April 30, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressSchool districts trying to administer Indiana's required standardized test encountered new problems Tuesday that forced the
state to suspend testing for a second straight day. The problems brought a hailstorm of complaints.
More
April 30, 2013
Associated PressA legislative plan that would "pause" Indiana's adoption of a national set of reading and math education standards
has the backing of Republican Gov. Mike Pence, although many questions surround what that step would mean for the state's
classrooms.
More
April 30, 2013
Associated PressA plan overhauling Indiana's specialty auto license plate system and requiring all groups with plates to sell 500 a year
has been signed into law.
More
April 30, 2013
Associated PressSchool districts across the state suspended the first day of ISTEP+ online testing Monday because of computer issues. IPS
is reporting more problems Tuesday.
More
April 29, 2013
Associated PressLegislative leaders, who spent the last eight years of working with former Gov. Mitch Daniels, graded the new governor as
off to a good start, but with plenty of room for improvement.
More
April 29, 2013
Associated PressHostess Brands LLC said Monday that it will open bakeries in Indiana and Illinois, following announcements last week that
it will reopen bakeries in Georgia and Kansas in its effort to bring back some of its snack brands.
More
April 29, 2013
Associated PressAnderson's title, first granted in 1991, appears to have been lost due to issues with paperwork. The status is awarded
by the Arbor Day Foundation and others to recognize cities with viable tree-management plans and programs.
More
April 29, 2013
Associated PressLeft to their own devices, Indiana's Republican-led General Assembly pushed the state right ever so gently, adopting such
marquee conservative priorities as tax cuts, a school voucher expansion and constrained spending in measured fashion.
More
April 28, 2013
Associated PressDozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled
this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts.
More
April 28, 2013
Associated PressEconomic development officials hope a new rail service linking Indianapolis to West Coast ports in Canada will save central
Indiana businesses time and money by bypassing a bottleneck in Chicago rail yards.
More
April 28, 2013
Associated PressIndiana has a higher concentration of production and manufacturing jobs. That means graduates who are seeking employment with
their degree might find more opportunities outside the state.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gasification LLC project manager Mark Lubbers said developers wouldn't have tried to build the plant at Rockport
if the law passed early Saturday morning had been in place.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway could get $100 million in state assistance for planned improvements under a plan approved
by Indiana legislators.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressLawmakers worked feverishly into the wee hours to hammer out agreements on the budget and other issues, including an expansion
of the state's school voucher program and changes to sentencing laws.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana Legislature didn't boost the state's casinos nearly as much as supporters had wanted as they face greater
competition from neighboring states.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressA decision to cut state funding by 38 percent for programs that help people stop smoking and try to prevent others from starting
worries those behind the state's tobacco cessation efforts.
More
April 27, 2013
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers have approved an expansion of the nation's broadest private school voucher program that will allow more
children to be immediately eligible.
More
April 26, 2013
Associated PressAn effort to require Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax
this summer has fallen short in the Legislature.
More
April 26, 2013
Associated PressRep. Bill Friend, R-Macy, said he withdrew the bill he sponsored at the request of Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma.
More
April 26, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana General Assembly worked into the night Friday to hammer out final details on a two-year, $30 billion budget containing
new tax cuts, a modest expansion of school vouchers, new oversight of the $2.8 billion Rockport coal gasification project
and a series of other measures.
More
April 26, 2013
Associated PressSeveral companies, including Amazon.com, released weak earnings Friday and the government reported that the U.S. economy expanded
at a slower rate in the first quarter than economists were expecting.
More
April 26, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate voted 34-15 on Friday in favor of the bill aimed at sending fewer nonviolent offenders to prison.
More
April 26, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressCarmel-based Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, a company that was in expansion mode as little as two years ago, plans
to close shop after the Indy 500 if it can't find a new sponsor.
More
April 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana legislators prepared a compromise bill Thursday that would suspend implementation of a national set of reading and
math education standards for a year while new state reviews are done.
More
April 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana taxpayers will see their personal income tax rate reduced by 5 percent over the next four years under a budget plan
agreed to Thursday by lawmakers. The plan also repeals the inheritance tax retroactive to Jan. 1.
More
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.