November 25, 2009
Greg AndrewsMarion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he agreed this fall to serve on the board of Tim Durham’s Fair Finance
Co., but changed his mind several weeks later after Durham told him a newspaper was working on an investigative
story about the company.
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November 24, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCIB Treasurer Ann Lathrop will become board president, replacing Bob Grand at the helm of the organization that oversees the
city's professional sports stadiums and the Indiana Convention Center.
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November 21, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerAn aide to Mayor Greg Ballard says he hopes a private operator can find “operating and maintenance savings in the millions."
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November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffThe troubled Indianapolis City Market is looking East for a new direction. This summer, its executive director, Jim Reilly,
visited Philadelphia and Cleveland to observe their successful urban markets and seek pointers that might be applied here.
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November 20, 2009
Scott OlsonIndiana's unemployment rate inched up to 9.8 percent in October, reversing small declines recorded in the previous three months,
the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Friday morning.
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November 16, 2009
Scott OlsonLawmakers meet Tuesday for Organizational Day and will begin debating measures Jan. 5 when the Legislature officially convenes
for a short session.
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November 16, 2009
A delegation of business and community leaders led by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard departed for Europe Nov. 14 on a nine-day
economic
development mission to help grow the city’s motorsports industry.
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November 14, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe cash-strapped, half-vacant City Market is playing legal hardball with five current or former tenants that are behind
on rent, a move that’s led to the imminent eviction of Constantino’s Market Place.
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November 14, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerSecretary of State Todd Rokita has relied on fines and fees to greatly increase his office's firepower without a tax hike.
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November 14, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund is negotiating to buy a 12-story office building across from the
Statehouse in what could be the year’s largest downtown office transaction.
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November 10, 2009
IBJ StaffTwo weeks after reaching a stalemate on a proposal that would broaden the city's workplace smoking ban, City-Council
Council members voted Monday night to resurrect the measure.
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November 9, 2009
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board likely will accept a state loan providing $27 million over three years to help
shore up its fragile financial situation.
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November 9, 2009
Scott OlsonApproaching the end of 2009, Indianapolis' cash-strapped Capital Improvement Board is on much more solid financial footing.
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November 7, 2009
Associated PressIndiana voters seem willing to pay more in property taxes to help school districts cover operating costs. The results of last
week's referendums, however, continue the trend against supporting plans for bigger, better schools during tough economic
times.
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November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffA new task force formed this month is charged with recommending solutions to the financial problems of the Indianapolis
Capital Improvement Board and its related convention and tourism issues.
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November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyEvery neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the
most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
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November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyCounties wanting to speed traffic among suburbs are building highways to avoid having to travel into Indianapolis. The result,
a 100-mile outer loop beyond Interstate 465, won't be completed for years, and it won't be built to consistent standards,
but it might help ease congestion.
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November 6, 2009
IBJ StaffCalifornia-based life science firm Beckman Coulter Inc. is moving its precision plastics injection molding operation
to the Park 100 business park on Indianapolis' northwest side, making what it calls a multimillion-dollar investment in the
operation.
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November 5, 2009
Associated PressIndiana's school chief warned school superintendents Thursday that declining state revenues could force cuts in public education
spending, education officials said.
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November 5, 2009
J.K. WallIn letter to Indiana congressmen, the governor says the reform bill would kill jobs with 'enormous' new taxes.
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November 4, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Senate health care committee is investigating how health insurers, including Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., price
the coverage they sell to small businesses.
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November 4, 2009
J.K. WallAfter winning 83-percent support for $754 million hospital, Wishard officials hope to sell bonds, pick construction firm
by year's end.
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November 3, 2009
IBJ StaffUnofficial results from Tuesday night's special election show more than eight out of 10 Marion County voters supporting a
new $754 million hospital for Wishard Health Services.
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November 3, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerBoard president says he quit after Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard declined proposal to shut down historic landmark until
2013 for major renovation.
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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.