May 4, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indiana Department of Transportation will press ahead with a request for proposals on Interstate 69 from Bloomington to
Martinsville, in hopes that a public-private partnership will stretch limited state funds.
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October 13, 2012
J.K. WallUniversities are the hubs of the world’s knowledge economy, but they typically aren’t the smartest business operators
in the world. Brad Wheeler, chief information officer at Indiana University in Bloomington, is working to change that.
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March 9, 2012
Associated PressA Bloomington planning panel voted narrowly Friday to back off its opposition to a section of the Interstate 69 extension
from Indianapolis to Evansville that would pass through Monroe County.
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February 10, 2012
Associated PressDevelopment officials have hired a company to plan a downtown Bloomington technology park they hope can eventually spawn a
bustling high-tech business hub in the southern Indiana city.
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September 29, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana University President Michael McRobbie says the university is in "constant campaign mode," and private philanthropy
is vital for enhancing student financial aid, endowed faculty chairs, specialized buildings and academic initiatives.
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August 28, 2010
J.K. WallIn the last 10 years, Indiana’s major research universities—Indiana and Purdue—have nearly doubled their
science-based research budgets, to a total of $895 million. Yet Indiana’s public universities still run in the middle
of the pack nationally.
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August 12, 2010
Associated PressA bronze fish that is part of the Bloomington campus's Showalter Fountain is missing just a year after it was replaced
following an absence of more than 20 years.
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June 17, 2010
Associated PressA small brewery in southern Indiana plans to start selling its beer around the state as a new facility will boost its production
capacity by 1,000 percent.
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May 15, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana University is showing signs that it's finally serious about translating research into commercial product, through
grants it is awarding via its $10 million Innovate Indiana Fund and by developing a computing technology mini-campus.
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November 4, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce is opposing Mayor Mark Kruzan’s proposal to restrict chain stores and
restaurants downtown.
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October 21, 2009
J.K. WallBloomington-based Cook Group Inc. could find itself cutting as many as 1,000 local jobs if Congress enacts a tax on
medical devices to pay for health care reform, company founder Bill Cook said in an interview.
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October 17, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinBloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan believes this beloved college town loses a bit of its identity every time a national chain sets
up shop.
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November 17, 2008
A national newsmagazine for the gay and lesbian community has named Bloomington as its top U.S. small-town vacation destination.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.