OESTERLE: Indy should brag that it’s a meritocracy
Your last name, your high school and your golf club membership just don’t matter that much here.
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BLACK: Women need to be present and recognize our power
Inaction and complacency are no longer options.
SMITH: Why the sound of silence?
Where are the people who stood with me in my youth championing the causes of the greater good of fairness and equal rights for all?
LARA: Payday loan bill would drown Hoosiers in debt
When it comes down to dollars and cents, these payday dollars make absolutely no sense for struggling consumers.
WHETSTONE: Struggling consumers need more loan options
HB 1319 will ensure that hardworking Hoosiers continue to have credit options for managing financial difficulties.
WORKPLACE: The answer will always be ‘no’ if you don’t ask
A study highlighted in Harvard Business Review shows starting salaries of male MBAs from Carnegie Mellon were almost $4,000 higher than those of female MBAs. The researchers said that’s because most of the women “simply accepted the employer’s initial salary offer.”
FEIGENBAUM: Session’s second half narrows issue focus
This is the time when tensions can rise and the process can break down over assorted concerns.
SKARBECK: Volatility gives investors reality check on expectations
In the 15 months after the presidential election, the stock market rose as if it were on rails. As the calendar turned to February, market volatility returned with a vengeance.
MAURER: Promising investment may save lives
This novice stock picker isn’t afraid to flag potential when he sees it.
EDITORIAL: Familiar failures at Statehouse
In a session mostly void of distracting social issues, legislators haven’t been able to pass—or even muster a vote—on a host of high-profile measures, some of which have been rattling around the Statehouse for years.
LETTER: Legislative action hurts Indy’s Amazon chances
Perhaps most detrimental to our area’s bid for HQ2 is the backward image created for our state by the actions and lack of actions by our state government.
RUSSOMANNO: Autonomous autos mean safer streets, stronger economy
With vehicle automation a transformative trend in transportation, it’s important that Indiana be a crossroads of research and development.
JAY & McCABE: Indiana’s plan for spending VW money falls short
Indiana should prioritize projects where diesel emissions are high and population is dense or particularly vulnerable.
DINING: Expand your horizons—and your vocabulary—at Neal Brown’s latest
Ukiyo, from the man behind Stella, Libertine and Pizzology, takes over the spot that formally housed Recess and Room Four.
LOU’S VIEWS: ABBA musical gets local premiere
Reviews of Beef & Boards’ “Mamma Mia!” and Actors Theatre of Indiana’s “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
KIM: ‘Breaking Bad’ provides valuable business lessons
Aside from tremendous pure entertainment value, “Breaking Bad” taught important business and investing lessons.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Increasing immigration would help economy
Like with any policy, some benefit and some lose from immigration, but the overall effect is positive.
LOPRESTI: Greensburg’s epic run was essence of Hoosier Hysteria
All the starters on back-to-back state champs landed college offers—and in three different sports.
LETTER: Column explains tax bill logic
Star Parker’s column clearly explained how the new tax laws will help all working Americans.
LETTER: We’re disappointed in smoking bill’s death
The longer we can delay tobacco initiation, the healthier our kids will be.