Westerhausen and Kovacs: Lawmakers should reconsider policy change for future pandemics
We should celebrate the expertise and knowledge of public health professionals who produced the positive outcomes achieved in Indiana during the pandemic.
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Letter: Law change affects youth employment
Starting July 1, employers who hire five or more minor employees (under age 18), per location, must register those employees in the new Youth Employment System, or YES for short. Schools will no longer be responsible for tracking and reporting minor employee data. That responsibility will rest with the employer.
Letter: Ruling hinders pig farmers
The court ruling will affect Indiana’s nearly 3,000 hog farms and trickle down throughout the entire economy.
Letter: Sneaker business sign of entrepreneurial spirit
Amid a year that’s been anything but easy for local business, I’m thrilled to see it has not deterred the entrepreneurial spirit of one Fishers resident, Daniel Lamers.
Letter: IPS no-bid contracts put students in peril
Neither parents nor educators are ever properly consulted, and students continue to be disrupted and suffer from the district’s business-first policies that put money in the pockets of their allies.
Bohanon & Curott: The cost of ransomware attacks and prevention is high
It is hard, if not impossible, for the U.S. government to impose criminal sanctions on hackers burrowed in countries openly hostile to the United States, such as North Korea, Russia or Iran.
In the workplace: Successful mergers require a new ‘we’
We are hearing stories every day of new M&A activity, accelerating valuations and increasing deal flow.
$250B legislative tech package is good for state, US
We applaud Indiana’s own Sen. Todd Young, a Republican, for joining with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, in sponsoring the bill and bringing the often-warring political parties together on such important economic issues.
Lesley Weidenbener: Return to the office won’t be stress-free
I am ridiculously eager to have everyone back. I miss the collaboration that comes with quick meetings to address a sudden problem or opportunity. I miss the moments when one reporter overhears a snippet of another reporter’s interview or conversation and makes a connection that is helpful to getting a story.
Jade Thomas: Benjamin Harrison site offers lessons for leadership
There’s no instruction manual for leadership. There is no template. Our leadership is informed by our experiences with others and our inclination toward learning.
Darryl Lockett & Corey Wilson: Solving today’s challenges demands ‘sneaker diplomacy’
Solving today’s challenges demands what we call “sneaker diplomacy,” the kind of two-way understanding that comes from walking a mile or two in someone else’s kicks.
Letter: The meaning of words matters
In the past year, how many times have we seen or heard the words “equity,” “inclusion,” “diversity,” “systemic racism,” “social justice”? These are language terms that have been driven into the American mindset and culture and glommed onto by so many organizations and businesses and political groups.
Letter: Kudos to solar power
I firsthand am receiving the benefits of generating my own power, and with net metering, being part of the solution of the grid and not the problem.
Letters: IU Indianapolis is good name choice
If a name change for IUPUI is in order, only the Indiana University name would be of immediate value. Any other name would have to build a reputation over a period of years.
In the workplace: Be transparent in calling workers back to office
As a result, businesses large and small are calling their workers to return to the office this summer and fall, perhaps with the anticipatory sense that, since “we built it, they will come.”
Bohanon and Curott: Understanding the fungibility of US foreign aid
To the extent Hamas spends some of its resources on providing humanitarian aid, an expansion of the United States’ humanitarian aid enables Hamas to divert some of its resources to expand militarization.
George Lessmeister: Help wanted: What are job seekers looking for?
While businesses think they can be choosy with new hires, job seekers can and will be choosy, too. Job seekers have a lot of choices right now.
Indy Beacons: Vonnegut family had multi-generational influence on the city
One of the most notable multi-generational stories of Indianapolis as home is that of the Vonneguts, a 150-plus-year history that includes the contributions of entrepreneurs, architects, community leaders and servants, scientists, and writers, whose works live on in the city today.
Editorial: It’s time to rethink IUPUI
IU’s incoming president, Pamela Whitten, and Purdue President Mitch Daniels should start talking now about how to give IUPUI the opportunity to move into the next tier of excellence—and that probably means a name change.
Nate Feltman: Waking up from my political hangover
Let’s examine some water cooler chatter about the 2024 governor’s race (even though it’s early).