FEBRUARY 1-7, 2016

One of Indiana’s largest home health care providers is fighting for its life after the federal agency that operates Medicare tried to cut off funding for allegedly putting patients in danger. J.K. Wall reports on Nightingale Home Healthcare’s appeal. Also in this week’s issue, Lindsey Erdody explains how Carmel is trying to pave the way for more urban-style development in its core, potentially cramping the historic style of its Old Town neighborhood. And in A&E, Lou Harry digs into the Great American Songbook Archives & Library at the Palladium.

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Feds want to cut off funding for Carmel home health firm

January 28, 2016 | J.K. Wall

Carmel-based Nightingale Home Healthcare Inc. is trying to keep from being kicked out of the federal Medicare program for allegedly putting patients in “immediate jeopardy,” according to documents in a bankruptcy reorganization case the company filed in December.

Two downtown towers soon up for sale

January 28, 2016 | Scott Olson

The Chase Tower, the state’s largest office building, might fetch more than $200 million—a price driven up by a nearly finalized deal that would boost sagging occupancy.

Not everyone in tech wants venture cash

January 28, 2016 | Jared Council

It’s immensely difficult for tech firms to quickly build and sell technology software or hardware without a sizable venture war chest. Nevertheless, at least a few central Indiana firms have managed to grow at a healthy pace without trading equity stakes for cash.

Carmel plans changes to pave way for development

January 28, 2016 | Lindsey Erdody

Officials are laying the groundwork to change the historic status of hundreds of buildings, eliminate industrial use from certain areas, and allow new buildings to tower as high as 75 feet.

Tax break in works for struggling farmers

January 28, 2016 | Hayleigh Colombo

Farmers across Indiana would get a big property tax cut under legislation moving through the General Assembly that would reduce their assessed land values an estimated $4.2 billion for taxes paid in 2018 and $8.9 billion for 2019.

Believers in Noble Roman’s see groceries as super market

January 28, 2016 | Greg Andrews

The Indianapolis company has been trying to juice growth by franchising stand-alone take-and-bake pizza stores and by selling freshly made take-and-bake pizzas in grocery stores nationwide.

State seeks to regulate, not ban, fantasy sports betting

January 28, 2016 | Anthony Schoettle

A bill moving through the Senate and another introduced in the House are designed to encourage fantasy wagering in Indiana.

INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Required Work One visits move jobless off assistance

January 28, 2016 | Lesley Weidenbener

The Department of Workforce Development finds that 30 percent of people move off unemployment after they receive notice that they must visit a Work One center. In most cases, the worker finds a new job; in a few cases, the culprit is fraud.

Athenaeum receives Basile gift to help fund $1.2M in theater repairs

January 26, 2016 | Scott Olson

Local philanthropists Frank and Katrina Basile have contributed $225,000 toward a fundraising campaign for renovating the theater, which will be renamed for the couple.

Noblesville’s Grace Church buys Nora building for expansion

January 26, 2016 | Scott Olson

The church, which already is building a second home in Fishers, has bought an office building on Westfield Boulevard and plans to launch services at the site.

Children’s Museum matures to become keystone of city, state tourism strategy

January 28, 2016 | Anthony Schoettle

The museum is arguably the Indy area’s most magnetic force, luring visitors from virtually every state in the country and six of seven continents.

EDITORIAL: Pence off course with roads-funding plan

January 28, 2016 | IBJ Staff

The governor has floated a misguided, $1 billion plan that relies on appropriating $150 million more per year, borrowing $240 million and spending down the state’s fiscal reserves by a similar amount.

MAURER: Pence’s brand of Christianity repels me

January 28, 2016 | Mickey Maurer

Unlike our governor, others manage to live their faith without picking winners and losers.

McROBBIE: Blocking out larger world is no solution

January 28, 2016 | Michael McRobbie

We should be looking for ways to come together, and to lower barriers by increasing our understanding of different cultures and the complex issues that too often tear us apart.

GUY: The myth of ‘my favorite teacher’

January 28, 2016 | John Guy

Being popular in the classroom does not necessarily translate into being effective.

GALLAGHER: For a first impression, look at a city’s streets

January 28, 2016 | Tom Gallagher

Streets are a city’s first ambassadors. Most in downtown Indianapolis, however, don’t live up to our standards of hospitality.

KIM: Herd mentality dangerous for coaches and investors

January 28, 2016 | Mickey Kim

Investors are often reluctant to act on their own information and go against the comfort of the herd, fearing damage to their reputations as sound decision-makers.

BOHANON & STYRING: Market ultimately keeps gas prices in check

January 28, 2016 | Bill Styring / Special to IBJ and Cecil Bohanon / Special to IBJ

As long as a price-fixing scheme cannot be enforced by law or mafia contract, we consumers have little to fear.

Column on gun owners was short on specifics

January 28, 2016 |

We are a nation that depends on the self-regulation of so many of our industries, and it seems helpful to encourage gun owners not simply to champion their rights, but also to take the lead in addressing the problems that go along with the easy access to guns in our society.

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