Ballard veto hints at plan to increase police on streets
Instead of freeing up $6 million in Rebuild Indy funds for new recruits, city officials will soon debut a plan to move 100 officers from desk jobs to patrol, according to the mayor.
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Proxy Corner: Vera Bradley Inc.
Vera Bradley Inc., 2208 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Ind., 46808, sells handbags, accessories, paper-and-gift items and travel items through 65 retail stores, 11 outlet stores, 3,400 specialty stores and through verabradley.com.
Wishard attacking crime
I appreciated Mickey Maurer’s [June 10] commentary drawing attention to the fact that the overwhelming percentage of violent crimes is committed by repeat offenders.
EDITORIAL: Carmel quarrel: Too many incentives?
With its Arts & Design District, City Center and Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel has shed its suburban skin and morphed into a walkable, attractive city in its own right. But in the process, it has acquired some city-sized habits, including a penchant for handing out financial incentives to developers to get them to build exactly the kind of city Carmel leaders envision.
Car service app adds Indy
After quietly rolling out over Memorial Day weekend, the vaunted and sometimes controversial car-service app by Uber Technologies Inc. is ready for prime time in Indianapolis.
Fusion cooking wins funding
A Fishers financial analyst’s crab mofonguito was tasty enough to win him money he needs to open his own restaurant.
Ferrari broker to be honored
John Delamater, now in his 80s, is said to have sold or brokered the sale of hundreds of Ferraris over the years from his home in Carmel.
At Home Quarterly: Marketplace
Indianapolis-area statistics on home sales, demographic trends and more.
Seiwert to rejoin city as corporation counsel
Andrew Seiwert, who twice has served as associate corporation counsel for Indianapolis, will succeed Samantha Karn as she takes a position with the University of Indianapolis.
Former Indy attorney sentenced for theft from estate
Former Indianapolis attorney David F. Rees was sentenced to four years of home detention and two years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing more than $270,000 from an estate that he was charged with managing.
Fishers’ first mayoral election set for next year
Fishers residents will elect their first mayor a year earlier than expected due to a change in state law that establishes Jan. 1, 2015, as the date the town becomes a city.
File-sharing firm to invest $2.1M, add up to 30 jobs
Indianapolis-based SmartFile said the investment will help the company make a 7,500-square-foot facility at 212 W. 10th Street operational by September.
City to host USA Cricket championships in 2014
The tournament is slated for the new Indianapolis World Sports Park on the far-east side for three years beginning in 2014, the USA Cricket Association said.
AES Corp. to locate U.S. operations HQ in Indianapolis
AES Corp., the multinational parent of Indianapolis Power & Light Co., says the move will cost $1.2 million and create up to 100 jobs by the end of 2014.
AES Corp. plans to locate U.S. operations HQ in Indianapolis
AES Corp., the multinational parent company of Indianapolis Power & Light Co., says the move will cost $1.2 million and create up to 100 jobs by the end of 2014.
EDITORIAL: Fishers, Noblesville make the right call
We’ve heard the lament for years: Center Township is home to Indianapolis’ greatest concentration of institutions that pay no property taxes.
NFP of NOTE: Net Literacy
Net Literacy increases computer and Internet access and literacy while providing student volunteers with leadership, job, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and life skills as they serve their community.