April 8, 2011
J.K. WallKarega Rausch will become the Indianapolis director of Stand for Children, an Oregon-based not-for-profit that pushes education
reform through grass-roots organizing and legislative lobbying.
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March 28, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe trustee in the Fair Finance bankruptcy has renewed a call for recipients of political contributions from accused Ponzi
schemer Tim Durham to return the tainted cash after a federal grand jury indicted Durham on 12 felony counts.
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March 21, 2011
Associated PressAn Indiana state senator is returning campaign contributions from Timothy Durham, a former Indianapolis businessman charged
with running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of more than $200 million.
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November 8, 2010
Democrats lost 12 House seats, two congressmen and a U.S. senator, and the party failed to win any of three state offices.
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October 10, 2009
IBJ StaffIt’s been a year since Republican Mayor Greg Ballard launched the City’s Office of Sustainability. On Oct. 6,
Ballard and his sustainability director, Karen Haley, outlined accomplishments in the first year.
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September 19, 2009
IBJ StaffIn the worst recession since the Great Depression, it must be difficult to broker business expansions. But
IEDI's making no excuses for the city’s job creation and retention figures. In fact, it's touting them.
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June 29, 2009
J.K. WallA new communications post at Eli Lilly gives former mayor Bart Peterson an opportunity to meld his experiences in the public
and private sectors.
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November 10, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinA commission that has drawn $12.5 million in grants and public money to promote Indianapolis' artistic side is awaiting word
on its future.
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January 14, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerHere's a political hot potato that so far has received little discussion in the rancorous debate over property-tax reform:
Should the enormous costs of helping impoverished Hoosiers continue to be funded county by county, or spread to taxpayers
statewide?
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September 3, 2007
Cory SchoutenWith the Nov. 6 mayoral election looming, Mayor Bart Peterson seems content to wait for a third term to choose who will redevelop
the Market Square Arena site. He's willing to put off the opportunity to wipe past failures clean in large part because the
political climate has changed.
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April 9, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerIndianapolis fought long and hard to earn a reputation as a safe place to live and conduct business. But police statistics
show that local security is eroding. Crime has risen to the highest levels seen during Mayor Bart Peterson's administration.
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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.