Indy speedway replaces stage following inspection
Associated PressA temporary outdoor stage set up to entertain race fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been replaced after it failed
to meet new safety standards enacted by the state following last year's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair.
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Kathleen McLaughlinCity-County Councilor Angela Mansfield filed the proposal covering city employees that would make same-sex and heterosexual
couples who live together eligible for health insurance benefits.
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Scott OlsonA Florida-based sports marketing firm had claimed in a lawsuit that it was owed million of dollars in commissions for landing
the clothing brand as the league's title sponsor.
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MoreCalumet plans to add 48 jobs at Indianapolis headquarters
The oil refiner, which currently has 75 full-time Indiana employees, has begun hiring management, accounting, sales, human
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MoreWabash College president ready to step down
Associated PressPatrick White, president of the private, all-male liberal arts college in Crawfordsville for the past six years, says he'll
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MoreCity delays approval of downtown parking garage
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MoreMexican big rigs shun border, imperiling trucking deal
Bloomberg NewsA cross-border trucking pact that ended a 17-year trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico last year may unravel unless more
Mexican big rigs start crossing the border. Failure of the program could have an impact on trucking firms like Indianapolis-based
Celadon Group Inc.
MoreAirport authority trims executive ranks in cost-cutting move
Chris O'MalleyThe Indianapolis Airport Authority has eliminated three executive positions, a move its board president says reflects a return
to a more conventional and efficient corporate structure.
MoreLawmakers to study auto plates, child protection
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this year was reviewed last summer in a series of study committee hearings.
MoreShelbyville officials rule fairgrounds fire arson
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MoreLocal WellPoint unit eliminating 112 employees
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job reductions to the loss of a government contract. The subsidiary will still have about 500 workers in Indianapolis.
MoreState museum uncovers hidden Steele painting
Scott OlsonThe unusual find occurred when the museum, which boasts the largest collection of T.C. Steele paintings in the country, shipped
one of the Hoosier artist's works to be cleaned by a conservator. He said the 122-year-old hidden canvas he found underneath
was like a "King Tut" discovery.
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MoreHoward officials OK hospital merger with Community
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approval Tuesday night.
MoreAndretti Autosport may expand into NASCAR
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MoreIndianapolis Public Schools laying off 163 workers
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takeover of four schools starting this fall.
MorePurdue economist predicts gas prices won't top $4
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MoreHHGregg’s profit jumps on life-insurance payout
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Associated PressDemocratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg reached out to his party's base Tuesday with his pick for lieutenant governor,
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Any "Domestic Partner Registry" is subject to significant fraud just like the recent media investigation showing huge problems with the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry.
What prevents people from claiming benefits from more than one employer for more than one "partner"?
Don't see the HR department conducting sex & committed relationship audits with home visits?
Words cannot adequated express how riduculous this is. How can anyone go from 8.8 million to 29.2 million (thanks for the $4 gas prices by the way)??
As the city is increasing employee costs, lowering insurance coverages, and completely dropping city/county benefit coverage for employed spouses/kids employed elsewhere, they want to start covering homosexual partners, girl/boy friends, and unemployed room mates?
"At the heart of the change, said Speedway executives, is creating an event that is more friendly toward the track’s corporate partners." What about the fan? For the first time in my 15 years going to the track, I was confined to three small, cramped sections of turn 4 on Pole Day. Not enjoyable. Sponsors banners may generate revenue in the short term, but I don't see IMS/IndyCar doing anything to make the product they are selling more desirable. Sponsors only come where the fans are, so seems to me they have to do something to get more fans in the seats before selling advertising space on the walls. And 220 MPH ain't going to do it!
TV ratings anyone? Name a driver that is not Penske or Ganassi? Ads on the turns? "It's a business..." that is the problem. It's racing and they are ruining it. Tony H. is spinning.