April 22, 2013
Associated PressSchool district superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under
a proposal that won final legislative approval on Monday.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressStates could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the U.S.
Senate on Monday.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressSeven schools whose charters were revoked by Ball State University in January would be absolved of payments along with another
school which did not seek to renew its charter.
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April 22, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThis year's Komen Race for the Cure in Indianapolis fell to 21,380 participants—a 22-percent drop from a year ago—a
top organizer said.
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April 22, 2013
J.K. WallMercer Marketplace will offer health coverage from four companies—Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., UnitedHealthcare and Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
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April 22, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe City-County Council's GOP caucus will grill the mayor's staff in a private meeting Monday evening about plans for the
park, which caught many of them by surprise last week.
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April 22, 2013
J.K. WallInvestors are gaining confidence in the ability of major drugmakers, including Eli Lilly and Co., to improve their pipelines
of new products. The big pharma firms begin to report first-quarter earnings this week.
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April 22, 2013
The Division I university wants to invest $20 million for new and improved complexes for baseball, basketball, football and
golf, among other sports.
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April 22, 2013
Associated PressMany investors expect the health care overhaul's coverage expansions to affect WellPoint more than other insurers.
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April 21, 2013
Associated PressMore than 100 Indiana school districts haven't posted their superintendents' employee contracts online, as required.
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April 21, 2013
Associated PressAs the Indiana General Assembly nears the finish of its 2013 session, legislators hope to find homes for initiatives that
struggled to win approval on their own, such as backing improvements to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and expanding the
state's school voucher program.
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April 20, 2013
IBJ StaffBidPal picked up two awards at TechPoint's annual event, which drew 1,000 to the JW Marriott downtown Saturday night.
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April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleProfessional hockey will be skating back to the city in less than two years if Indiana State Fairgrounds officials get their
wish.
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April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe Brickyard Battalion started informally as a support group for an imaginary soccer team. But it was the impetus for starting
a real-life North American Soccer League franchise in Indianapolis, scheduled to launch next year.
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April 20, 2013
Chris O'MalleyLocal television stations are each preparing in their own way for the return to the air this fall of popular weathercaster
Angela Buchman.
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April 20, 2013
IBJ surveys 20 of downtown's most distinguished structures and examines the details that set them apart. How
many of them can you name on sight?
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April 20, 2013
Jeff HagermanStrategic planning for market-sector success in commercial real estate has always been difficult and risky, but the past five
years of the recession have only compounded this uncertainty.
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April 20, 2013
These jewels help distinguish some of downtown's best-dressed buildings.
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April 20, 2013
Scott OlsonCity officials will have at least four proposals to consider for redevelopment of a downtown parking lot where Market Square
Arena once stood. Bids are due to the city by April 22.
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April 20, 2013
J.K. WallWhen Michael Harris resigned abruptly last September as chancellor of Indiana University’s Kokomo campus, he did not
go quietly, according to a series of emails he exchanged with IU administrators.
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April 20, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis area’s largest employers have spent millions of dollars studying and promoting regional mass transit,
but if the idea is going to get past the Legislature, they might have to put money into the $1.3 billion system as well.
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April 20, 2013
The Noblesville law firm of Church Church Hittle & Antrim has acquired Indianapolis-based consulting firms Educational
Services Co. and Governmental Consulting Services.
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April 20, 2013
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is among 17 mayors of large U.S. cities that joined a new infrastructure task force convened
by the Clinton Global Initiative.
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April 20, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Quality Connection trades group has named former Indianapolis Downtown Inc. marketing chief Julia Watson to succeed Tom
O’Donnell as executive director.
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April 19, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis International Airport will boost revenue with a new deal with its valet-parking provider and lease payments
from a second 75-acre solar farm.
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Doug Henning!
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?