May 24, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Board of Code Enforcement put off voting on a new citywide towing-management contract Thursday after members
said they wanted more information about the bids from San Francisco-based AutoReturn and its local competitors.
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May 23, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis will choose a San Francisco-based company to oversee city-ordered towing under a contract expected to be authorized
Thursday afternoon.
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May 22, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis 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.
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May 22, 2013
IBJ StaffPolaris Laboratories LLC, an Indianapolis-based company that analyzes oil, fuel and coolants, said it plans a $4.7 million
local expansion that will add up to 25 employees by 2016.
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May 21, 2013
Associated PressThe 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.
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May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenA federal public-corruption task force used a wire tap and an undercover FBI agent to unravel a fraud scheme authorities say
was orchestrated by two city employees and three co-conspirators.
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May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenFederal prosecutors have charged two city employees in the Department of Metropolitan Development and three others in a scheme
involving cash kickbacks on the sale of properties in the Indy Land Bank.
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May 21, 2013
Associated PressMeasures filed in the Indiana General Assembly this year faced about 1-in-8 odds of making their way to the governor's
desk.
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May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenFBI agents on Tuesday morning conducted a warrant search at the Department of Metropolitan Development in the City-County
Building, shortly after agents arrested multiple people, including city employees.
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May 20, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressPaul C. Bateman Jr. had pleaded guilty in January to his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
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May 20, 2013
Associated PressSince 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.
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May 20, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGreenwood officials three years ago approved $8.4 million of incentives for the Elona Biotechnologies project, including the
construction loan.
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May 18, 2013
Associated PressIndiana 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.
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May 18, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo Johnson County communities are determined to capture—and control—the next wave of suburban growth.
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May 18, 2013
Chris O'MalleyAngie’s List Inc. CEO Bill Oesterle has collected millions of dollars over the years by renting to the company property
for its campus along East Washington Street. Now, the landlord and chief executive is pocketing millions more by selling Angie’s
the property, at well above its assessed value.
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May 17, 2013
Associated PressState 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.
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May 15, 2013
Dan HumanAn Indianapolis City-County Councilor is looking into the possibility of zoning violations at the massive north-side property.
The mansion will host a camp for entrepreneurs in June.
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May 15, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisFormer state Department of Commerce Chief Tim Monger took the reins of the economic development group after financial woes
forced the organization to reevaluate priorities. He plans an aggressive approach.
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May 14, 2013
Associated PressThe BMV stopped negotiations with the Indiana Greenways Foundation, the Indiana 4-H Foundation and the Indiana Youth Group.
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May 14, 2013
Mason KingAn industry trade group filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning contending that Indiana liquor law is unconstitutional and unfairly
benefits liquor stores.
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May 13, 2013
Associated PressThe 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.
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May 13, 2013
IBJ StaffCNH Parts & Service, the product-support division of international manufacturing giant CNH Global NV, plans a $13.3 million
expansion in Lebanon.
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May 13, 2013
Cory SchoutenDavid Wyser, the top deputy under former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, was charged with bribery for his role in the
early release of a woman convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme.
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May 13, 2013
Rather than raising prices on private health insurers to make up for inadequate payments from the government, hospitals across
the country have been raising prices just because they can, according to a new study.
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May 12, 2013
Associated PressIndiana 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.
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Just because someone supports the project, they are a PR shill for the developer? Myself and everyone I know has no connection whatsoever to any developer. We just want Broad Ripple to move forward and develop, not stay stagnant.
And the failure on the part of Indiana GOP to allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes?
It would have been nice if they could have arranged for at least some of Zaxby's menu to be sold at the concession stands as part of the marketing campaign.
Get the feeling Browning has some PR presence on the message board this morning. I don't know a single person in the neighborhood who supports this project.
Grew up in Warfleigh, which is the neighborhood directly across College from the proposed development. I am against the proposed project for several reasons: 1) Traffic Flow -- College is already a mess, especially with the new lane guidance which makes the southbound left lane 'turn only' at Broad Ripple Ave. Not to mention the backups at 64th and College. If this is in fact a Whole Foods, I would expect a steady stream of cars pulling in and out, either off College or 64th Street which are both bad already. 2) Use of TIF funds. I though TIF funds were for under-developed areas, to help bolster property tax rolls for the city. I agree with Barth that this area will do just fine letting market forces dictate what is developed. 3) Specialty Grocer Overkill. There is already a Fresh Market a mile south and a Whole Foods 2 miles north. This store is not needed. Frankly I shocked that the Whole Foods site selection criteria supports a store right here 4) Hurts the Character of the Neighborhood. This type of development, along with the (hideous) parking garage down the street are out of character with the history and fabric of this area. Broad Ripple has succeeded because it was quirky and different. It would be a shame if the city gets involved and helps support ANOTHER project that aims to turn Broad Ripple into some kind of manufactured urban center.