Faced with a $3.2 million budget shortfall, IndyGo proposes the elimination of the Airport Express route, the Route 87 Eastside
Circulator and the IndyGo Commuter Express to Carmel and Fishers.
The University of Indianapolis chose Anne Thomas, its interim dean of nursing, to hold the position outright.
Thomas, 48, had been a part-time teacher at UIndy’s School of Nursing since 1996 and since 2008 had been its full-time
director of graduate programs. She succeeds Mary McHugh, who was dean of nursing from 2007 to 2009. Thomas did her nursing
training at the University of Texas at Arlington and earned a doctorate in nursing from Texas Woman’s University College
of Nursing.
Mary Conway Benjamin has been appointed practice operations executive for St. Francis Medical Group, which
includes about 75 physicians. Benjamin previously served as director of the medical group’s cardiovascular practices.
She holds an MBA from the University of Indianapolis and a bachelor’s degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration named Andrew VanZee to oversee the allocation of $10.3
million in federal stimulus funding given in March to Indiana Health Information Technology Inc. The money could be used to
pay for electronic medical record software or to help hospitals set up electronic medical record exchanges.
The proposed sites include the Indianapolis Stamping plant on the west side and the former GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo.
Indiana has named its first coordinator for overseeing a $10.3 million effort to shift the state's hospitals and clinics
from paper medical records to electronic files.
The project could be a key selling point for the school as it seeks to attract top academic researchers.
In its 40th year, event will feature 225 artists in a format expanded to two days.
Duke Energy has signed the agreement to formalize the $204 million in economic stimulus funds it will receive from the federal
government, the power provider said Thursday.
Indiana University is showing signs that it’s finally serious about translating research into commercial product, through
grants it is awarding via its $10 million Innovate Indiana Fund and by developing a computing technology mini-campus.
Seven months before the $275 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center is complete, convention planners and local
convention and tourism officials are calling for an upgrade to the existing Convention Center space.
Just about everyone thinks the Indianapolis law school is a branch of the one in Bloomington. It isn't, and Gary Roberts
says
confusion reigns as a result.
Construction of a new Wishard Memorial Hospital was hailed as a great legacy for Indianapolis as a formal groundbreaking was
held for the $754 million project.
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. has withdrawn its offer for General Growth Properties Inc. after a bankruptcy
court judge approved a sale process that gives an advantage to a group lead by rival bidder Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Top school administrators said a planned 0.7-percent increase in operational spending will be the smallest in several decades.
Testimony filed in Indianapolis Water Co.’s rate case shows the city in 2007 agreed to take on millions of dollars in costs
from the private firm it hired to operate the utility, including $48 million in retiree medical plan obligations.
Cory Schouten’s [April 26 Focus] article regarding the supposed “momentum” for Carmel’s Performing
Arts Center (PAC) lacked information, and clouded the overall picture.
Voters in Washington Township, Pike Township, Speedway, Carmel Clay and Noblesville approved
higher tax rates to help prevent teacher cuts or support building projects.
Plans are taking shape to transform a three-block stretch of Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis into a pedestrian-friendly
corridor connecting the expanded Indiana Convention Center to Conseco Fieldhouse.
Indiana has now received nearly $50 million in federal bucks to digitize health care around the state. But the latest grant—$16
million to the Indiana Health Information Exchange—comes with specific, ambitious goals for health care providers.
The administration is gearing up to produce tougher regulations that may reduce the amount of federal financial aid flowing
to for-profit colleges such as locally-based ITT Educational.
