Jefferson Shreve: Here’s a better approach for creating a safe community
The crisis is too urgent for posturing: We must do what it takes to save kids’ lives in our city and give our police the tools they need to bring order to our streets.
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Dr. Enrico Repetto: We need health-savvy kids to stem diabetes epidemic
Awareness, understanding, nutrition and regular physical activity can teach lifelong healthy habits and stave off obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
William Plater: Kudos to all of the people who made IUPUI successful
There may be even more engaging dreams ahead in this era of dazzling new possibilities: harnessing artificial intelligence for the common good, drawing on Indiana’s local imagination to overcome global challenges and recentering democracy on more inclusive principles.
Daniel Elsener: Indiana must focus on science of reading to help kids
Critical third grade scores of our Hoosier students show nearly 1 in 5 is not even at basic reading level.
Ryan Ritchie: Coalition building boosts your chances for success
The most successful coalitions are those that appeal to the largest number of decisionmakers.
Marc Hackett: Investing in mental health care is just good business
Employers must invest in resources for employees to combat and treat mental health challenges, including burnout, depression, anxiety and more.
Kristin Jones: Health, jobs at risk with new drug price proposals
This shortsighted attempt to use the big fist of government to mandate drug prices would result in thousands of jobs exiting our state and would deliver an unrecoverable blow to the infrastructure that has supported the biopharmaceutical industry and the treatments and cures it delivers to millions of patients every day.
Brian Krider: Congress needs to pass the Credit Card Competition Act
In addition to the average 2.22% charge on every swipe, there are added fees for credit cards offering points or rewards, for swiping a second time to add a tip and even for manually entering a credit card.
Rob Panos: A pragmatic perspective on paid family leave
In early May, my wife and I welcomed a baby boy—our fourth child. As all parents can attest, the first few weeks with a new child are a whirlwind, whether it’s your first or your fourth. I was fortunate to have two weeks of paid time off from my employer following the birth. Those two […]
Sheri Fella: How to navigate exceptional times with your employees
I often start exceptional conversations with a simple statement: “That feels like a really hard space you are in. I don’t even know what to say.” Followed by a question, “What might support for you look like right now?”
Kate Maxwell: Legislature works against business and talent imperatives
If we are to succeed in that mission, we must draw talent from the fullness of the available talent pool, which includes women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community.
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso: Reflections on retirement: It’s OK not to know what’s next
It is possible to break old habits and not to let circumstances control you.
Trish Demeter and Ed Burgess: A fateful choice looms for Indiana’s electricity grid
The state has the once-in-a-generation opportunity to drive energy costs down by simply taking advantage of market competition and acknowledging present-day realities.
Al Hubbard: Indiana enacts historic policies to build a better workforce
With all our forward momentum in technology and commerce, one area has been noticeably less open to opening new doors and doing new things over the past half-century: K-12 schooling.
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch: Why I support universal school choice for Hoosier families
We simply cannot rest until we have provided this opportunity to every single Indiana student.
Kristen Fuhs Wells: We need these thoughtful, ethical young people
These young people are graduating with the ability to complement data and information with ethical reasoning and to balance their moral intuitions with others’ perspectives, experiences and points of view.
2023 Innovation Issue: Paul Nselel on why agriculture innovation is essential to supporting farmers’ work
Innovation in agriculture has been transformative, with advances in breeding, prevalent use of data analytics and technology serving as important drivers of change.
2023 Innovation Issue: Mitch Frazier on a tidal wave of innovation in agriculture is hitting Indiana
Companies across agbioscience are not only delivering life-essential innovations, they are also tackling many of the world’s toughest challenges.
2023 Innovation Issue: NiCole Keith on how Indianapolis can improve its health ranking
Improving health outcomes is everyone’s responsibility.
Viewpoint: City-owned hotel is bold move befitting Indianapolis
The CIB’s Andy Mallon, Visit Indy’s Leonard Hoops, Indiana Sports Corp.’s Patrick Talty, Arts Council of Indiana’s Julie Goodman, Indy Hub’s Al Carroll and Downtown Indy’s Taylor Schaffer join Mayor Joe Hogsett in