HAHN: Keep your guard up against financial fraud
If you feel as though more scams are being perpetrated, you are correct. New technology is leading to more sophisticated scams, and, most of the time, victims do not realize they are being exploited.
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Ed Feigenbaum: Don’t take these Statehouse phrases at face value
Virtually no bill is ever “simple.” And the more an advocate protests about its being so, the more complicated or controversial it tends to be.
Letter: A societal oddity
Isn’t it ironic that South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg qualifies to be president of the United States but couldn’t be employed as a counselor at Roncalli High School?
Letter: Writer misunderstood Indiana Forest Alliance
Mr. Moistner calls the Indiana Forest Alliance a “conflict industry” that only exists to fight. Actually, the IFA and the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association began a dialogue in good faith; while we still disagree on some matters, we agree on others.
Todd Rokita: Responsible parties must own their role in sky-high drug prices
It’s the cold, hard truth that there isn’t one simple solution for eradicating the complexities of the pharmacy benefits industry.
Sheila Suess Kennedy: Connecting the dots between gerrymandering, potholes
Few of us who live in Indianapolis recognize the connection between Indiana’s gerrymandered legislative districts and the thousands of potholes we dodge every spring, or the fiscal shortchanging of urban schools, or the Legislature’s refusal to pass comprehensive bias crimes legislation, or our lawmakers’ seeming fixation on women’s reproductive decisions.
NATE FELTMAN: Debt could snuff out ‘American Tailwind’
Our standard of living has sailed upward for decades, but excessive spending will bring us down to earth.
EDITORIAL: Innovative companies like TMap help hobbled Hoosier recruiters
With the Legislature more inclined these days to reject proposals the business community say will boost the state’s economy, companies are forced to compensate in any way they can.
Kristen Cooper: C-level execs fuel economy by supporting startup founders
If chief information and chief technology officers in Indy spent more time becoming acquainted with and mentoring female founders, Indianapolis could become a national model for a vibrant and more equitable startup environment.
LOPRESTI: The high school ref is disappearing. Here’s why.
The toxic nature of a culture where people get murdered over road rage, social media giving the most poisonous among us the loudest megaphones … what kind of a landscape is that for an official? Not a good one.
Ed Feigenbaum: Republicans’ closed-door debates cut out public input
House Republicans opted to hash out the hate crimes legislation in a private caucus—just like their Senate counterparts did.
PETE THE PLANNER: Get more from your financial adviser
I guarantee, you utilize less than 60 percent of the functionality of your financial adviser, and you suffer for it. The stakes are high. It matters.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Fed’s growing power poses danger to financial markets
Since 2008, the Fed has explicitly tried to steer the entire economy by targeting long-term rates. This is a major expansion of Fed power.
Letter: Unruly students lead to teacher turnover
Neglected kids become disruptors and dropouts once their hormones start running.
Letter: IBJ should use more diverse sources
The lack of an accurate representation of the black community in a recent story could project a false sense of unanimity on our concerns about IPS. But more significantly, it conceals the diversity of perspectives within the black community on the future of IPS.
Letter: Time to move away from high-stakes tests
Currently, school success is tied to student performance on high-stakes tests, like ISTEP 10. Our outdated, one-size-fits-all graduation and diploma system limits student potential and does not fully prepare every kid for life after high school.
Trying kids as adults is wrong approach
Greg Morris’s recent column [12- and 13-year-olds can belong in adult court, March 15], references Indiana Senate Bill 279, which, if passed into law, would expand Indiana’s waiver/transfer law to 12- and 13-year-olds for attempted murder. Trying and sentencing young children in the adult system is not an age- or developmentally-appropriate, or just response to […]
Justin Ross: Don’t rely on balanced budget amendment to keep Indiana solvent
Every state that can reasonably be described as existing in financial peril has a balanced budget amendment.
Lauren Moore: Support teachers by funding their mentors
Because of our mentoring structure through TAP, our school has been rated an A for the past three years. Before implementing this career-ladder structure, we were a D school.
Greg Morris: Teachers’ Treasures helps teachers help kids
Better teachers produce better-educated kids, and that means we have a better, more-productive workforce here in central Indiana. These dedicated teachers deserve our continued support.