EDITORIAL: Bayh’s entry will give voters a choice
We hope Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Todd Young wage a campaign of substance that draws clear lines for voters.
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EDITORIAL: Pence, Trump an awkward fit
Where’s the overlap on agendas? While Trump’s policy statements often border on the incoherent, there is little evidence his priorities are close to in sync with Pence’s conservative vision. Their words and deeds could hardly be more different, either.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre needs plan to secure future
Circle Centre's size and location, filling more than two entire blocks in the heart of downtown, make the mall critical to the city’s considerable convention and tourism business.
EDITORIAL: Absurd vaping law needs do-over
Pence should find a way to postpone the law’s implementation and the General Assembly should rewrite the legislation to ensure it’s fair to all—consumers and business owners alike.
Don’t lower scholarship hurdles
New requirements for the 21st Century Scholars program are common-sense measures that should help students choose the best college, select an appropriate major, and graduate with as little debt as possible.
EDITORIAL: Race officials can’t let up
It’s important to many inside and outside of racing, and to the Indianapolis economy, that the team in charge not let up in seeking the broad audience the Indianapolis 500 deserves.
Mayor should lead transit charge
The referendum to impose a 0.25 percent income tax in Marion County to fund transit improvements is one of Joe Hogsett’s first big opportunities to influence the future of Indianapolis.
EDITORIAL: Ellspermann right for Ivy Tech task
The former lieutenant governor comes to the job not only with state government experience (she served as a lawmaker, too) but plenty of educational and private-sector chops as well.
EDITORIAL: Mass Ave project needs city in charge
Though the site is the school district’s to sell to whomever it pleases, it seemed odd from the beginning that the city had no formal role in vetting the development proposals.
EDITORIAL: GOP should ditch outdated anti-gay marriage plank
From a policy perspective, dropping the provision from the Indiana Republican Party platform would simply be an acknowledgement that the issue is settled.
EDITORIAL: Judge selection needs hard thought
Merit selection would be a radical change from the current election system, which a federal appeals court last year declared unconstitutional.
EDITORIAL: Road funding worth a fight
Too many Indiana roads and bridges are in disrepair thanks to the Legislature’s reluctance in recent years to hammer out a long-term road-funding plan.
EDITORIAL: Pence’s stubborn energy stance ill-serves state
Indiana should tackle the problem on its own, rather than letting federal regulators tell it what to do.
EDITORIAL: Don’t turn Ivy Tech president search into charade
Too many Ivy Tech students drop out, and a recent report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education found its graduation rates are far below the nationwide average for community college students.
EDITORIAL: Let supply/demand shape teacher pay
If a bank is willing to pay a math major $80,000 to help it make million-dollar-loan decisions, schools must compete with that reality—if they want teachers trained in math.
EDITORIAL: Pence off course with roads-funding plan
The governor has floated a misguided, $1 billion plan that relies on appropriating $150 million more per year, borrowing $240 million and spending down the state’s fiscal reserves by a similar amount.
EDITORIAL: Pence’s muddled speech lacked leadership
Indiana is a divided state and Gov. Mike Pence, in his fourth State of the State address, did little to unite it.
EDITORIAL: College dropouts deserve second chance
The Indiana Higher Education Commission’s push to lure recent college dropouts back to campus is a smart move that can pay off economically statewide.
EDITORIAL: Time to resolve controversies
Gay marriage is now the law of the land, but in Indiana there is damage to repair and a final chapter to be written in this seemingly endless culture war.
EDITORIAL: Collaboration made Regional Cities a winner
We hope the Regional Cities program persuades communities across the state to collaborate with their neighbors rather than work against them.