Letters: Big and small actions help women’s health
Women are each other’s greatest resource, and when we come together to educate and motivate one another, we can save lives.
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Peter Dunn: You and your adviser need to be on same page
And you should stop viewing advisers as disposable.
Jess Carter: Intuition as data: How leaders can harness gut feelings
But our bodies are not just vehicles for our minds. They are finely tuned instruments that send signals to communicate with us.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Study shows HB-1 visas also aid native workers
Randomly determining which firms win the visas is the gold standard for what economists call a “natural experiment” on the impact of H1-B visas on economic outcomes.
Editorial: Using new property taxes to fund roadwork is worth considering
But it’s not the best solution. What the Hogsett administration would most like to see—and IBJ has endorsed—is a change in a state road-funding formula that currently favors rural communities over urban and suburban ones.
Greg Weaver: Lawmakers must fix corruption loophole
Accepting gratuities from a vendor more than crosses that line and should be punished by law.
Chris Price: A new model that is the sane approach for our children
Already, more than 150 Indiana businesses are involved in assessing this apprenticeship system, and seven pilot projects are engaging 450 students with more than 100 employers in advanced manufacturing, banking, health care and life sciences.
John Ketzenberger: Hoosiers say Indiana needs a statewide water policy
Circumstances provide a rare opportunity. With few existing regulations, legislators can work from a clean slate.
Mark Montieth: IU long jumper’s Olympic medal in 1956 was just the beginning of a golden life
Bell’s greatest recognition came from winning a gold medal as a long jumper in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
John Stehr: Tax reform must leave enough for local governments
Senate Bill 9 would change the maximum levy growth quotient calculation. Minutiae, I know, but it could affect the bottom line for local governments by $163 million over the next two years.
Mark Mayer: Humor: The fine line between funny and unprofessional
Our senses of humor are one of the most important pieces of our personalities.
Mickey Kim: Wall Street predictions are worthless, so here’s mine
Heeding “expert” predictions can be extremely dangerous and costly; such predictions should be considered “for entertainment purposes only.”
Derek Schultz: Igniting Indy
The Ignite, the newest member of the fledgling Pro Volleyball Federation, took flight in their inaugural season earlier this month, scoring a 3-1 win over Orlando in front of a sellout crowd at the brand-new Fishers Event Center.
Editorial: Snow removal is a basic service that Indianapolis must provide
Residents need to get to school and to work and to the grocery store—safely. That is a core responsibility of government.
Nate Feltman: A year of success, a platform for growth
This year, we will launch a new IBJ Media app that will provide a one-stop shop for all IBJ Media content, including all podcasts.
Scott Bess: Fix education funding to give all schools their fair share
Even with this freedom of choice, a significant inequity persists in the way all schools are funded.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Most tax cuts go to the poor and middle classes
The wealthiest 20% of Americans pay most of the federal income taxes.
Samantha Julka: Organizational leadership is like layers in a cake
Life within an organization is pretty different from violet to red.
Peter Dunn: How to best prepare for natural disasters
Whereas I’m not anticipating a life of dodging wildfires here in the Midwest, it’s not too far-fetched to imagine other disasters impacting my ability to live the life I’ve dreamed of living.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: In government, disasters uncover poor decisions
Any organization, public or private, for-profit or charitable, that provides goods or services should, all other things being the same, do so in a way that uses fewer resources rather than more.