 $225M Westfield project in works
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Forty percent of school districts to see no funding increaseAssociated PressLawmakers overall increased school funding 2 percent next year and 1 percent the following year. But shifts in how that money
is awarded mean some districts actually might see decreases.More.
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 FDIC sues executives over Irwin failure
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New WellPoint CEO Joe Swedish thrives on complexity
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$225M Westfield project in works
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 City bans bulk land-bank sales after lopsided deal with not-for-profitIndianapolis last year sold 154 properties from its land bank for $1,000 each to a novice not-for-profit, which immediately
flipped them for a total $500,000 profit. More than a dozen have changed hands multiple times since then, making investors
more than $1 million. (with interactive
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 Crean, Painter contracts packed with rewards for postseason successIndiana University Coach Tom Crean and Purdue University Coach Matt Painter cash in big time when their teams perform well,
especially in postseason play.More.
 BioCrossroads has stoked state's life sciences industry, but challenges remain
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 SPECIAL REPORT: Stock-based pay builds wealth for Indiana execs
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Forty percent of school districts to see no funding increaseLawmakers overall increased school funding 2 percent next year and 1 percent the following year. But shifts in how that money
is awarded mean some districts actually might see decreases.More.
Indianapolis falls to 13th in population among U.S. citiesAustin, Texas, moved from 13th to 11th, pushing Jacksonville, Fla., and Indianapolis each down a spot.More.
U.S. unemployment aid applications show declineJobless claims are showing gradual improvement, but for hiring to strengthen enough to lower the unemployment rate to a more
normal level, companies must gain more confidence in the economy.More.
Mayor suspends land bank after indictmentsIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard on Wednesday sidelined a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties, one
day after federal prosecutors indicted two of its top officials for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks.More.
Indiana presses ahead with I-69's next sectionThe company that will build the 21-mile Bloomington-to-Martinsville segment by upgrading existing State Road 37 will sign
a public-private deal under which it will arrange its own financing to design and build that stretch.More.
Indiana ambulance plant with 165 workers closingThe decision to close the Elkhart factory comes two weeks after Allied Specialty Vehicles bought SJC Industries. Production
will be moved to a Florida factory in the coming months.More.
Indiana BMV says it may have overcharged for licensesThe Bureau of Motor Vehicles made the acknowledgement in a response to a class-action lawsuit that alleges Indiana collected
up to $30 million more than it should have by charging drivers more for licenses than allowed by law.More.
Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationismThe Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection with university officials over an elective honors class
called "Boundaries of Science," which the foundation maintains teaches religion rather than science.More.
Central Indiana county leaders back reservoir studyThe Delaware County commissioners on Monday endorsed a resolution supporting environmental and engineering studies for the
proposed Mounds Lake Reservoir.More.
Lids acquiring Kentucky sporting goods chainThe CEO of a private equity firm that helped fund the Lexington-based Fan Outfitters chain said new regulations imposed by
the Affordable Care Act prompted the group to look at the offer from Lids.More.
Purdue makes fast progress on tuition freezeThe school is nearly three-fourths of the way to reaching its goal of $40 million in savings or new revenue.More.
Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plantState officials have withdrawn incentives for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are
doing enough at their overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used against U.S. troops.More.
New owner shutting down 520-worker Indiana plantAllied Specialty Vehicles announced Thursday it was buying Monaco RV and shifting production to a factory in Decatur, near
Fort Wayne. The 520 jobs lost in Wakarusa won't be replaced on a one-to-one basis.More.
Aerospace company plans central Indiana factory expansionL&E Engineering Co. officials say the company will spend $3.7 million to expand its Greenwood factory and add about 40
employees.More.
Top Indiana wind farm drafts bat-protection planThe operators of Indiana's largest wind farm are proposing changing the nighttime operations of the farm's 300-plus
wind turbines to protect endangered Indiana bats from being killed by the turbines' spinning blades.More.
Ball State: 5 revoked charter schools lose appealsBall State University has closed the books on its January decision to pull its sponsorship of seven academically struggling
Indiana charter schools.More.
Indiana farmers catching up on some plantingA weekly report says 30 percent of Indiana's corn crop was planted as of Sunday, up from 8 percent the week before, but still
off the 5-year average of 54 percent.More.
Michigan doctor named dean of IU School of MedicineDr. Jay Hess was picked to become the 10th dean in the school of medicine's 110-year history and the first dean in the past
five to come from outside IU.More.
Foes organizing against central Indiana wind farm plansA Chicago-based company is seeking permission from Delaware County officials to build about 30 turbines across 15,000 acres
of agricultural areas northeast of Muncie.More.
Ball State president among nation's highest paidBSU's Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year,
according to a new survey released Monday.More.
'Pause' on Common Core leaves teachers in limboLawmakers voted last month to delay full implementation of the academic standards to allow time to study the potential costs
of implementing or abandoning the standards and hold public meetings.More.
New leader named for Indiana natural resources agencyGov. Mike Pence has picked Cameron Clark to lead the agency that oversees the state's parks, wildlife areas and historic
sites and enforces hunting laws.More.
Duke Realty puts 17 Midwest office buildings on blockThe developer is selling the buildings in Cincinnati, Cleveland and St. Louis to increase its emphasis on industrial properties.
A research firm values them at $149 a square foot, or a total of about $350 million.More.
Greenfield plant transforms waste into fertilizerSpring gardeners, lawn manicurists and nursery folk of all varieties on the hunt for cheap fertilizer this planting season
need look no farther than the Greenfield's wastewater treatment facility.More.
Demolition starts at old Indianapolis airport terminalThe terminal's four concourses and other structures built between 1954 and 1987 are all expected to be cleared by year's
end.More.
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Indy 500 fans will find track security tighter this yearFans coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend's Indy 500 will notice some changes in the traditional
routine in response to last month's bombing at the Boston Marathon.More.
Indiana lawmakers to review ISTEP test troublesIndiana lawmakers said Thursday they will spend the coming months reviewing computer troubles with a statewide standardized
test, the use of land banks to sell vacant property and other problems uncovered around the state.More.
Fort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEPIndiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent
third party validates the scores.More.
Three former executives sue Carbon Motors over payExecutive vice presidents of a company that planned to build high-tech police cars at an eastern Indiana factory are seeking
more than $600,000 in deferred wages.More.
EPA seeks to add Keystone property to Superfund listThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed adding three sites in Indiana—including one in Indianapolis—to
its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites.More.
ESPN counting on story lines to sell Indy 500There is no shortage of compelling story lines accompanying Sunday's race, leaving television executives feeling confident
about another bump in viewership this year.More.
Donors help after girl's stand shut down at trackMorgen Morris said she had a line of customers during Saturday's Indy 500 qualifications day when a Indianapolis Motor
Speedway employee told her she had to shut down her lemonade stand.More.
Indiana lawmakers gave approval to 12 percent of 2013 billsMeasures filed in the Indiana General Assembly this year faced about 1-in-8 odds of making their way to the governor's
desk.More.
Deadline looms for state's Do Not Call listSince January, the state attorney general's office said it has received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing
calls from live operators or prerecorded messages.More.
Work stops on Greenwood pharmaceutical plantGreenwood officials three years ago approved $8.4 million of incentives for the Elona Biotechnologies project, including the
construction loan.More.
Counties worry about cost of sentencing overhaulIndiana counties could be forced to pay some of the costs of a change in the state's criminal code that is designed to keep
low-level offenders out of prison while ensuring the worst serve more of their sentences.More.
River protest set for proposed central Indiana reservoirOrganizer and environmentalist Clarke Kahlo told The Herald Bulletin that the group is trying to build public awareness
of the amount of land that would disappear if the reservoir is built.More.
Court upholds Indiana's limit on civil damagesThe Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the state law limiting punitive damages awarded in civil lawsuits and directs most of
that money to a state victims fund.More.
Fed review finds Indiana highway land deals compliantThe Federal Highway Administration report found Indiana Department of Transportation records were adequate and sufficient.More.
Indiana BMV ends specialty plate talks with 3 groupsThe BMV stopped negotiations with the Indiana Greenways Foundation, the Indiana 4-H Foundation and the Indiana Youth Group.More.
Zak Brown turns down IndyCar CEO jobBrown said he instead will relocate in July to England to continue the growth of his Zionsville-based agency, Just Marketing
International.More.
Broad Ripple flooding in 2012 becoming costly for cityThe city of Indianapolis faces possibly paying several hundred thousand dollars for a restaurant badly damaged by flooding
that swamped a neighborhood during a downpour a year ago.More.
Indianapolis schools encounter more ISTEP glitchesIndianapolis students trying to complete standardized tests that already have been delayed by technical issues have encountered
more problems.More.
High court rules against Indiana farmer in patent caseThe Supreme Court has sustained Monsanto Co.'s claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean
seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer.More.
Indiana schools seeing more success with tax hikesIndiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to
boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes.More.
Pence signs $100 million Speedway funding billIndiana Gov. Mike Pence has signed a bill that will provide a $100 million state loan to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for
planned improvements.More.
Developer planning $60M project near Ball StateInvestment Property Advisors of Valparaiso hopes to build a four-story building wrapping around a six-story parking garage
that will have 228 apartments and storefronts on the street level.More.
Pence signs Indiana voucher expansion billGov. Mike Pence visited Calvary Christian School on the south side of Indianapolis on Thursday to sign the plan that will
make more children eligible for vouchers.More.
Unemployment aid applications fall to five-year lowMuch of the job growth has come from fewer layoffs. Overall hiring remains far below pre-recession levels.More.
Indiana governor signs $30B state budget into lawGov. Mike Pence praised Indiana's new two-year, $30 billion budget for its tax-relief measures and other provisions as incentives
that would lure new investment and jobs to the state.More.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.