December 20, 2010
Associated PressIU President Michael McRobbie says the school wanted to locate the center in Columbus to take advantage of the Indiana city's
unique architecture and commitment to the arts.
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December 16, 2010
Associated PressThe state's finance authority said Thursday that it reached a 30-year deal to buy synthetic natural gas from a coal-gasification
plant planned for southern Indiana, marking the first time the state has entered into such a venture.
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December 16, 2010
Associated PressThe 2009 Toxics Release Inventory released Thursday shows releases of toxic chemicals to the environment by companies in Indiana
decreased by 20.6 million pounds, or 18 percent.
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December 16, 2010
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels said towns and cities have shown it's possible to enact smoking bans with significant benefits and minimal
cost.
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December 16, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressLocally, building permits were up 17 percent in the nine-county area, from 222 in November 2009 to 259 in November 2010.
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December 15, 2010
Associated PressSweeping changes proposed for Indiana's criminal sentencing system won the endorsement Wednesday of Gov. Mitch Daniels, who
said that if lawmakers enact the changes they would hold down the state's ballooning prison population and save taxpayer money.
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December 15, 2010
Associated PressThe state Medicaid actuary projected Indiana's share of the program's costs will rise by about $1.46 billion this fiscal year,
by about $1.84 billion in the 2012 fiscal year and by about $2 billion in the 2013 fiscal year unless some services are cut.
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December 15, 2010
Associated PressIndiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark announced his decision Wednesday, saying it was time to turn over the party
leadership.
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December 14, 2010
Associated PressChrysler Group LLC said Tuesday it plans to invest an additional $85 million in its Kokomo transmission plant. The money is
in addition to the recently announced $1.2 billion investment in other facilities in the north-central Indiana city.
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December 14, 2010
Associated PressGeneral Motors is considering $230 million in upgrades to its truck assembly plant near Fort Wayne.
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December 13, 2010
Associated PressThe conference, expanding to 12 teams in all sports and adding divisions and a championship game in football starting next
season, on Monday also unveiled a new logo and 18 football awards, each named after two standout Big Ten performers.
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December 12, 2010
Associated PressMany Indiana Democrats had hoped a Bayh candidacy for governor could begin reversing a string of setbacks for their party.
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December 11, 2010
Associated PressIndiana University's board of trustees has learned that the school's health care budget is $24.9 million short of projected
expenses in 2011-12.
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December 10, 2010
Associated PressIndianapolis has four A.J. Wright stores that are slated for conversions rather than closures.
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December 9, 2010
Associated PressThe Obama administration is taking $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money away from Ohio and Wisconsin and awarding it to 12
other states, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.
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December 9, 2010
Associated PressIn November, the economy added just 39,000 net jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent. Many economists predict
December will be a stronger month for hiring.
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December 8, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressRolls-Royce Corp. concealed repeated defects at an aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis and fired a safety official for reporting
the problems, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
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December 8, 2010
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels and State Superintendent Tony Bennett pitched their ideas Wednesday to Indiana's Education Roundtable,
a group of education and business leaders.
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December 8, 2010
Associated PressA Muncie-based startup company to spend nearly $9 million to start production at a Columbus industrial park. The plant will
make high-efficiency solar panels that are in growing demand around the world.
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December 7, 2010
Associated PressAn Indiana firm under federal investigation for passing bad checks for cattle purchases could find itself forced into bankruptcy
proceedings if a judge grants a motion filed by some of those owed money.
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December 7, 2010
Associated PressA judge sentenced 66-year-old Vaughn Reeves to 54 years in prison during a court hearing Tuesday in Sullivan. A jury convicted
him in October on nine counts of securities fraud.
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December 7, 2010
Associated PressA committee has recommended that the state highway department stop hiring Gary-based Superior Construction Co. and Indianapolis-based
bridge designer RQAW Corp. over a northwestern Indiana highway that has been closed because of safety concerns.
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December 6, 2010
Associated PressIndiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says a nursing home company will pay $376,000 to the state and federal governments over
accusations that it submitted ineligible bills to Medicaid.
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December 5, 2010
Associated PressThe chief operating officer for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana said demand caused by the economic downturn is unprecedented
in the organization's 30-year history.
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December 3, 2010
Associated PressFactory orders declined 0.9 percent in October, the Commerce Department reported Friday. It was the first setback since June
and the biggest decline since a 1.8-percent fall in May.
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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.