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State's April tax receipts beat latest forecast
May 3, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe first monthly revenue report since lawmakers passed a new two-year state budget came in 4 percent higher than projections
made just a few weeks ago.
MoreBallard taps government veteran as controller
May 2, 2013
IBJ StaffJason Dudich is already familiar with the financial workings of the city. He was Ballard's budget director and deputy
controller from February 2008 to August 2010.
MoreIndianapolis to boost businesses owned by disabled
May 2, 2013
IBJ StaffThe companies could get a greater share of business from city and county contracts under a proposal signed into law Thursday
by Mayor Greg Ballard.
MoreNew leader named for Indiana administration agency
May 2, 2013
Associated PressAn official from a Tennessee state agency has been picked to replace Robert Wynkoop, who left in April to become managing
director of Purdue University's business and finance office.
MorePence sets rules for more 'Sagamore' awards
May 2, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressMany more residents are set to receive "Sagamore of the Wabash" designations under new Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
MoreDevelopers suspend most Rockport gas plant work
April 30, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gasification project manager Mark Lubbers told the Evansville Courier & Press that neither the General
Assembly nor Gov. Mike Pence support the project.
MoreFate of new Indiana school standards unclear
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.
MoreGovernor signs bill limiting specialty license plates
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.
MoreGrifter gets 19 months for fraud that hit Indy firms
April 30, 2013
J.K. WallDespite her dramatic pleas to a federal judge on Tuesday, Dina Wein Reis, who defrauded corporations out of millions of dollars,
will go to prison.
MoreMixed performance from Pence in first legislative session
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.
MoreObamacare exchanges could zap WellPoint profits
April 29, 2013
J.K. WallAccording to one estimate, the Indianapolis-based health insurer will shed $400 million in pre-tax profits by 2017.
MoreAnderson loses 'Tree City' status after 21 years
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.
MoreResidents decry Fortville's big annexation plans as land grab
April 29, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisProperty owners southeast of Geist Reservoir are vowing to fight involuntary annexation of a 9-square-mile area by the town
of Fortville, which would add $53.5 million to its property tax base.
MoreAnalysis: Lawmakers put pragmatism before party
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.
MoreDevelopers: Law will likely kill coal-gas plant
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.
MoreSpeedway state funding plan approved by lawmakers
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.
MoreIndiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
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.
MoreFEIGENBAUM: Legislative session notable for minimal acrimony
April 27, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumWhen partisanship did rear its head—Indianapolis Democrats charged a GOP “power grab” in negotiations over
changes in Marion County government structure—it was not disruptive.
MoreAnti-smoking officials say Indiana funding cuts hurt
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.
MoreVoucher expansion awaits governor's signature
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.
MoreOnline sales tax push dies in Indiana Legislature
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.
MoreBill banning secret videotaping at businesses fails
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.
MoreGeneral Assembly goes late in effort to wrap us session
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.
MoreOverhaul of sentencing laws heading to governor
April 26, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate voted 34-15 on Friday in favor of the bill aimed at sending fewer nonviolent offenders to prison.
MoreLawmakers forge deal to help Indianapolis Motor Speedway
April 26, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe plan authorizes the state to loan the Speedway $100 million—money it will borrow through bonds—to make the grandstands
more accessible to people with disabilities and to install lights for night races.
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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.