The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the amendment on a 7-3 party line vote Wednesday, with Republican senators rejecting arguments that language prohibiting civil unions could threaten the ability of employers to offer domestic partner benefits.
The Indiana Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly OK’d a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage and civil unions.
This month’s First Friday events include the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art’s opening of “Inner City Inspiration: An Artist’s Evolution in Clay” (April 1-May 14), featuring work by IU Associate Professor of Ceramic Art Malcolm Mobutu Smith, including a large-scale graffiti mural. Details here.
“Annie Get Your Gun” fires up at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, March 31-May 8. Details here.
“American Idol” contender Kellie Pickler headlines a free concert as part of the NCAA Women’s Final Four Tourney Town at the Indiana Convention Center April 2. Details here.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art screens “Selections from Project 35,” a trio of videos selected by a team of international curators, April 1-Oct. 30. Details here.
Pianist Jeremy Denk joins the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a weekend of Sibelius, Ravel and Mozart, April 1-2. Details here.
Comic Adam Carolla performs at the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, April 1. Details here.
Old 97s return to the Vogue April 3. Details here.
The St. Petersburg Symphony comes to the Palladium April 3. Details here.
Dennis DeYoung brings the music of Styx to a concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra March 31. Details here.
Cities and counties across the state would be prohibited from setting higher minimum wages under a bill approved by the Indiana House.
Republicans in the Indiana House on Wednesday pushed through three labor-related bills that had drawn protests from Democrats during their five-week legislative walkout.
In this installment of IBJ's Who's Who series, meet key members of the city’s banking and finance sector. They include bankers, fund managers, venture capitalists, lawyers, financial planners and others who influence the movement and availability of money in the local economy.
Meet the people who tweet for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, AAA, Butler University and other local businesses.
An Indiana Senate committee on Monday approved a state budget that relies on a new, more optimistic revenue estimate to direct more cash to schools, restore previously proposed cuts and leave Indiana with more money in the bank than prior versions.
Indiana taxpayers are paying about $300 million a year in nursing home costs despite a state law that would allow the state to save millions while keeping many elderly and disabled Hoosiers in their homes or with family members.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway landmarks and the cars of 13 open-wheel drivers are being featured in a game with 8 million nationwide players.
The Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust reported a first-quarter profit of $47.6 million compared with a loss of $15.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Gains from the sale of properties helped drive profit.
IBJ gathered advice from local and national experts about what should be done to improve the city’s most prominent public space and where Indianapolis should look for inspiration.
Every business sector has influential players, whether they are in the public eye or wield their influence behind the scenes. IBJ is identifying those people in eight different industry categories. Up this month: commercial real estate.
Four-term incumbent Charles Henderson was defeated, in part because of his plan to revitalize the city’s downtown by destroying several historic buildings. Most other incumbent mayors in the Indianapolis metropolitan area were winners.
HHGregg Inc. continues to plow into new markets, opening an average of one store a week, even as Wall Street is feeling less gung-ho about the prospects for such a fast-growing brick-and-mortar electronics chain.
Charters and vouchers may have sparked the loudest education-related protests before the Legislature this year, but changes to teacher evaluations are likely to have the biggest impact on Indiana’s public schools.
Former Secretary of State Todd Rokita’s report concluded that Charlie White appeared to intentionally vote in the wrong precinct a year ago when he won the Republican nomination for secretary of state. He faces criminal election fraud charges.
The centennial running of the Indianapolis 500 this year is almost overshadowed by changes that will make next year among the most important in the history of open-wheel racing.
Auctioneer Melissa Davis and her father, Jack Christy, owner of Christy’s of Indiana Inc., have purchased the 90-year-old Reppert Auction School and are relocating it to Indianapolis.
