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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Social issues Blog Posts
Drugmakers versus consumers
February 25, 2008
Comments(0)Congress and the courts long have tried to balance regulations to try to protect consumers while giving companies
space to operate.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to limit lawsuits against medical device makers if the Food...
MorePaying extra for hormone-free milk
February 7, 2008
Comments(3)Grocery stores are rejecting milk from cows that have been injected with a growth hormone that stimulates
milk production.
Kroger, Dean Foods and others are responding to consumers who are jittery about recombinant bovine somatotropin,
or rbST, which has been used since...
MoreImmigration bill to become law?
January 30, 2008
Comments(37)The Indiana Senate made its sentiment clear yesterday by approving the immigration bill by the gaping margin
of 37-11 and firing it on to the House.
This is the bill that would make businesses liable for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
With this...
MoreCovering the least of these
January 21, 2008
Comments(2)It isnâ??t often these days that we see deep, serious reporting on poverty that helps explain the problem
and makes us think.
In a recent interview, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne argued that the subject has been edged out of
news...
MoreSupremes appear to back voter law
January 9, 2008
Comments(2)Questions posed by U.S. Supreme Court justices today suggest they might be reluctant to overturn Indianaâ??s
voter ID law.
Reports from the proceedings quote Justice Anthony Kennedy, often a swing vote on the court, as asking why
the court should be...
MoreInsurer rejects church over stance
January 8, 2008
Comments(6)An insurance company headquartered in Fort Wayne has refused to offer a property policy to a Michigan church
that belongs to a denomination that backs gay rights.
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co., says the risk of insuring West Adrian United Church of...
MoreChecking for illegal immigrants
January 3, 2008
Comments(48)The clash over illegal immigration under way in other states may well show up in the General Assembly this
year.
State chamber lobbyist George Raymond expects at least one bill to materialize, and he thinks the chances
of passage are pretty...
MoreAnother Pacers dust up
December 10, 2007
Comment(1)Jamaal Tinsley is back in the news, and not for helping the Indiana Pacers win games.
Early Sunday morning, someone with an assault rifle followed Tinsley and his friends from a nightclub near
Lafayette Square Mall to the Conrad Hotel downtown...
MoreYour approach to giving
December 5, 2007
Comments(2)A study put out yesterday by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says that about two in three
American households made donations in each of the three years it followed.
The center also found that slightly more than half of...
MoreIs Indiana addicted to gambling?
December 4, 2007
Comments(10)Indiana relies heavily on gambling to fund state and local government. Nearly $1 billion is generated for
government by riverboats, the lottery, and taxes on parimutuel wagering and charity gaming.
Just how long the state will be able to keep the...
MoreDoes WellPoint's Braly show trend?
November 19, 2007
Comment(1)Angela Braly, WellPointâ??s CEO, has not only made The Wall Street Journal â??s list of â??50 Women to
Watchâ??
but she hit the top spot.
Not so long ago Braly was largely unknown right here in WellPointâ??s headquarters city.
Does Bralyâ??s rise...
MoreIs Lilly friendly to minorities?
November 15, 2007
Comments(3)The National Urban League gave Eli Lilly and Co. its highest corporate honor today for helping with a health
outreach program to African-Americans.
Just two weeks ago another venerable civil rights group, the NAACP, backed a lawsuit filed for current and...
MoreJanitors, charges and Islamic law
November 14, 2007
Comments(3)Itâ??s been a busy day for the movement in Indianapolis to organize janitors under the Service Employees
International
Union.
The union announced that it plans to begin negotiating with several janitorial firms operating in the Indianapolis
areaâ??a huge victory for the...
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.