EDITORIAL: Planets align for near-east side as TWG, others invest in key corridor
What East Washington Street needs more than bricks and mortar is jobs.
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EDITORIAL: Program for blind deserves saving
The Veterans Administration’s policy change to discourage the use of not-for-profit agencies serving people who are visually impaired is misguided.
EDITORIAL: City gets creative with Carrier cash
The city of Indianapolis' unusual offer to spend up to $2,000 per displaced Carrier employee deserves careful evaluation to determine its effectiveness.
EDITORIAL: Health care debate needs sanity
What we need is reasoned debate by smart people willing to put politics aside to find answers—probably answers that no one will find wholly satisfying but could become the basis of a health care system that is fair and affordable and can change with technology and innovation that is constantly evolving.
EDITORIAL: Time to revisit sales tax issue
The sales tax is a long-established way for state governments to pay for the services their constituents demand—and it’s ridiculous to allow some retailers to skip it.
EDITORIAL: School closings hurt neighborhoods
With the district projecting its high schools will be at only 37 percent capacity in the coming school year, it’s hard to argue IPS should keep all its schools open.
EDITORIAL: Tightfisted owner tanked Marsh
We don’t begrudge Sun for trying to turn a profit. And we acknowledge that Marsh had plenty of problems when Sun scooped it up. But the company—and community—deserved a better steward than Sun.
EDITORIAL: Best innovation may be investment in people
Indiana should try to boost the state’s anemic population growth and fuel its economy by pulling out all the stops to attract talent, starting with luring Hoosier ex-pats back home.
EDITORIAL: Setback shouldn’t derail Anthem
we understand why Anthem’s board and management made an aggressive bid for increased scale—and we think their reasoning was well-founded. In fact, we welcome the company’s go-for-it mind-set.
EDITORIAL: Aggressive economic development attitude pays dividends
State must continue to ‘lean in’ as it works to ensure Indiana can fill thousands of new tech-sector jobs with qualified workers.
EDITORIAL: Liquor stand-off on tap for 2018
Too often, lawmakers ignore what’s in the best interests of consumers. It’s a regrettable vice likely to be on full display next year if legislators honor their promise to tackle a full overhaul of Indiana’s alcohol laws in 2018.
EDITORIAL: Don’t price public out of public records
Gov. Eric Holcomb should veto House Bill 1523.
EDITORIAL: City should unleash NBA all-star effort
Indianapolis and the Indiana Pacers should hold nothing back in their quest to land the next sports economic-development prize on the horizon: hosting the 2021 NBA All-Star Game.
EDITORIAL: High bar set by scrapped 21c hotel project
We encourage the city to be picky in selecting a winning bidder for the Old City Hall, which has been without a permanent use since the Indiana State Museum moved out in 2001.
EDITORIAL: Research vouchers to assess value
Whether those students who attend private schools on a state-funded voucher are getting a better education remains a question. And whether those left behind at public schools are harmed by the changes is another.
EDITORIAL: Park a good use for Crown Hill site
It’s time for the VA, which has acted responsibly and reasonably up to this point, to pull the plug on its plan to put columbariums on the northern edge of Crown Hill Cemetery and find a new site.
EDITORIAL: Airport overhaul seems like overkill
At the top of the list of questionable proposed changes is the idea of subdividing Civic Plaza, which connects ticketing and gate areas, into smaller zones.
EDITORIAL: Legislature’s goals are good ones
Tax increases should be transparent. The proposed cigarette tax hike is not. While we laud the Legislature’s goals, we urge lawmakers to separate these issues and ensure Hoosiers understand just what they’re paying for and how.
EDITORIAL: Dreaming big about soccer
The idea of becoming a major-league soccer city is great, although it’s way too early—and Ersal Ozdemir’s plan way too sketchy—to pass judgment yet on whether Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration and CIB should support any city financial involvement in making it a reality.
EDITORIAL: Judicial selection process must be open
We urge Republicans—who control both the House and Senate—to listen to the concerns of Democrats. It would be unwise and unfair to design a system that created an advantage for one party over another.