Tony Armstrong: Investments point way forward for innovation economy
New ventures can generate new talent, new ideas, and new products and services, including those with the potential to dramatically change lives.
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Ryan Ritchie: Embracing younger generations key to Indiana’s future
My hope is for Indiana to remain the vibrant, innovative and welcoming state that we are for many years to come. To do so, however, we must continue to be strategic and intentional in our workforce and economic development efforts.
Jim Merritt: Environmental policy that gives Indiana manufacturing a leg up
A border carbon adjustment would penalize imports from countries with lower environmental standards (e.g. China, Russia and India) by charging a fee at the border on the carbon emissions used to manufacture their high-polluting products.
Drs. Richard Feldman and David Blank: Congress must move beyond talking points
should put partisanship aside and tackle gun violence through federally funded research coordinated by a broadly represented public-private task force.
Dr. Michael Weiner and Sandeep Puri: Business should take metrics-based approach to COVID
In a new phase of long-term strategies, businesses can consider a metrics-based approach, lobby legislators and local officials to rely on evidence, provide employees and customers with predictability around mask-wearing, and protect health and business operations.
Eric Holcomb & Gretchen Whitmer: Congress needs to pass innovation legislation soon
With passage of the innovation bill, the Midwest is ready to jump into action to grow the semiconductor industry and build the innovation and technology economy of the future.•
Ersal Ozdemir: Indiana is part of global effort to battle Alzheimer’s
The impact of dementia has a ripple effect on every aspect of society, impacting families, health care providers and our economy.
Julie Klusas Gasper: Investing in gifted-student programs will boost talent
Increased funding for high-ability education will build a stronger pipeline and road map for Indiana’s students who are poised to become tomorrow’s industry leaders.
Sarah Steinberg: IURC should say no to Duke’s planned gas-fired plants
Not only would these billion-dollar investments raise Hoosiers’ electricity bills for decades, but they would also keep Hoosiers exposed to the whims of a volatile global market.
Martin Baier: Legislation needed to bolster American tech sector
Russia is not the sole aggressor we need to worry about. The last few decades have seen China make significant technological advancements that now threaten our status as the world’s leader in innovation.
Gregory Porter: Law harms efforts to pay down debt, retain workers
We are at a crossroads for determining our state’s future success: Either we keep doing business as usual, or we decide to invest in our residents’ education, economic welfare and health outcomes.
Bill Oesterle: Rural Republicans don’t need politicos pandering to them
I have always found rural voters smart. They are practical and discerning. In 2004, Mitch appealed to that practicality when he asked, “Why don’t we start with the problems we all agree on?” They responded overwhelmingly.
Sarah Riordan: Justice Campus is major investment—without tax hike
Future developments on the 140-acre campus will include a professional building to house the Public Defenders Office and Probation Department, a Youth and Family Services Center, and coroner and forensics facilities.
Todd Rokita: Expanding liberty, empowering families key to economy
Hoosiers understand that strong families are the foundational building blocks of any free society.
Jenny Boyts: Indy Pride is committed to collaboration, healing
While Indy Pride continues to build relationships rooted in collaboration during this Pride season and beyond, we remain steadfast in our commitment to continue fighting for the safety and security of marginalized communities and those actively fighting against police brutality.
Zach Adamson: It’s past time for Indy Pride to heal ties to Indy police
The divide Indy Pride created between itself and IMPD has gone on to cause many other divisions within Indy’s LGBTQ+ community.
Nate Kaufman: Insurance companies throw stones from glass houses
If the Insurance Institute of Indiana is genuinely interested in transparency and reducing health care costs for Hoosier employers, it might want to spend more time focusing on its own industry.
Kate Pangallo: Consider this if you want to enlist a top-tier workforce
The next generation has the experience, knowledge and skill set to come alongside some of your more seasoned employees and usher in new ways of doing things.
Wayne Winegarden: Coerced pricing is price controls by another means
Sustainably addressing the problems of rising prices and declining quality requires reforms that empower patients and doctors, improve price transparency and eliminate the perverse incentives of our current health insurance system that drive up costs and limit care.
Bill Oesterle: ‘We are going to have to innovate ourselves’
David Ricks called on government for help fix Indiana’s business climate. I think we will have to do more—a lot more. State government simply lacks the technological sophistication, budgetary discipline and political consensus to do enough.