SIDDIQUI: Forward with the Medicaid experiment
Gov. Mike Pence’s proposed expansion of health care for low-income Hoosiers through the Healthy Indiana Plan is a valuable experiment that will continue Indiana’s trend as an innovator in government.
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MAHERN: Ballard, Lewis should disclose conflicts
A typical $110,000 Colts suite comes with 20 tickets for 10 games—a per-ticket cost of $550. Mayor Ballard’s suite comes with at least 30 tickets.
Broad Ripple project will stimulate spending
Some business are worried that Canal Pointe will detract from their income [May 11]. Without a doubt, this specific area needs developing.
Closing long-term parking lot is short-sighted decision
I am sincerely baffled by the Indianapolis Airport Authority’s [May 6 online] decision to close long-term parking, the closest surface lot to the terminal, essentially forcing all surface parking to the more distant economy lot.
SHELLEY: Indiana architects finally get Good Samaritan bill
When a tornado swept through Henryville in 2012, I know plenty of Indiana architects who would have gladly volunteered their time to help first responders assess the structural integrity of houses, school buildings, churches and stores.
RUSTHOVEN: Obama’s Teflon starting to wear
The president’s had a bad fortnight. Worse lies ahead.
MAURER: Marriage equality going mainstream
When will Indiana become known as a state that welcomes all regardless of sexual orientation?
EDITORIAL: Open the Market Square Arena process
Mayor Greg Ballard should reverse his decision to keep the redevelopment proposals for the former Market Square Arena site under wraps.
Finish Line’s cash hoard could make it alluring target
The Indianapolis-based retailer is debt-free and has amassed $227 million in cash on its balance sheet. That works out to $4.63 per share.
DINING: Libertine liberates diners from bar food norms
Last in a month-long series of Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
HETRICK: In Pendleton, living the good life on the edge of an edge city
If Carmel epitomizes edge city in central Indiana, then I’m now living on the edge of the edge.
LOU’S VIEWS: Jim Gaffigan’s book offers notes on parenting from a funnyman father
The stand-up comic—and Indiana native—puts five kids’ worth of experience into book form. Plus, thoughts on Dance Kaleidoscope’s ‘Barefoot Renegades.’
BENNER: One Hoosier tradition is back; another has miles to go
The Indiana Pacers have returned from the depths, but the Indianapolis 500 might never reclaim its glory.
Kim: What investors should learn from Facebook’s IPO fiasco
Facebook’s initial public offering on May 17, 2012, was the most highly anticipated IPO since Google’s in 2004. As we know now, Facebook’s $38-a-share IPO turned out to be a fiasco from the moment NASDAQ catastrophically botched the opening of trading.
Hicks: International trade is the exact opposite of war
Among economists of all stripes, it is well understood that international trade increases wealth, reduces poverty and generally makes everyone better off in the long run. The only real question is whether the total economic benefits are immediately realized or take just a few years to mature.
Skarbeck: Financial markets brace for era of social media
Two recent episodes have regulators scrutinizing the role social media plays in the investment markets.
Hicks: Firing of Heritage researcher shows cowardice
A recent study by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, sheds a great deal of light on the sausage mill of policy research, and the courage and integrity of the process of policy research altogether.
EDITORIAL: CEOs should buy their own perks
It’s no secret that CEOs of public companies make a lot of money.<br><br>And in general, they earn it: It takes talent, hard work and vision to oversee thousands of employees, answer to impatient shareholders, guard against competitive threats, and keep the trains running on time, particularly at behemoths like Eli Lilly and Co., WellPoint Inc., Cummins Inc. and Simon Property Group Inc.
Spate of banking mergers may be just the beginning
First Merchants Corp. CEO Michael Rechin thinks a wave of bank mergers is coming—driven by financial institutions’ quest to increase profits in an environment where super-low interest rates continue to squeeze margins.
MORRIS: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help
Obama’s troubles might save us from his heavy-handed, second-term agenda.