May 8, 2013
IBJ StaffWarner relies on funds from the Indiana Family and Social Administration, but the FSSA recently decided to end that funding
after numerous complaints against the company went unresolved.
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May 8, 2013
Scott OlsonThe downtown mall last year saw its sales per square foot increase to $354, a 5.3-percent increase from 2011, according to
an annual operating report it provides to the city. But non-anchor occupancy slipped below 90 percent.
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May 8, 2013
Mason KingAn Indianapolis investor group headed by longtime local radio broadcaster and executive Jerry Chapman will take over operations
at the stations, including three in Muncie, on June 1.
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May 8, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's honey bee populations are taking a hit from a mysterious disorder that's devastating bee colonies across
the nation.
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May 8, 2013
IBJ Staff, Associated PressThe Japanese car maker already employs about 3,600 people at the plant and builds the Legacy and Outback cars and the Tribeca
SUV. With the new investment, it will boost capacity by 100,000 cars and begin making the Impreza.
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May 8, 2013
Associated PressPence has expressed concern with a measure shifting power from the Indianapolis City-County Council to Mayor Greg Ballard
and with a plan for a $100 million loan to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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May 7, 2013
IBJ StaffA $95 million expansion of Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern high schools, and a $28 million project to expand Noblesville
High School were approved by voters Tuesday.
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May 7, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressGov. Mike Pence asked the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in early April to review its decision to grant $345,000 in performance-based
economic incentives to Mainstreet Property Group LLC, a company started by a top Republican lawmaker and his son.
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May 7, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressSubaru plans to expand its Lafayette factory and add hundreds of workers to build the Impreza small car there, a source briefed
on the matter says.
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May 7, 2013
Dan HumanThe tech firm's shifting emphasis toward cloud services has boosted sales and profits. Strong results for the first quarter
lifted its stock as much as 20 percent Tuesday.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mike Pence signed three bills into law Tuesday, one involving government transparency in economic development
deals, one related to school safety and another overhauling criminal sentencing.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressDelaware County commissioners decided Monday that they won't take immediate action on a moratorium to block a proposed wind
farm.
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May 7, 2013
J.K. WallThe appointment is the first high-profile post that Braly, 51, has accepted since she was ousted from the top spot at the
Indianapolis-based health insurer in August.
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May 7, 2013
Chris O'MalleyFormer Indianapolis filmmaker Alex Kosene bases the story in a local advertising shoot for a Swiss watchmaker on his relationship
with his developer dad.
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May 7, 2013
Scott OlsonDennis Dye will become a partner at Whitsett, a prolific developer of affordable housing. He has served two stints at Browning
totaling about 20 years.
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May 7, 2013
Associated PressThe federal government's weekly crop report says 8 percent of the Indiana corn crop was planted as of Sunday, well behind
the 82 percent planted by the same time last year.
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May 7, 2013
Mason KingFive of the six Hoosier firms that appear in the 2013 rankings slipped from their positions in last year's list of the largest
U.S. companies.
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May 6, 2013
IBJ StaffInteractive Intelligence Group Inc. saw earnings jump to $1.46 million in the first quarter as sales orders rose 31 percent.
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May 6, 2013
Associated PressAs many as 4 million Indiana drivers could become plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has
overcharged for driver's licenses since 2007.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallJohn Lechleiter has been suffering from a dilated aorta, Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday. Current CFO Derica Rice will take
his place until later this summer.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallThe effort to launch the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute got $25 million from the Legislature, but the life sciences
institutions backing the effort have set their funding sights much higher.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallLilly will eliminate 1,624 positions from its U.S. sales force in July, according to a notice the company made to state officials.
But some of those workers may be rehired by the firm.
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May 6, 2013
Scott OlsonOpus Development Corp.'s proposal for the project north of downtown included buying and bulldozing dozens of historic homes
in the Flanner House neighborhood.
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May 6, 2013
Associated PressState officials are studying the estimated $4 million to $5 million a year it might cost to continue Amtrak's Hoosier State
service between Indianapolis and Chicago.
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May 6, 2013
Associated PressMajor drugmakers, including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., are closely watching Pfizer Inc.'s plan to sell Viagra directly
to consumers. The bold move blows up the drug industry's distribution model.
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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.