Government Rules Trump Beliefs of Indiana Company
by Andrea Neal When the officers of Grote Industries sat down to discuss a possible legal challenge to the contraceptive mandate in the national health-care law, the vote was immediate and unanimous. “We decided that it was definitely against our beliefs,” says chairman and CEO William Grote III. The company filed a complaint in U.S. Read the full article…
Bohanon: ‘Water, Diamonds — the Value of College Majors’
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Indulge in this fantasy: You wake up one morning, turn on your water faucet and a stream of perfectly shaped nuggets that look like diamonds pours out. On further investigation, you find that all your water taps are spewing what seems to be diamonds. You rush to your neighbor who happens Read the full article…
The Outstater: Policy Discussion Without the Discussion
(For the use of the membership only) As the editor of something that dares call itself The Indiana Policy Review, it’s important to me that Indiana policy is actually being discussed so it can be reviewed. I fear it’s not. My doubts began to surface several years ago during an early hearing on Indiana’s inheritance Read the full article…
Indiana Eco-Devo: Progress with Transparency
For release Dec. 30 and thereafter. by David Penticuff Some of us are pleased that the upcoming session of the Indiana General Assembly will include a serious attempt at reforming the way economic-development efforts are conducted in the name of Indiana taxpayers. Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel, is working with Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City, to Read the full article…
Common Core Standards: Which Way for Indiana?
by SANDRA STOTSKY, Ph.D. The defeat of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction was attributed to many factors. Yet, as one post-election analysis indicated, the size of the vote for his rival, Glenda Ritz, suggests that the most likely reason was Mr. Bennett’s support for, and attempt to implement, Common Core’s badly Read the full article…
King: The Toll Road: ‘Pay Me Now, Pay Me Later’
by Stephen M. King, Ph.D. Seven years ago, Gov. Mitch Daniels’ “Major Moves” legislation, passed along partisan lines, authorized dramatic changes in Indiana’s transportation-funding system. Those changes included a $3.8-billion, 75-year lease of the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) to Macquarie-Cintra, a private Australian-Spanish consortium. The consortium, ITR Concessionaire Company, in exchange for the upfront cash, Read the full article…
