There is nothing new nor particularly improper about a publication or news organization having an ideological or political slant.
Mark Montieth: Pickleball’s popularity spreading among pros, colleges and schools
Pickleball is now played as an intramural or club sport in schools, from junior highs to universities.
Editorial: Region should consider allocating READI money to Circle Centre
We believe the mall project will be a huge boost of confidence for downtown and will encourage additional development.
Lesley Weidenbener: Sushi Boss among fun changes downtown
I’m most immediately excited that a Sushi Boss restaurant is moving into a vacant space on the Circle. (It’s true; the quickest way to a journalist’s heart is through food.)
David Becker and Claire Fiddian-Green: Work-based learning promises better skilled grads
Indiana must take bold action to reform its education and workforce development system to deliver better outcomes for individuals, employers and the state’s economy.
Letters: Young entrepreneurs need help, too
We need to establish a Small Business Administration for teens in our city. The benefits of promoting entrepreneurship among teenagers are numerous.
Kim Saxton and Todd Saxton: Entrepreneurs don’t need to go it alone.
Forbes has ranked Indiana in the top two states for starting a business for the last few years. We have so many great resources to help people getting started.
Jalene Hahn: Saying goodbye to Daniel Kahneman, an economics pioneer
Before Kahneman and his colleagues, economic theory, and the practice of finance, consisted of investigating the reliability of the Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
Derek Schultz: The Clark effect
Outside of Peyton Manning’s MVP trophy hoisting and “Saturday Night Live” hosting peak 20 years ago, it’s hard to find any single Indianapolis sports figure that ever quite possessed the cachet that Clark carries with her to the Circle City.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Macroeconomics concepts for non-economists
GDP does not include household production, such as cleaning, yard work and raising children, nor the underground economy, and has other conceptual flaws, but as noted above, it is a consistent measure.
Maureen Weber: To the next governor: Prepare the youngest to thrive
The governor could trade chronic underinvestment for a robust strategic bet in which today’s early learners form the skills to become the critical thinkers, problem-solvers and communicators driving our economy decades from now.
Tanuja Singh: Transforming the ivory tower into a relevant institution
Higher education institutions must demonstrate relevance and a strong value proposition because today’s learners are seeking an educational experience that isn’t confined by traditional boundaries. Students want not just a rigorous intellectual experience but one that prepares them for a world that constantly requires them to adapt.
Nate Feltman: Good news in Indy, led by Caitlin Clark
we already are beginning to realize the impact Clark will have on the Indiana Fever and the WNBA. The Fever will have 36 games nationally televised, more than any other team in the league. And ticket sales and ticket prices are soaring.
Editorial: Voting is crucial to democracy and your way to influence policy
In these last weeks before the primary, we urge the candidates to tone down the rancor and turn up the talk about issues—not just for the sake of voters but for what it will mean generally for democracy.
Editorial: No-turn-on-red debate gets sillier as signs are removed
How does it look to constituents when elected officials insist they shouldn’t have to follow the same rules as others do?