Nate Feltman: Business community embraces volunteerism
Business leaders recognize today that they and their companies have the ability to positively impact their community through volunteerism efforts. Many see it as a responsibility.
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NATE FELTMAN: Holcomb’s first term is welcome surprise
The governor has accomplished a lot by working across the aisle and sometimes bucking Republican orthodoxy.
MARY BETH SCHNEIDER: Police escorts are nice—if you can get them
Google Indy 500 and police escorts and you will find tour promoters selling VIP packages for hundreds of dollars, even thousands, that include police escorts to the track. The city police, who work for all of us, shouldn’t be required to give escorts to a chosen few.
GREG MORRIS: Memorial Day weekend always special in Indy
The combination of patriotism, tourism and tradition has no equal on our city’s calendar.
MICKEY MAURER: Taxpayers foot bill for doomed abortion laws
Legal costs stack up as legislature and governor repeatedly drag state into unwinnable court fights.
GREG MORRIS: Gleaners leads fight against food insecurity
Your help is needed in the battle against hunger, a problem that observes no boundaries.
MARY BETH SCHNEIDER: The end of an era? It doesn’t have to be.
There’s no question we are in a political black hole. But if every politician praising the late Sens. Dick Lugar and Birch Bayh this week would pay more than lip service to their example, there would be light at the end of our tunnel.
NATE FELTMAN: Lugar’s legacy lives on in those he mentored
Civic engagement and good character are important values from which he never strayed.
MICKEY MAURER: Here’s a tale of two heroes
Sen. Richard Lugar comes face to face with with a grateful constituent who emigrated from Ukraine.
GREG MORRIS: Starfish helps needy teens prepare for success
College-educated mentors pitch in to put high-achieving kids on path to college and careers.
MARY BETH SCHNEIDER: The lesson plan doesn’t need bullet points
You’d think that being made a mockery of on a global scale would convince the Legislature to outlaw this ridiculous practice. But then you’d be underestimating our Legislature.
MICKEY MAURER: Check out my advice, for whatever it’s worth
To atone for my naughty April Fool’s Day behavior, I’ll share some good clean employment tips given in all sincerity from years past.
GREG MORRIS: Lunar-landing anniversary highlights Hoosier strength
Indiana is home to an impressive collection of aerospace industry assets.
NATE FELTMAN: Debt could snuff out ‘American Tailwind’
Our standard of living has sailed upward for decades, but excessive spending will bring us down to earth.
MARY BETH SCHNEIDER: Government by the people?
No one from the public got a chance to directly and publicly tell lawmakers whether the newest hate crimes wording makes them feel more welcome and safer in Indiana.
Greg Morris: Teachers’ Treasures helps teachers help kids
Better teachers produce better-educated kids, and that means we have a better, more-productive workforce here in central Indiana. These dedicated teachers deserve our continued support.
GREG MORRIS: How an office move can help reignite a company
An efficient, modern space is already paying off for IBJ Media and its employees.
Nate Feltman: New ‘Impact’ section focuses on role of business in community
A new section—titled “Impact Indiana, the intersection of business and community”—makes its debut in this week’s IBJ and will focus on the role businesses and their leaders play in public-policy advocacy, volunteerism and neighborhood development.
GREG MORRIS: 12- and 13-year-olds can belong in adult court
Certain crimes cry out for more severe punishments than juvenile cases allow.
NATE FELTMAN: Indiana: Flyover state or freedom state?
Our way of life, and government, breeds success, contrary to what the elites would have you think.