Mark Montieth: Knight’s first Final Four team at IU set the stage for future success
Fifty years ago, Indiana University reached the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with the first and unlikeliest of Bob Knight’s five Final Four teams.
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Charlotte Westerhaus-Renfrow: How to balance risks, rewards of transparency
Transparency in the workplace can be a double-edge sword that cuts both ways.
Bank failure shows fragility of industry’s confidence game
What was true for the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan in “It’s a Wonderful Life” still rings true for J.P. Morgan today: If too many depositors demand their money back at the same time (a bank “run”), you can’t pay them all, and the bank fails.
Editorial: Fishers’ Geist park answers call to create talent-luring features
Even the initial opening of the park is a giant step forward in offering more water recreation for the public, the kind of “blue space” that many social scientists believe helps relieve stress, promote social interaction and encourage physical activity.
Lesley Weidenbener: Lopresti, Shella set for Journalism Hall of Fame
Two of my IBJ colleagues (or in one case, a former colleague) are headed to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Mike Lopresti and Jim Shella.
Brandon Brown and Fred Payne: Keep Indiana leading by investing in summer learning
Indy Summer Learning Labs is a proven method for accelerating student learning. Results from the first two years indicate that learning gains outpaced what was occurring even before the pandemic.
Jason Kloth: Three steps to improve Indiana’s education outcomes
A recent Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy study reports highly skilled, highly educated workers are the most in demand across Indiana. Yet fewer high school graduates are pursuing the education needed to fill those roles.
Letters: Lawmakers should approve boost to public health funding
Improving the health of Indiana’s citizens, county by county, in both our urban and rural areas, is essential to maintaining our status as a state that thrives.
Carlstedt, Hoops, Schaffer and Tamm: Collaboration is needed to address homelessness
The current homelessness problem is a barrier to attracting visitors and investment, growing our downtown businesses and generating revenue for the city and state. We all have a stake in its success.
Sam Snideman and Jason Bearce: Early childhood education is an important investment
Strengthening access to quality and affordable early care and education could prevent child care disruptions that, pre-pandemic, cost Indiana employers nearly $1.8 billion per year.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Recent bank failures repeat same old mistakes
The failure of SVB is almost exclusively driven by regulators and bank management ignoring what country bankers knew. That is, you can’t finance long-term investments with short-term money.
Bohanon and Horowitz: March Madness brackets have the best returns
State-sanctioned gambling is a significant source of state tax revenue.
Ilya Rekhter: Proposed tax on Bitcoin mining is bad business
The power consumption for this process is no joke, which is why the proposed 30% tax will effectively force all American-based companies overseas.
Pete the Planner: Here’s how to take over your parents’ finances
Enter into this process with a calm mind and empathetic words.
Derek Schultz: NCAA Tournament determines one champion but shouldn’t be sole factor in judging entire season
Every college basketball fan in this state knows that the NCAA Tournament has been especially unkind to Purdue, but then again, it is rarely kind to anyone.
Editorial: New efforts to attract veterans, young workers are important
The Indiana Destination Development Corp. is spending a good amount of its time and resources on persuading people to move to Indiana or to stay in Indiana once they’ve come for college or internships.
Lesley Weidenbener: Readers share differing views of IBJ’s downtown stories
These readers’ concerns about our coverage are worth thinking about. We don’t always get everything right. But I can assure you that our intent was sincere.
John Ketzenberger: Wetlands take care of us, if Indiana lawmakers let them
Unfortunately in Indiana, less than 20% of the state’s original wetland acreage remains, and what’s left is under threat.
Chris Price: Shifting our view of inmates does more than fill jobs
The Indiana Construction Roundtable provides training in community centers around the state, with the majority of our students seeking paths out of poverty. And while those students appreciate the training, the prison-class students show the greatest drive.
Letters: FAFSA needn’t be mandatory
Every good idea, no matter how well intentioned, does not need to become law.