December 22, 2008
Norm HeikensOutgoing state Commerce Secretary Nate Feltman said that he likely will return to practicing law and become involved in business
after leaving the post at the end of the month.
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December 22, 2008
Property-tax caps should help Hoosier homeowners save a bundle next year.
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December 22, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerNow expecting $935 million less in annual revenue than they did a year ago, legislators will spend the next four months arguing
over budget cuts.
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December 22, 2008
Scott OlsonSeveral major issues with business implications are expected to receive ample attention when legislators convene next month,
particularly the continuing saga of property-tax relief and the state's ability to pay jobless benefits.
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December 15, 2008
Anthony SchoettleWhat started as a dispute over a pair of digital billboards in Lawrence has evolved into a battle with broad implications
for Marion County.
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December 15, 2008
If Indianapolis is going to be a first-class city, it needs to have a comprehensive smoke-free workplace law.
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December 15, 2008
Johnson County officials this month approved a 7-percent tax on hotel-room stays.
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December 15, 2008
A Bloomington company has won a government grant to continue its development of a wearable supercomputer.
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December 8, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerMore than one in four Marion County commercial and industrial property owners has appealed its property tax assessments this
year, and the challenges often are paying off in a big way.
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December 8, 2008
Anthony SchoettleMarian College wants to take over operation of the Major Taylor Velodrome from Indy Parks and make the facility a hub for
alternative transportation and Midwestern cycling.
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December 8, 2008
Morton MarcusWithout good data, public and private decisions will be hampered in the next decade.
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December 8, 2008
Local health groups are aghast at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's decision to end contracts with six
local air pollution control agencies.
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December 8, 2008
Anti-smoking advocates are organizing a new attempt to strengthen Indianapolis' ban against smoking in the workplace.
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December 1, 2008
A new national analysis of U.S. public pension funds suggests most invest prudently, even in volatile times.
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December 1, 2008
Matthew AlbaughWhat are the legal repercussions against Web sites that allow defamatory comments to be posted on them?
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December 1, 2008
Mike HicksDuring the coming weeks, a number of Indiana cities and counties will be coming to terms with their new budget realities.
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November 24, 2008
Whitney LeeIf you've ever cooked a hamburger over a grill at Shakamak State Park, sat in a hospital waiting room chair, or sipped
from a water fountain, you may have used products made by Indiana convicts. Although offender work programs
have been around since the 1920s, most Hoosiers know little about the Indiana Department of Correction's
prison-based industries, which generate $40 million a year in revenue.
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November 24, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana's public pensions lost $5 billion in the 12 months ending Sept. 30.
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November 24, 2008
The Indiana General Assembly should pass a bill into law that bans smoking in public places.
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November 24, 2008
The only way more ideas, more candidates, more party platforms can gain
any traction, any consideration by the public at large, would be for all political parties to receive, and run only on public
funds.
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November 24, 2008
In the wake of the 2008 election, State Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, has been promoted. to chairman of the powerful Senate
Appropriations Committee, which oversees the state budget.
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November 24, 2008
Scott OlsonTony Bennett, Indiana's new superintendent of public instruction, says his priorities include restoring discipline to the
classroom, recruiting topnotch teachers and adequately compensating
them, increasing the percentage of education dollars spent directly on instruction, and reducing regulations so schools can
focus more on student instruction.
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November 17, 2008
Morton MarcusBudget cuts could eliminate programs that gather and analyze local and state economic data. This would hurt businesses and
economic development officials, since they would not have the data that helps them see how their market differs from the state
and the nation.
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November 17, 2008
Could Gov. Mitch Daniels run for president in 2012?
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My favorite magician is Mickey in Fantasia.
I ate at a Steak n Shake a couple of weeks ago and was amused to see a poster of him (and a lineup of employees) just inside the entrance. You don't see that at other chains -- OK maybe Dave the Wendy's guy, but that was when he was also in their TV ads.
Well he wasn't a magician in the latest movie, but up in Fort Wayne he was featured on Happy the Hobo when I was a kid and I LOVED THE SHOW!
Shake Shack>Steak n' Shake
I really enjoyed the Hollywood Bar and Film works, they had good food and decent prices I understand that parking was one of the reasons for its closing. If other major events were going downtown parking was expensive if not impossible. Hope the new cinema bar will have parking.