April 9, 2013
Associated PressGaming Commission Executive Director Ernest Yelton said declining casino revenue and other factors are helping drive the push
for land-based casinos.
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April 6, 2013
Bill BennerRick Pitino, Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski would be the making of a pretty good three-fourths of a coaching Mount Rushmore.
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April 6, 2013
Bruce HetrickLocal government reform, it seems, is meddling when legislators don’t like it and meritorious when they do.
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April 6, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisSecond in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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April 6, 2013
Lou HarryAngst-ridden musical a highlight of the Broadway in Indianapolis season.
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April 4, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city recently signed a $555,750 contract with a local firm for design work on the Circle, leading to a two-year repaving
project with other improvements.
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April 3, 2013
IBJ StaffIndiana World Skating Academy, a fixture in downtown Indianapolis since 1987, plans to suspend operations of its two indoor
ice rinks at Pan Am Plaza this month and begin looking for a new location, the not-for-profit announced Wednesday.
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March 31, 2013
Associated PressThe differences between the electronic and standard table games are being portrayed to state lawmakers as one of life and
death, with proponents of a bill that would allow racetrack table games saying they would add jobs while not substantially
changing what the racetracks already offer.
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March 31, 2013
Associated PressThe private operator of the Hoosier Lottery is expanding the hours that convenience stores and other outlets can sell lottery
tickets, a change that allows those sales to continue late into the night.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryNeed some incentives to travel in-state for your next getaway? Looking for something new? Here’s a rundown of some of
what’s been added — or improved — on Indiana’s destinations menu.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryWith both the 2010 opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure and 2012’s
New Fantasyland expansion at Walt Disney World, families with theme-park inklings have even more reasons to visit —
or revisit — Orlando.
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March 30, 2013
Bill BennerSome years stand out as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NCAA tournament.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryA pack of conferencing critics had their eyes opened to Indy’s arts pleasures. In turn, they opened my eyes to some
things I shouldn’t take for granted.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryFirst in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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March 30, 2013
Jim CotaInstinct aims to make playing music as natural as singing it, because “playing music is one of the most natural things
a human can do.”
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March 28, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe Indiana House Ways and Means Committee postponed amendments and a vote on a gambling measures Wednesday after supporters
of the state’s horse-track casinos renewed their fight to get live dealers at their table games.
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March 25, 2013
Anthony SchoettleDowntown hoteliers are expecting a sellout this weekend, and ticket brokers are reporting a spike in ticket prices even though
Indiana University is playing elsewhere.
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March 23, 2013
Lou HarryLast in a month-long series of farm-to-table restaurant reviews.
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March 23, 2013
Bill BennerThe list of lightning-rod issues is long and, unfortunately, growing.
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March 23, 2013
Dan HumanTwo years after opening, the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel is working on its first strategy, an effort aimed at
maximizing attendance while providing financial stability.
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March 23, 2013
Bruce HetrickWe the people keep demanding more of them without budgeting enough to build or maintain them.
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March 23, 2013
The film and book chronicle the fierce competition among the top Indianapolis radio stations from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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March 23, 2013
Lou HarryThoughts on the latest from DK, Acting Up, and an American Pianists Association fellow.
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March 21, 2013
Lou Harry, Dan HumanGary Ginstling is taking over an organization trying to address four years of deficits and a shrinking endowment. Days into
his new post, the CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra talks with IBJ about priorities, fundraising and keeping
musicians engaged.
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March 21, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has landed retired astronaut David Wolf as its first “Extraordinary Scientist-in-Residence,”
calling on the native Hoosier to help develop programs sparking kids’ interest in science, technology, engineering and
math.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.