Justin Ross: Don’t rely on balanced budget amendment to keep Indiana solvent
Every state that can reasonably be described as existing in financial peril has a balanced budget amendment.
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Lauren Moore: Support teachers by funding their mentors
Because of our mentoring structure through TAP, our school has been rated an A for the past three years. Before implementing this career-ladder structure, we were a D school.
Brian Schutt: Next Level Jobs is critical to state economy
Through a Next Level Jobs grant, Homesense recently facilitated testing and training on the popular assessment tool Gallup StrengthsFinder, which provided a unique lens for our team to see themselves and others and has deepened our internal relationships and teamwork. This investment wouldn’t have taken place without Next Level Jobs.
Mike Wells: Orcutt’s vision led to airport we enjoy today
As the Indianapolis International Airport continues to receive accolades as one of the best airports in North America, it is important to remember the person who was the visionary force behind the planning of our airport. Dan Orcutt, executive director of the airport for 25 years, passed away in January.
Mary Titsworth Chandler & Elyssa Campodonico-Barr: Promoting gender equity is good for all of us
Advancing women and girls is a smart investment, leading to more talent, productivity and customers, and better financial results. Every extra year a girl stays in school, her income can increase 15 percent to 25 percent.
Brad Klopfenstein: It’s time for video gambling terminals in Indiana
The legalization of VGTs would generate millions in new revenue from gambling taxes and fees, money that could be used to fund local roads, schools, and other essential local and state needs without raising taxes.
Francesca Jarosz Brady: What happened to Indiana’s business Republicans?
The GOP’s dogmatic approach will fail. In the short term, it will chip away at lawmakers’ credibility among voters until elected leaders’ lack of responsiveness drives citizens to demand change.
Tim Cook & Katie Culp: Legislature should learn from New York’s HQ2 flameout
How the New York collapse transpired was unique to that location and those facts, but it provides a meaningful lesson for the Hoosier state.
Mike Smith: Greet ‘Alice’ and her companion, poverty, with compassion
Alice—an acronym for asset-limited, income-constrained and employed—is the waitress, busboy, hotel housekeeper, repairman and similar individuals who work but live paycheck-to-paycheck.
Marie Mackintosh: Businesses must engage early to build talent pipeline
The bottom line is that we have a responsibility as parents and leaders in business, community and school to come together to help all young people understand the myriad careers available to them in their own back yard.
Ed Feigenbaum: New lawmakers find roles diminished as session plods on
The big issues will be worked out in conference committees without the help of less experienced lawmakers, and their input won’t be critical in caucus.
Paul Ashley: Hospital pricing rule is step in right direction
The best solutions will come from collaborations between health care providers and payers. With the technology at their disposal, they could create systems that allow consumers to check prices based on a wide range of factors and variables.
Steve Key: Legislature should defeat attempts to kill public notice
Since the founding of our country, paying newspapers to publish public notice has been the most cost-effective way to disseminate information that state legislatures deem important. The payment isn’t a subsidy; it’s payment for a service.
Sheila Suess Kennedy: Ford bill would reverse 2017 law’s harm to clean energy
An important bill has been sent to the Senate Utilities Committee, chaired by Sen. Jim Merritt. Senate Bill 430, introduced by Sen. J.D. Ford, would repeal the provisions of last year’s controversial measure phasing out net metering.
Tim Phelps: A conservative case for supporting clean energy
These private-sector success stories—nationally and in our state—deserve robust praise because they showcase the free market working exactly as it should.
Richard Feldman: Indiana must get serious about pathetic state of health
Tobacco use still is the leading cause of preventable disease and premature death, and the Hoosier state is mired in the human and economic losses due to its use.
Gary Green: Older ex-offenders make better employees
The movement to put ex-cons to work should start with those who’ve had the time to truly change course.
Lauren Conaboy: Three ways elected leaders can change health care
Comprehensive care that addresses mental health is essential to helping patients, families and employers.
Michael LaFaive & Todd Nesbit: Hiking cigarette tax won’t help Hoosiers or state treasury
Consumers will take their spending across state lines.
Andy Crask: Smart city technology is answer to city’s population boom
Increasing the rate at which we adopt “smart city” technology that enhances connectivity, improves quality of life, and better supports urban population growth is paramount for urban planners in Indianapolis.