April 11, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinAs citizens of Zionsville, residents of the Royal Run subdivision have had little recourse against the Whitestown-owned water
utility that charges them 78 percent more than its customers to the north.
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April 11, 2013
Mason KingHoosier Energy will invest about $27 million in 83,000-square-foot facility. The city of Bloomington has approved a 10-year
tax abatement for the project.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's A-F grading system for individual schools would be scrapped and implementation suspended on a national set of
reading and math education standards under a bill the state Senate approved Wednesday.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressThe bill would require all applicants for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to complete a written screening test for
possible drug abuse problems.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressA proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's
license passed the state Senate after Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann cast her first tie-breaking vote.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressThe Senate proposal would allow siblings of students already receiving vouchers to qualify for the program, raise the value
of each voucher by $200 and eliminate a one-year waiting period in public schools for students who attend "failing"
schools.
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April 10, 2013
IBJ StaffSingle-family building permits filed in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose again in March, the ninth straight month of
year-over-year increases.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressSupporters hope changes to sentencing laws will direct more people convicted of low-level felonies to work release and other
local programs. It also would require those convicted of the most-serious crimes to spend more time in prison.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressAmerican Airlines said Wednesday it is adding nonstop flights to more cities from Los Angeles, including to Indianapolis starting
Aug. 27.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressBrian Bosma missed all of last week's action in the Statehouse due to a serious infection developed from an artificial knee
replacement.
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April 10, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe bankruptcy of Bank of Indiana's parent and the planned sale of its branches bring to a close management's quest
to turn around an institution that was buffeted by borrower defaults during the financial crisis.
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April 10, 2013
Scott OlsonHertz Investment Group has closed on its purchase of the 650,000 square-foot, two-tower Capital Center and its 525-space underground
parking garage.
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April 10, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisParticipation in Indianapolis’ massive annual Race for the Cure fundraising event took a hit last year as controversy
swirled around policies at the national Susan G. Komen organization. This year, Mother Nature is getting the blame.
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April 10, 2013
Scott OlsonAnother Steak n Shake franchise owner is suing the company over its controversial practice that prohibits restaurants in the
chain from setting their own menu prices, even after a federal appeals court sided with a franchisee.
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April 10, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city will lose its controller a few months before the 2014 budget is due to be presented to the City-County Council.
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April 10, 2013
Associated PressA southern Indiana boy has successfully spurred a change in state law that will allow sports leagues to hire youngsters like
him as referees.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressThe housing market has spiked so much in some places that real estate agents are turning to Facebook and going door-to-door
looking for prospective sellers because of a shortage of houses for sale.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressNorthern Indiana's recreational vehicle industry is getting a boost with the relocation of RV components producer Drew
Industries Inc. to Elkhart and its pledge of up to 800 new jobs by 2017.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressThe plan keeps much of the additional education spending that House Republicans added to their budget proposal in February.
But the Senate package also includes a $150 million cut to personal income taxes.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's riverboat casino revenues fell 4.4 percent in March, dragged down by declines at two southeastern Indiana venues
that faced their first month of head-to-head competition with a Cincinnati casino.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana legislative committee has dropped a proposed requirement that all public and charter schools have a gun-carrying
employee during school hours.
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April 9, 2013
Associated PressEconomists point to several likely reasons for the disparity between a surge in job openings but only a modest rise in hiring.
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April 9, 2013
Mason KingThe board of directors of Chromcraft Revington Inc., a West Lafayette-based designer and manufacturer of furniture, has decided
to pull its shares from the New York Stock Exchange.
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April 9, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy—believed to be the first of its kind—is set to be christened
at a ceremony Tuesday afternoon.
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April 9, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe state revenue forecast due out April 16 will influence the next two-year budget and possibly help Gov. Mike Pence sell
lawmakers on his proposed 10-percent income-tax cut. Experts predict the numbers won't be much different from those in the
last forecast.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.