Editorials

Moving more students toward college and training might mean a serious rethinking of the entire higher education system. And Indiana’s elected officials and education leaders must be prepared to act if that’s the case.

While it’s true that the tax deserved a public airing, the time to account for the behind-closed-doors shenanigans was last year when the movement was afoot to slip the taxing mechanism into the state budget.

The development of trails plays perfectly into the governor’s vision to create appealing communities that will attract talented employees and encourage companies to locate and grow in Indiana.

The Hogsett administration, the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the mall owners and Hendricks Commercial Properties are all to be commended for putting the mall properties on a better path.

This crisis requires an all-hands-on-deck approach that tries as many potential solutions as possible to see which one will move the needle.

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It is our hope the new board will hold a series of public meetings to hear from Mile Square property owners about what they think would be the best uses for the tax revenue.

Wherever you live in central Indiana, there’s bound to be a Small Business Saturday event near you.

We’ll leave it up to the elected officials, with input from downtown property owners, to decide whether the downtown tax is a good idea. But we do wish the mayor would lead on this issue and either publicly advocate for the tax or oppose it.

Indianapolis has some $9 billion in downtown development planned over the next several years, but it will take leadership to bring all those projects to fruition in a way that best benefits the city. Hogsett has shown some of that leadership in this past year—as he’s been pushed by Shreve—but we need to see more of it.

The city’s long relationship with the FFA convention is one to cherish.

Of course, our hope is that the Indiana consortium lands the full $70 million for biotech research and work.

We remain hopeful that environmental concerns can be allayed with advancements in technology and believe that it makes sense to keep Indiana companies in the lead on such developments.

Negative ads can lead voters to tune out of campaign messages. Some studies show they can lower voter turnout and enthusiasm about an election. Neither seems like a good idea, no matter whom you support.

Indiana doesn’t need a gimmick like the repeal of the income tax to stir economic development. And it certainly doesn’t need to do anything that could imperil its hard-earned AAA bond rating.

The move is good for the businesses—including the City Market, which will be undergoing its own transformation—around the City-County Building, and it’s also good for Indianapolis residents, who shouldn’t have to visit multiple locations to complete city business.

In presidential election years, the percentage of eligible Hoosiers registered to vote dropped from 71.3% in 2012 to 69.3% in 2020.