Editorial: Fishers’ event center deserves support for what it will bring
To keep investment coming, Fishers officials know they must beef up the city’s amenities.
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Editorial: Leaders must act to ensure more students attend college
Stemming the drop in Hoosier high school graduates who choose college will take a multi-pronged effort by the state, universities, high schools and parents.
Editorial: Indianapolis, suburbs deserve better street funding formula
The city estimates it faces a funding gap of $1 billion a year for roads and transportation infrastructure.
Editorial: This weekend’s events make Indiana a special place to live
City and state government and community leaders know that they must create communities that are attractive not only to companies but increasingly to workers.
Editorial: Indiana’s future economy demands relentlessness
The state needs to keep up its frenetic drive toward economic progress and boost its pool of educated tech workers if it hopes to surpass other states and become a technology hub for the heartland and the nation.
Editorial: Impact of abortion ban demands review
Indiana ended up with a rushed law that seemed to please few.
Editorial: Projects promise new vibrancy for downtown and its core
Focusing on the stasis at Circle Centre misses the excitement building in other areas with ambitious mixed-use projects finally getting under way.
Editorial: Indiana poised to benefit greatly from computer-chip legislation
We think the opportunities are worth the cost.
Editorial: Abortion debate should be open, vigorous and respectful process
No matter a person’s position, we need to respect that his or her feelings and passions are real and not dismiss them out of hand. We need to seek first to understand, not use any means necessary to score purely political points.
Editorial: Tax refund plan is not only option for spending reserves
It’s certainly easy to see Holcomb’s motivation in proposing to send some of that money back to taxpayers. Higher prices at the pump, in the grocery store and, well, everywhere are squeezing Hoosier families.
Editorial: Pharmacy middlemen merit tougher regulations, scrutiny
Indiana lawmakers have attempted to regulate the industry, but their regulations haven’t really taken hold.
Editorial: Sojos is proving it’s serious about Lafayette mall resurrection
Improvements are already evident in the mall with promises of more to come.
Editorial: Ozdemir’s vision for Eleven Park deserves ongoing support
These developments are exactly the kind of thing city leaders say is needed to prevent the Indianapolis from losing population and slowing economic growth.
Editorial: Investigators must research, root out COVID-relief fraud
But we should consider all of the information we learn within the context of the chaotic time we are living in—and when appropriate, we should give people, policymakers and administrators the benefit of the doubt.
Editorial: Court ruling rightfully ends unnecessary GOP legal fight
A sad and blatantly unconstitutional chapter in the history of the Indiana General Assembly has thankfully come to a close, but not without wasting precious legislative and judicial time and hard-earned taxpayer dollars.
Editorial: Focus on international business will be important to economy
It took two years longer than expected, but state officials pulled off an impressive Indiana Global Economic Summit in late May.
Editorial: New federal grant program could ease Indy traffic deaths
The need is tragically apparent, especially in Indianapolis. As The Indianapolis Star reported in a recent series, pedestrian deaths alone have accounted for 148 traffic fatalities in the city over the past five years, nearly double the number reported from 2006 to 2010.
Editorial: Kudos to two excellent leaders moving on to new adventures
Ryan Vaughn is leaving the Indiana Sports Corp. for a job in the private sector, while DePaul University in Chicago has hired away University of Indianapolis President Robert Manuel.
Editorial: It’s time to allow a pay hike for city-county councilors
Critics of the proposed pay hike, which would be the council’s first in two decades, seem to be overlooking the fact that sometimes you get the government you pay for.
Editorial: Being tax-friendly just isn’t enough for Indiana to compete
We suggest a more comprehensive approach to making Indiana the best place in the U.S. to do business. That means more intense focus on why workers would want to be here, how we can keep more college grads in the state, and how to encourage greener energy sources.