SHABAZZ: Gentrification–Here comes the neighborhood
Gentrification is controversial, but guess what? It works.
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MEREDITH: Keeping kids in class with alternatives to suspensions
Zero tolerance is necessary for violent and dangerous behavior, but sometimes suspensions are used for minor issues like breaking dress-code rules, marking on a desk, or running in the halls—all common problems teachers encounter each day.
YOUNG: Congress needs up-or-down vote on all federal rules
Responsible U.S. companies are being forced to either sacrifice market share to global competitors or move production overseas. To reverse course, we must comprehensively reform the way the federal government taxes and regulates the American economy.
STUTZMAN: Tax, regulatory changes will bring firms back to U.S.
No economy can thrive under a system that discourages success, double-taxes earnings, and requires teams of professionals for compliance. By replacing our tax code with simple pro-growth reforms and transitioning to a territorial tax system, we can stop companies from moving overseas.
LOU’S VIEWS: Latest Eiteljorg show plumbs depths of the Grand Canyon
Difficult to wrap your mind around when you are mere inches from its lip, it’s an even greater challenge to encapsulate in a museum show 1,700 miles away.
DINING: Indy hoagie house aims for Philly authenticity
What happens when two former Philadelphians head to Hoagies & Hops?
LOPRESTI: Pittsburgh’s recent success has its roots in Victory Field
Turns out there’s plenty of talent down on the farm.
MORRIS: CICF helps others leave a legacy
Group’s expertise and energy is a tremendous asset to the Indianapolis region.
EDITORIAL: City can solve parking crunch
There’s an opportunity to address the parking deficiency in the Mass Ave corridor with the development of the 11-acre Indianapolis Public Schools site now up for grabs between the 800 block of Mass Ave and East 10th Street.
BRADY: Don’t ditch rigor with new test
The 23-member panel reviewing new testing options has two potential paths. Members can focus on implementing assessments that offer teachers actionable feedback on student preparedness. Or they can focus on what’s likely to quell anti-testing fervor—whether changing the test’s format, attempting to lower its stakes, or easing its rigor.
WOLLEY: City must bring more diverse voices to table
Marion County is nearly 40 percent minority, but most major not-for-profit boards and civic initiatives don’t reflect our racial, ethnic, socioeconomic or generational diversity.
KENNEDY: Trashing ‘Hoosier hospitality’
This Legislature—and especially this governor—has undone years of effort to position Indianapolis and Indiana as welcoming, business-friendly venues: We offered “Hoosier hospitality” at “the crossroads of America.”
SKARBECK: Beware of growing use of ‘adjusted’ earnings
While it’s perfectly legal to present non-GAAP earnings alongside GAAP figures, lately the list of excluded items has expanded to where the difference between the two figures is sometimes substantial.
BOHANON & STYRING: The rich will pick up tab for fixing Social Security
Social Security will inevitably be changed from an insurance program to a simple welfare program designed to transfer wealth from high earners to low earners in retirement.
DINING: New Hyatt diner stresses locally sourced ingredients
Fat Rooster Diner takes over the space formerly occupied by One South, retaining its predecessor’s popular pasta station but overhauling the rest of the menu.
LOU’S VIEWS: Art show spans centuries
When you go, don’t make a beeline for the third-floor galleries dedicated to the show. Instead, start in the lobby, where you’ll find a room devoted to Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections.”
LOPRESTI: Time for another sports mash-up in Indy
Eight reasons why the first weekend in April is a really big deal.
Apple might be wrong, but it’s not un-American
Among the most “American” values are the right to disagree and to make business decisions.
Kennedy’s Anthem column showed her left-leaning ways
It may well be that the doctor’s documentation supporting the service, rather than Anthem’s algorithm, is really to blame.
GUNDERMAN: Killing higher education by degrees
Merely increasing the number of graduates does not mean anyone is being well-served—not students, faculty, administrators, those footing the educational bill, future employers or society in general.