Critics of Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed news service, Just IN, should now redirect their energy in support of three bills in the Legislature that would encourage government agencies to operate in the open—a critical ingredient for a factual, fair and independent press.
The governor is putting money behind his rhetoric, proposing a $40 million increase in funding for career and vocational programs. By 2020, he wants to see a fivefold increase in students graduating with industry-recognized credentials.
Indianapolis election laws need a couple of major revisions, and both come down to ensuring integrity in local politics.
Local government in Indiana is still bloated, but governor and legislators look the other way.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has had a rough month, and the arrows it is taking are self-inflicted.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry and state Inspector General David Thomas should acknowledge the mysteries swirling around an investigation into former state schools chief Tony Bennett and explain to Hoosiers exactly what happened, and how it won’t happen again.
The governor should appoint the education chief, making the state’s top elected official responsible for public education—in 2020.
No one will win the desperate arms race for out-of-state students.
Mayor Greg Ballard may have begun his tenure as Indy’s top elected official with the label “accidental mayor.” But Ballard’s legacy will go well beyond the circumstances of his upset victory in 2007.
With the election of three reform-minded candidates to the board of Indianapolis Public Schools, hope is renewed—once again—that the long-struggling district will become a city asset.
The public deserved better disclosure over indoor soccer facility.
Capital projects plan makes sense, and should be approved by the City-County Council.
Perhaps the Indiana Department of Transportation should be renamed the Indiana Department of Highways and Bridges.
The city should put another bargaining chip on the table: revenue.
Recent criticism of Washington Square decision is misdirected.
The city might be negotiating a sweet deal for Indianapolis taxpayers over the proposed $500 million justice center to be built across from the Indianapolis Zoo on the former site of General Motors’ stamping plant. Or, taxpayers might be getting a bad deal.
It doesn’t take an expert in recycling technology to raise at least a few concerns with the city’s newly approved contract with New Jersey-based Covanta.
The constant connectivity is getting so intense that some are taking radical steps when planning vacations or getaways, to allow for digital detox.
Joe Hogsett’s July 14 announcement that he’ll step down as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana at the end of the month renewed speculation that he will run for mayor of Indianapolis next year. And to that prospect we can only say, bring it on
