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Indiana senator seeks gas plant contract review
January 24, 2013
Associated PressA top Indiana senator is calling for a review of Indiana's plans to subsidize a proposed coal-gasification plant.
MoreIndiana House panel backs online sales tax collection
January 24, 2013
Associated PressAmazon.com and other online-only retailers would have to start collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax this summer under
a bill endorsed by a state House committee.
MoreLugar to join IU faculty, donate papers to school
January 24, 2013
Associated PressFormer Sen. Richard Lugar will join former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton as a professor in Indiana University's new School of
Global and International Studies.
MoreU.S. Postal Service hiring 400 workers in Indiana
January 24, 2013
Associated PressThe U.S. Postal Service says it's hiring 400 new employees across Indiana, including in Indianapolis, but job-seekers
have to apply online by Sunday night.
MoreCarmel tech consultant plans expansion, 36 jobs
January 24, 2013
Allegient LLC said it will add the jobs by 2017 and expand its Carmel headquarters by 4,000 square feet.
MoreLawmakers press Pence aide on school dollars
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe Pence budget calls for roughly $6.4 billion in education spending in each of the next two years, with another $64 million
for high-performing schools beginning the summer of 2014, at the start of the 2015 budget year.
MoreBill aimed at boosting Indiana casinos advances
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate Public Policy Committee voted 9-0 in support of a bill that would overhaul the state's casino taxes, along
with allowing Indiana's 10 riverboat casinos to move inland to adjacent property and permit live table games at the two
horse track casinos.
MoreEx-councilor Bateman agrees to plead guilty to fraud charges
January 23, 2013
J.K. WallPaul C. Bateman Jr., a former Democrat city-county councilor, agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to 13 counts of money laundering
and wire fraud for his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
MoreMarion County assessor bracing for more tax appeals
January 23, 2013
Scott OlsonMarion County property-tax appeals from the 2012 assessment are due Monday and will add to a backlog of roughly 27,000 existing
appeals from previous years that the office is continuing to wade through.
MoreIndiana bill to overturn school standards delayed
January 23, 2013
Associated PressThe chairman of the Indiana Senate's Education Committee says he's working on a compromise to a bill that would pull
the state from the Common Core State Standards national education initiative.
MoreBill to make IEDC more transparent moves to full senate
January 23, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee unanimously passed legislation Tuesday meant to makes the state’s
job-creation efforts more open to the general public.
MorePence spells out vision for Indiana in first big address
January 22, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence used his first State of the State address Tuesday night to lobby for a personal income tax cut, an expansion
of Indiana's school voucher system and improved vocational training.
MoreGreenwood seeks funds back from drugmaker with big plans
January 22, 2013
J.K. WallGreenwood-based Elona Biotechnologies Inc., which has been trying to bring a generic version of insulin to market, was declared
in default on $8.4 million in incentives from the city of Greenwood.
MoreBioCrossroads: Life sciences a $50B industry in Indiana
January 22, 2013
J.K. WallThe life sciences industry in Indiana employs 55,500 workers paying average wages of more than $88,500 per year, according
to new figures released Tuesday by Indianapolis-based life sciences development group BioCrossroads.
MorePence address set to expand on 1st-year priorities
January 21, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence might be shying from specifics ahead of his first State of the State address, but the details of a
first-year agenda that will focus on jobs training, expanded spending on private schools and an across-the-board tax cut are
largely known at this point.
MorePence wants $1.5M a year for life sciences institute
January 21, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indiana Applied Research Enterprise already has received support from John Lechleiter, CEO of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly
and Co., as a place for collaboration between academic and industrial scientists.
MoreIndiana Beach owes $347,000 in taxes, county says
January 20, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Beach Amusement Resort on Lake Shafer neglected to pay an estimated $180,000 in innkeeper's taxes and about $167,000
in 2011 property taxes, according to White County officials.
MoreShape of 'jobs budget' depends on the state
January 20, 2013
Associated PressThe proposals of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley epitomize the reality of the Red State and Blue
State philosophy of just what a 'jobs budget' looks like.
MoreSHORT: Obsolete laws, regulations stifle advance of 'telehealth'
January 19, 2013
Jeffrey W. Short / Special to IBJYou might remember seeing Elroy Jetson sitting in front of a television in the Jetson home, with Astro, his trusty dog, and
Jane, his mother, at his side, while the doctor appeared on the screen providing medical care to Elroy. This scene is no longer
so futuristic.
MoreBill would give green light to live table games at racinos
January 19, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinA wide-ranging gambling bill designed to protect Indiana casinos from border-state competition would allow live table games
at two central Indiana racinos.
MoreAdvocacy group waging war against welfare 'cliff effect'
January 19, 2013
Dan HumanReform advocates say it’s common for parents to get a new job with a meager pay raise that is just enough to push them
out of the eligibility limits. Ultimately, the families have less money.
MoreFounder returning to lead city's environmental office
January 19, 2013
IBJ StaffAnna Jetmore-Vargas, who started the office in 2008, had most recently worked at the environmental consulting firm Kerameda
Inc.
MoreEnvironmentalists concerned about Indiana agenda
January 18, 2013
Associated PressOne of Indiana's largest environmental groups said Friday it was concerned that this year's General Assembly may weaken
Hoosiers' ability to protect themselves from pollution and other health risks.
MoreEx-gubernatorial candidates, biz leaders seek national debt fix
January 18, 2013
Associated PressA group of Indiana political and business leaders are joining a national effort to pressure Washington, D.C., politicians
to find a long-term debt fix.
MoreState lawmakers unlikely to toughen smoking ban
January 18, 2013
Associated PressIt appears health advocates have little chance of seeing Indiana's smoking ban extended to include bars.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.