EDITORIAL: Residential litmus test impedes diversity
Noblesville’s decision to begin analyzing the ratio of tax revenue to city expenses on housing-development proposals further strangles financial diversity in affluent Hamilton County.
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MAURER: Going against the grain with Emmis
CEO makes me confident enough to take a risk on the stock, which is in danger of being delisted.
LOU’S VIEWS: Christmas is winning the war
If there is such a cultural battle going on, Christmas is winning. Handily.
Christmas is winning the war
Believe there’s a war on Christmas? Well, here’s some news from the front: If there is such a cultural battle going on, Christmas is winning. Handily. Despite the best efforts of Starbucks and its color-coded coffee cups, Simon malls and its attempt to relocate Santa to a tree-free ice dome, and the many people subversively […]
KIM: Trump’s bankruptcies hold important investor lessons
In a typical Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, all parties suffer (except the lawyers). Creditors take a significant “haircut” on the amount owed and the owners’ investment is effectively wiped out.
LOPRESTI: Finish line near for Mount Rushmore-level sports legends
Paul George seems to have all but one of the qualities common among this group of celebrities.
BOHANON & STYRING: Messed-up U.S. tax policies fuel gamesmanship
One of the nastier quirks of U.S. corporate taxation lies in where income is taxed. Just about everyone else follows a simple rule: You pay taxes to the country where the income is earned. But that’s not good enough for Uncle Sam.
Writer’s gun column full of distortions
I’d like to know where Ms. Miller gets her information on our background check system in this country, because she obviously doesn’t know what she’s talking about.
Now is not the time to build soccer stadium
Let’s fix roads and other infrastructure and fund pre-K school before we build another single purpose facility that serves only a small segment of the state population.
EDGELL: Hogsett must focus on food security issues
The new mayor should appoint a food policy director to provide leadership and coordination around food issues in city departments and across the community.
KENNEDY: What’s really driving Syrian refugee ban
These are, by and large, the same politicians who are opposed to the most cursory of background checks for gun purchases, even for convicted felons and the mentally ill.
MORRIS: Pop in a movie, and give thanks
Thanksgiving is a time to collect ourselves as we head into the home stretch.
DINING: Pining for Alpine cuisine? Try Pioneer in Fountain Square
As an anchor at a central intersection—and with a raised stage, windows overlooking the fountain and the outdoor plaza, and plenty of seating both in the dining room and at the bar—it’s clear that Pioneer is primed to help redefine Fountain Square.
Past infuses present in Eiteljorg fellowship show
The works of five selected artists are on display at the museum, which showcases western art and the works of Native Americans. Past fellowship shows have served to increase the museum’s world-class collection of Native American contemporary art. No doubt some of these pieces will find a permanent home here.
LOPRESTI: Indiana Sports Corp. eyes bid for football championship
Local leaders have been biding their time, waiting to go after national title game.
SKARBECK: High-flying private firms might be about to tumble
According to CB Insights, there are 143 unicorns with a combined value of $508 billion. Lately, observers have become concerned there might be a “valuation adjustment” similar to the bursting of the dot-com bubble in these private tech companies.
BOHANON & STYRING: Soaking rich doesn’t necessarily fill tax coffers
Tax rates affect the tax base in two ways: Higher rates decrease incentives to generate income and also divert income and investment to less productive tax shelters. With higher rates, the tax base is smaller than it would otherwise be.
LOPRESTI: If the legendary, 90-year-old Oaken Bucket could talk …
The lackluster football programs that vie for it have lowered the bucket’s profile.
Misguided thinking destroying urban grid
Traffic lanes are being removed, willy-nilly, for use as planters, parking lots, feel-good-about-being-green drainage swales, sidewalk “bump-outs,” suburban-style winding “trails” and who knows what else is next.
PETERSON: Indiana, China inextricably linked
China matters very much to Indiana’s economy, and its significance will only grow.