Lesley Weidenbener: Why I love reading Forefront columns
Forefront presents views from across the political spectrum—from the far right to the far left and everything in between.
Forefront presents views from across the political spectrum—from the far right to the far left and everything in between.
As a company, OneAmerica has aligned ourselves with Junior Achievement to educate students about finance management and budgeting, as well as spark and maintain interest in financial careers through various programs.
While affordable housing is important, residents of all income levels deserve to have quality, well-designed, safe and well-built housing. Diminishing standards, as HB 1114 will do, will not solve the affordable-housing shortage.
It is not safe for the community at this time to introduce more patrons into our buildings when new, more contagious virus strains have arrived.
This bill places a fee on carbon at its source, such as an oil well or coal mine, and returns all of the net revenue monthly back to households to pay for the added costs.
Many Hoosier voters don’t know that Indiana’s minimum wage is really $2.13 per hour. That is what waiters and waitresses make at many restaurants in Indiana.
Unity will not be achieved until this country turns back to Judeo-Christian values.
A recent pattern of legislative proposals attacks local control in ways that would slow our economic recovery and risk long-term progress on public safety.
Upon implementation, carbon emissions would drop by 40% over 12 years, while creating more than 2 million jobs, adding $70-plus billion to our GDP and providing a monthly dividend to all U.S. households—all without introducing a single new regulation.
At a time when the country—and many of our leaders—appear to be incredibly divided, we appreciate the effort by Sen. Todd Young and his GOP colleagues to craft a COVID-19 relief proposal they could take to the president.
The irony of this effort is that Republicans typically are in favor of “home rule” policies and laws, which allow a community to tailor its local government to meet local needs.
The IBJ is a weekly business journal, not a common daily. Calibrate accordingly.
In Jennifer Wagner’s column [Pandemic offers opportunity to rethink regulations, Forefront, Jan. 15], her choice of licensed professions to compare was interesting. I agree the two professions (real estate agent and cosmetologist) seem, on the surface, to be treated unequally. However, I disagree with her statement that “a sloppy real estate agent is likely to do more long-term damage than crooked bangs.”
The column titled “We must accept election results as part of free market, society” [Jan. 22] should be required reading for all politicians and all who care about our democracy.
Announcements are easy. Implementation is harder. And implementation that leads to impactful change is harder still.
Aspire Economic Development and Chamber Alliance was formed to drive economic development and business success in Johnson County and southern Marion County. Our organization recently released a five-year strategy to position the region for continued economic success.
The latest Indiana Higher Education Commission report finds that 51% of students who start college complete a degree within six years of graduation from high school, 38% earn a four-year degree on time, and 21% earn a two-year degree on time. How do we get to 100% college completion?
We’d like to see the governor be more specific about his proposal. He didn’t say, for example, how much money he wants to put behind it.
Hoosiers fortunately have great examples of elected leaders who understood that, with great power comes great responsibility. The responsibility to tell the truth, inspire and implement reforms that bring about positive results.
To enable physicians to quickly, efficiently and accurately select the most appropriate course of action for their patients, health care leaders need to more widely embrace precision health care. Tailoring