Letter: An inaccurate picture of downtown crime
You show tunnel vision and are not reporting a full picture of public safety strategies being employed.
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Garrett Mintz: To avoid losing your best workers, be vulnerable
If you are a senior leader at a company or a business owner, look around at the people you work with. Who is engaged versus disengaged? The answer might surprise you.
Editorial: Lilly spinoff wasting no time in quest for global growth
So far, Elanco has been a textbook case for the benefits of spinoffs—for both the parent company divesting the business and the division gaining its independence.
Nate Feltman: IU’s McRobbie leaves strong foundation
He established six new schools—including the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy on the IUPUI campus, the first of its kind in the nation. He also established the highly acclaimed Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies on the Bloomington campus, bringing IU’s many international assets together under one roof.
Steve Eberly: Renewable energy takes hold in state, but let’s go faster
It’s time for policymakers and Hoosiers all over our state to embrace a future built on reliable technologies that are now more affordable than ever. It will mean low-cost energy production, more Indiana jobs, and financial rewards for both communities and landowners.
Chris Watts: Losing properties from tax rolls is part of larger problem
Indiana’s property tax caps raise the stakes. Increasing property tax rates to make up revenue can simply push more properties to their caps. Because of this, Indiana’s urban counties are already prone to cycles of rate hikes, cap losses and growing financial distress.
Letter: Restaurants need customer support
I really enjoyed last week’s Greg Morris column [Government overreach is harming restaurants]. It struck a chord with me because you have a perfect opinion, where others can’t see the entire picture.
Possible solutions to downtown crime
We are facing lost taxes, lost business payroll taxes, reduced housing appraisals, and flight to safety here, and 2-3 years to right-size it is optimistic, not a “V” recovery.
We need more Caleb Mills spirit
A special note of thank you to IBJ and Dr. Richard Gunderman for his recent article “Caleb Mills, architect of Indiana’s public schools.” Caleb Mills is a little-known Hoosier, but we owe him a debt of gratitude.
Editorial: Governor, mayor take solid steps on key problems of equity, crime
Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett this week each made crucial announcements—the first about racial-equality efforts and the second about downtown safety—that we wholeheartedly welcome, even as we’re disappointed they didn’t come sooner.
Aaron Renn: Regionalism is a concept Indy can’t ignore
We don’t often think of Unigov this way today, but in 1970, it was an early response to the challenge of regionalism. It created a regional government covering Marion County. At the time, this included most of the suburban development in the region.
Matthew Houser & Eric Sandweiss: The politics of discussing Hoosier climate change
Social scientists have long noticed that Americans’ attitudes about the environment divide along party lines. Republicans and Democrats turn to different sources for news, carry unique values, and follow cues from their own party’s leadership.
Letter: Put Americans to work by passing CORPS Act
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has a plan to expand and strengthen AmeriCorps to provide critically needed services and give Americans purpose-driven work, a living stipend, and help to pay for college.
Letter: Mail-in voting isn’t practical
It would be virtually impossible to validate, verify and count mail-in votes for every vote in Indiana, especially since we are only a couple months away from the election.
Letter: Don’t allow downtown loitering
The mayor must let the police protect and enforce and bring law and order back to the city.
Letter: On political parties and student-loan debt
Regarding Pierre Atlas’ column in Forefront, my Republican friends are proud to point out how instrumental Republicans were to the passage of major Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s, ignoring the subsequent history of that party under Nixon.
Samantha Julka: Too remote or not too remote? That is the question
One of our many discoveries has been how a person’s at-home set up affects his or her overall satisfaction. The most satisfied people were those who had a dedicated office space within their home.
Letter: Wear a mask, be a role model
This mask mandate is a necessary step to prevent another surge of COVID-19, a disease that spreads whether the sick ever develop symptoms or not.
Millennial Money: Transition from work-at-home novice to pro
As work and home life meld, it’s difficult to maintain boundaries, stay productive and take care of your mental health amid the pandemic.