Kevin Teasley: It’s time to talk about the role of school districts
How can districts, not just IPS, continue to compete in a world where choices for parents are growing by leaps and bounds, and there is no end in sight?
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Letters: It’s not just trucks that should go faster
Every time I come back to Indiana, I am reminded of the absurdly low speed limits on Indiana’s urban interstates.
Letters: TIFs need overhaul
The lack of transparency, diversion of much-needed property tax revenues away from schools and libraries, and overall mismanagement of the wacko financing scheme appears over-ripe for overhaul.
Nate Feltman: Your feedback matters at IBJ Media
It might not always be obvious, but in the media business, we like when communication goes both ways.
Tiffany Sauder: Break your hiring process to make it better
It’s easy for urgency to overpower the realization that hiring is one of the most important things we do as leaders. Going fast and on your gut serves no one.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: First comes security, then comes marriage and kids
Only 20% of parents say it is extremely or very important their children get married or have children as adults.
Jalene Hahn: Couples and money: Opposites attract, blend over time
Money management is different in that we tend to be drawn to others that complement our natural approach.
Michael Caliendo: Meeting the cybersecurity challenge for small and midsize businesses
Migration of more business functions to the cloud and the explosion of remote work as a result of the pandemic both create significantly higher risk for attacks.
Derek Schultz: The Colts coaching search may be over, but their offseason makeover is just beginning
Critical decisions on additions and subtractions loom, and if those decisions fail, it won’t matter if Steichen is the second coming of Vince Lombardi, Nick Saban or John freaking Wooden.
Editorial: City, advocates must counter negative downtown perceptions
That will mean an aggressive marketing campaign to remind residents in the region what there is to do downtown and that they can feel safe coming to do it.
Lesley Weidenbener: High marks for food, not so for cleanliness
IBJ received nearly 2,000 responses to a survey asking questions about downtown. The results aren’t scientific but they are interesting.
Darryl Lockett: Improving health outcomes will require collaboration
We know that as much as 80% of a person’s health status is influenced by social factors—factors that disproportionately impact marginalized populations.
Natalie Robinson: Dishonest billing practices add pain to small businesses
Dishonest billing is a revenue-generating tactic leveraged by the state’s big hospital systems that has contributed to profit margins that are four to five times higher than the national margins.
Letters: Physician lobby is wrong about APRNs
Over 2.4 million Hoosiers lack access to primary care, and 6.6 million can’t access mental health care. Indiana’s 9,000 APRNs stand ready to help expand access.
Letters: Black Americans have high rate of eye disease
More than 825,000 Black Americans have diabetic retinopathy, a disease caused by damage to the blood vessels in the tissue at the back of the eye.
Pete the Planner: Living downtown offers economical, intangible benefits
Of course, living downtown isn’t for everyone, especially in particular stages of life, but it’s a brilliant choice for those whose lifestyle affords it—and I don’t just mean in the financial sense.
Cecil Bohanon & John Horowitz: Remote work isn’t going away. Downtowns must adapt.
Workers’ greater freedom to choose where to work suggests that downtown Indianapolis’ future depends on its ability to attract people as a place to live more than as a place to work.
Mark Caswell: When and how to reorganize the right way
The best (and only) use case for a reorganization is to solve a specific business problem.
Nate Feltman: IUPUI split will be key to downtown’s future
As state and city leaders grapple with reinvigorating downtown and contemplate the future economic drivers for the region, arguably nothing holds more promise than the further activation of two of the state’s most powerful research engines.
Joe Hogsett: Downtown is a place to live, work, play—in equal amounts
We have begun transforming underutilized city-owned properties into mixed-use residential hubs. That added housing comes alongside other major residential projects and will be surrounded by infrastructure that improves mobility for residents with or without a car.