Lesley Weidenbener: Letting go of anger after layoff opens the door to opportunity
When you’re hurting and need to act, there’s no mental space for anger.
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Nate Feltman: Government efficiency makes a comeback
The ballooning size of government and spiraling deficits are serious threats to our economic vitality and freedoms.
Lesley Weidenbener: Let’s help Jackson learn all about Indiana
Jackson is gathering information about Indiana for a class project. He asked if I would post his request as a letter to the editor. But I thought it would be more fun to put it here
Greg Weaver: Lawmakers must fix corruption loophole
Accepting gratuities from a vendor more than crosses that line and should be punished by law.
Nate Feltman: A year of success, a platform for growth
This year, we will launch a new IBJ Media app that will provide a one-stop shop for all IBJ Media content, including all podcasts.
Lesley Weidenbener: One tough goodbye and two hellos
We celebrated IBJ reporter John Russell’s retirement a couple of weeks ago at Coaches Tavern. A big crowd of current and former journalists turned out for the party to toast a journalist who spent the last nine years of his career at IBJ.
Greg Weaver: In 2025, let’s strive for open government
In my decades of reporting on or guiding coverage of the Indiana General Assembly, the reluctance by lawmakers to be more transparent or be subject to an outside ethics review board never changes, regardless of which party is in charge.
Nate Feltman: A call to action for all of us to do better
As we look to the year ahead, may we each take the time to try to be better, do better, and as Jim Morris would often say, help those that “could use a boost.”
Greg Weaver: Public access is at risk in pair of court cases
In both pending cases, let’s hope the state’s high court follows the preamble of the public access act, which calls for it to be liberally construed in favor of disclosure and reimbursement.
Lesley Weidenbener: Letting execs tell their business stories
I want this Q&A to tell the stories of people who own companies or are executives in companies and are faced every day with challenges that affect profits and losses.
Nate Feltman: Gov. Holcomb takes Indiana to the world
Let’s keep up the strong efforts to attract job-creating foreign direct investment to Indiana as Gov. Mike Braun and team craft the next iteration of Indiana’s economic development playbook.
Lesley Weidenbener: IBJ expands, renames health care awards
We hope this encourages more companies and organizations to nominate people who are providing exceptional service to patients.
Greg Weaver: Gov.-elect Braun should lead on transparency
The Republican can set an example about the importance of transparency in government by protecting the role of the state’s public access counselor despite the Legislature’s moves to weaken the post.
Lesley Weidenbener: Favorite spots from the gift guide
Although we’ve already released the long list of gift ideas in last week’s Executive Gift Guide, I thought I’d use this space to suggest a few places to shop.
Greg Weaver: Confiscating cameras is not a good look
The media also has a right and a responsibility to report on the proceedings while making a good-faith effort to follow the court’s rules.
Nate Feltman: I am yearning for a presidential landslide
The last thing America needs is a repeat of the 2000 presidential election in which the winner was not known until five weeks after Election Day.
Lesley Weidenbener: Intrigue builds in governor’s race
With the presidential contest close and big issues like abortion, immigration and the economy weighing on voters’ minds, it’s difficult to know how voters are weighing down-ticket races.
Greg Weaver: Retaining state justices is the right thing to do
The selection process for the Indiana Supreme Court is nothing like the political circus that surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court, and Hoosiers should want to keep it that way to maintain appellate courts that are as apolitical as possible.
Nate Feltman: Ricks’ leadership leads to state success
Eli Lilly and Co.’s state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facility in Lebanon will help speed the delivery of next-generation medicines and represent the largest single investment in the state to date.
Lesley Weidenbener: Help us improve our award programs
We’d like to hear from you about how we can make the nominations process better