AHLRICHS: Embedding strategy in the ranks
Multiple organizations, from St. Vincent Health to Emmis Communications Corp. to Buckingham Cos. to Riley Children’s Foundation, have added a “chief strategy officer” to their ranks.
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SMAGALA: Drought lessons from Phoenix
As I drove to the airport recently, I couldn’t help but notice all the sprinklers watering lawns in front of houses, businesses and sports fields.
WALTZ: How to ease away from a senseless tax
No one I know particularly enjoys paying taxes, but nearly (if not literally) all will admit to their necessity in helping provide government services to keep our economy running.
WILLIAMS: Biodiesel makes sense for Indy
The rebirth of downtown and its continued viability are the result of clustered assets—hotels, the convention center, sporting facilities, familiar restaurants—and a strong convention business.
GUY: Irrationality, fear are on the march
Increasing fear comes from nowhere. The American crime rate has not risen for decades, and the homicide rate has fallen.
WHITE: Car culture drives up development costs
In central Indiana, 94 percent of Hoosiers own a car, and we generally don’t think twice about getting behind the wheel to go to work, the grocery store or the doctor’s office.
AGARWAL: Right-to-work battle moves to court
The union movement is desperate for a victory, whether at the ballot box, legislature, or courthouse.
BOHANON: Much to applaud in ‘liberal’ Indiana
We are skeptical but not cynical about the role of government.
KEESLING: Putting the heart in Heartland
We’re never going to win the battle for environmental justice if it’s only embraced on the coasts.
FRIEDMAN: Business tax cuts aren’t Democratic
Not only is such a plan lousy politics, but the evidence is overwhelming that there are better ways to make Indiana attractive for economic development.
BINGAMAN: Welcome to Indy; now go buy a car
Would Andrew Luck the Aspiring Architect ever consider moving to Indy?
GIGERICH: Adult workers need much more training
Like many states, Indiana faces a critical need to retrain and, in some cases, re-career adults over age 35.
FAENZI: Why are we still fighting about gay rights?
Despite fierce opposition, some politicians are finally speaking out to say they are in favor of marriage and equal rights for gay citizens.
BROWN: Why IPS parents rebuff The Mind Trust plan
Stability and quality are what IPS residents want.
GIFFORD: Fund Indianapolis-area transit as an essential service
We’re redoubling our efforts to pass this plan in the 2013 legislative session.
CHOCOLA: Why it’s time for Lugar to come home
I’m thankful to say there are few Republicans left who still support earmarks. Regrettably, one of the remaining few is 35-year Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar.
BAKER: Women are still underpaid
April 17 is Equal Pay Day, a day that marks the wage gap—the number of days into the year women have to work, in addition to last year, to earn the same amount of money men made last year.
QUINN: New energy code is already obsolete
Adopting the new code would result in even greater savings for Indiana home buyers.
CONOVER: How to get our manufacturing jobs back
At the current rate, it’ll be eight more years before manufacturing employment is back to where it was in 2007.