Good movement on school funding
It only makes sense that if students attend more than one school in a given year, there would be a funding system that counts students’ attendance more than once a year.
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BOWMAN: A UAW member cheers right-to-work
Gov. Daniels and the Indiana Legislature seized the brave choice to do what was right for residents and union workers and passed right-to-work legislation.
KENNEDY: The harmful problem with ‘principles’
I have my own “principled” critique of the Affordable Care Act.
HETRICK: Playing Pontius Pilate with the public’s health
Private clubs and private businesses are subject to all kinds of reasonable government measures. Why exclude smoking?
LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Osage,’ you must see
Phoenix Theater offers Indiana premiere of "August: Osage County," a sprawling, brutally intimate epic both intensely personal and apocalyptic.
MORRIS: Shepard’s legacy is open government
I was pleased when the Hoosier State Press Association recently honored Shepard with a Frank O’Bannon Sunshine Award for his support of open government. I can’t think of a more deserving recipient.
EDITORIAL: Time to put TIFs in the spotlight
TIF proponents argue that the new private-sector developments—from the JW Marriott downtown to the Dow AgroSciences expansion on the northwest side—wouldn’t happen without the incentives.
EDITORIAL: BioCrossroads an example of vision at work
We hate to think what Indiana’s economic future might be if no one had made a point of putting the state’s life sciences assets to work in a coordinated, strategic way.
MAURER: ‘Three score and ten’ but not the end
This is the year we will hit that biblical wall. Psalm 90:10 had all of a sudden become relevant. It’s time to plan for the end game.
BENNER: What’s next on city’s sports calendar? Plenty
The city should aggressively pursue Olympic Trials for 2016.
KIM: Every investor needs an ‘overnight test’
Pretend someone comes in one night and sells all your investments. … Would you rebuild the same portfolio you had before?
HICKS: Imperfect markets influence economic growth
Markets rule supreme, but they also work imperfectly and will do so as long as humans themselves remain imperfect.
LOU’S VIEWS: Pleasures of ‘Godspell’ are in the details
In Actors Theatre of Indiana’s production, the apostles aren’t blank slates to write on but, rather, people who have experienced life.
FEIGENBAUM: State not coming to grips with slide in gambling taxes
You might be surprised to learn that Indiana’s casinos have passed the $10 billion mark in wagering and admissions taxes paid to the state and their respective host cities.
Hands off my taxes
I believe IBJ [Feb. 4 editorial] misses the greater question of who is responsible for mass transit projects.
Donnelly has been a costly politician
After reading Joe Donnelly’s [Feb. 4 Forefront] comments, I was left chuckling in disbelief.
Why didn’t CIB get Georgia Street deal?
The Capital Improvement Board, which runs the indoor facilities at both ends, will have no part in managing Georgia Street.
FAENZI: Big career changes shouldn’t be so hard
If one’s identity has been based on being a manager, CEO or president of something, what happens when he chooses an unconventional path?
RUSTHOVEN: A judicial giant hangs up his robe
The Shepard court has respected the authority of the political branches of government, while ensuring protection of individual rights.
MCQUILLEN: Plan would trim bureaucracy for the benefit of students
As we work to rebuild our broken district, we must aim not for perfection, but for progress.