May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenA federal public-corruption task force used a wire tap and an undercover FBI agent to unravel a fraud scheme authorities say
was orchestrated by two city employees and three co-conspirators.
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May 21, 2013
Cory SchoutenFederal prosecutors have charged two city employees in the Department of Metropolitan Development and three others in a scheme
involving cash kickbacks on the sale of properties in the Indy Land Bank.
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May 20, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressPaul C. Bateman Jr. had pleaded guilty in January to his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
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May 13, 2013
Cory SchoutenDavid Wyser, the top deputy under former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, was charged with bribery for his role in the
early release of a woman convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme.
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May 13, 2013
Rather than raising prices on private health insurers to make up for inadequate payments from the government, hospitals across
the country have been raising prices just because they can, according to a new study.
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May 11, 2013
George Farra / Special to IBJBanks will not return to their status as reliable sources of shareholder dividends for three years or longer.
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April 29, 2013
J.K. WallAccording to one estimate, the Indianapolis-based health insurer will shed $400 million in pre-tax profits by 2017.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressStates could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the U.S.
Senate on Monday.
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April 12, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government's workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart—a department that documents indicate
is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers.
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April 6, 2013
J.K. WallBrian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy
took place.
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April 2, 2013
Bloomberg NewsPresident Obama on Tuesday announced a campaign designed to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders,
an effort that could benefit health care giants Eli Lilly and Co. and others.
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March 30, 2013
Scott OlsonEconomy, high cost of construction cited as factors.
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March 29, 2013
Associated PressA federal judge has rebuffed three Indiana lawmakers who asked to be allowed to step into a legal dispute over the state's
immigration law after the attorney general declined to defend it.
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March 28, 2013
Associated PressSo far, 2013 has been "a roller coaster ride" for Indiana eateries, according the state trade association's president. Industry
observers say a 2-percent increase in the payroll tax is a likely culprit in a nationwide sales decline.
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March 21, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have the legal authority to cut Saturday mail delivery as Postmaster General Patrick
Donahoe has said it will do, the Government Accountability Office said Thursday.
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March 20, 2013
Associated PressHospital officials praised Indiana's medical savings accounts but some consumer advocates panned them Wednesday during
a public hearing as Gov. Mike Pence seeks federal approval to use the Healthy Indiana Plan to expand Medicaid in this state.
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March 14, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his administration Thursday over criticism from Democratic lawmakers that they have imperiled
Hoosiers' health care by failing to follow proper procedures on Medicaid.
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March 13, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government has delayed action on Indiana's proposal to expand Medicaid because the state hasn't received
public comment on the proposals, but the issue could be resolved quickly with two hearings set for next week, a spokeswoman
for Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday.
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March 12, 2013
Associated PressWorkers at southern Indiana's Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center are planning a protest of furloughs and pay freezes stemming
from the automatic federal budget cuts.
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March 11, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. and five other big drugmakers avoided paying $7 billion in U.S. taxes last year by shifting their profits
overseas. The strategy has drawn the ire of some legislators.
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March 9, 2013
U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman is encouraging Beretta to move its U.S. operations from Maryland, which is considering an assault
weapons ban.
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March 4, 2013
Associated PressState officials have started an effort to attract more military spending to Indiana even though the Defense Department is
facing billions of dollars in automatic federal budget cuts.
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March 4, 2013
Associated PressIndiana agencies are cutting jobless benefits, furloughing National Guard members and losing food funds for the Women Infants
and Children program because of the automatic federal budget cuts, officials said Monday.
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March 4, 2013
J.K. WallWhile rural hospitals face sharp reductions in their operating incomes, most of the four major hospital systems based in Indianapolis
will see only a marginal impact on their finances.
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March 4, 2013
Associated PressMore than 4,000 civilian employees at the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center will face 22 weeks of furloughs beginning next
month under automatic federal budget cuts that took effect Friday.
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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.