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.
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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.
EDITORIAL: Holcomb must think big
Indiana faces serious problems on numerous fronts—and needs an inspirational leader with the bold ideas to tackle them.
EDITORIAL: Ideology shouldn’t trump safety
We’re not sure what’s scarier—that Pence would choose deregulation at the expense of Hoosiers’ safety or that he’s pared state agencies down so far that there isn’t the staff available to handle what are basic duties of government.
EDITORIAL: Hudnut’s legacy: vision and risk
Hudnut was more than the city’s cheerleader-in-chief in his 16 years on the 25th floor of the City-County Building. He was a visionary who saw great promise in a city whose best years could easily have been behind it.
EDITORIAL: Tackling addiction, mental illness
They are sobering statistics: 85 percent of about 2,500 inmates in Marion County’s jails have substance abuse problems and up to 40 percent are classified as mentally ill. More than 700 prescriptions are distributed to mentally ill inmates every day—that’s right, every day—at a cost of $650,000 per year. And the county spends more than […]
TIF strategy shows savvy
Under Joe Hogsett’s new approach for neighborhood projects, the developer backs the bonds and is on the hook if revenue isn’t enough to cover bond payments. We think the mayor is on the right track.
EDITORIAL: Council should fully fund IndyGo plan
The inadequacy of service on existing routes gets at the heart of why IndyGo isn’t a viable transportation system for those who need it to get to jobs and why it fails employers who badly need those workers.
EDITORIAL: Poverty report is wake-up call
Putting a dent in poverty is hard, unglamorous work. It will take a concerted push lasting years and involving stakeholders in business, education, government and the not-for-profit community.
EDITORIAL: Time to set aside the rancor
A democracy creates winners, but it’s up to those winners to govern wisely.
EDITORIAL: Workforce effort has teeth
For economic development professionals, the splashy, fun side of the business is the press conferences, where local and state leaders come together to announce a company’s plans to hire hundreds or even thousands of workers. But the eco-devo experts trying to bulk up central Indiana’s economy for 21st century success know the reality of the […]
EDITORIAL: Have faith in our vote
There’s no evidence of widespread fraud subverting the will of the people by changing the outcome of a national election.
EDITORIAL: Candidates for governor need solid power plans
Republic Eric Holcomb and Democrat John Gregg each endorse an “all of the above” energy strategy. But we’d like to see the candidate for governor be more specific about how they’ll move Indiana beyond coal over the long term.
EDITORIAL: De-politicize map making
Turning map-making over to an independent commission can’t be the only goal. The state must set priorities for fair districts.
EDITORIAL: ITT missteps sowed fate
The Obama administration wasn’t picking on for-profit education companies to be obstinate—it had real concerns that the sector’s expensive diplomas too often left students awash in debt while failing to properly prepare them for gainful employment.
EDITORIAL: Liquor laws fail us again
The battle between a Monarch Beverage Co. affiliate and liquor wholesalers in the state is the latest reminder that the Legislature should bring into the modern era state statutes that govern the sale of alcoholic beverages.
EDITORIAL: Interactive sale to stoke startups
It can be tough to take when an Indiana company sells, but we’ve come to recognize that company sales also stoke what the tech crowd calls our entrepreneurial ecosystem.