Vonnegut memorial library to open this fall in Indianapolis
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library scheduled to open this fall in downtown Indianapolis will be part library and part museum.
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library scheduled to open this fall in downtown Indianapolis will be part library and part museum.
The Capital Improvement Board earned $10 million last year after reporting a $16.8 million loss in 2008. Its financial future
is clouded, however, by talks with the Indiana Pacers over Conseco Fieldhouse operating costs.
The music has stopped for a proposed under-21 club at Madison Avenue and Southport Road after a city board on Tuesday unanimously
denied a controversial rezoning request.
A quarrel over smoking left a south-side Indianapolis man with a broken jaw and eyesocket. Gary Biggerstaf said he was smoking
Wednesday night in a kitchen he shares at a boarding house at 1872 South Shelby Street when his new neighbor, Fred Robison,
told him to put out the cigarette. Biggerstaf said Robison, 28, began to beat him when he refused. Robison told police he
was defending himself from Biggerstaf.
Russel Settle, 92, was renowned for telling customers at the landmark Red Key Tavern to mind their manners in the northside
pub featured in a Dan Wakefield novel.
The new federal health care bill will put 500,000 more Indiana residents on Medicaid and lead to higher state taxes, Gov.
Mitch Daniels said Monday, but a government insurance proponent said it will help families and businesses.
If the General Assembly
wants to create some good news in this budget-conscious short session, it will continue our wise investment in Hoosier health,
and go one better by passing a statewide smoking ban.
Anti-tobacco advocates worry cost-cutting move could seriously diminish state’s efforts to curb Hoosier tobacco use.
Businesses say the money they must pay to provide customers the convenience to use plastic adds up. For example, Ricker Oil
Co. paid a whopping $3.9 million in 2009, according President Jay Ricker.
With only a few exceptions, tax dollars flow from urban counties to rural counties.
When it comes to encouraging smokers to quit, Indiana just isn’t getting it done. That’s the upshot
of a report card issued Tuesday by the American Lung Association.
A report from the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute says metropolitan counties pay more in state taxes than they receive
in benefits. The results, though not surprising, document the disparity for the first time in Indiana.
As Congress debates health care reform, it’s easy to lose sight of what we agree on—and what we know works
to prevent disease and lower costs. Helping people quit smoking and keeping young people from starting are proven ways to
reduce the awful toll of cancer, heart attacks and other serious illnesses.
Remember Cousin Eddie? He is the obstetrician/gynecologist in Houston I wrote about who tried to cut the mustard
in the hot dog business (“There ain’t no hog in the Yoso Dog”). He dreamed of having his own restaurant
and, against the advice of friends, he went to the dogs.
The wireless phone wholesaler had survived two prior recessions and recognized the spoils in tough times go to companies with
the strongest balance sheets.
A survey found cigarette smoking rose slightly on a national basis for the first time in almost 15 years and that Indiana
had the second highest smoking rate among states.
Ricker Oil’s Oct. 22 suit claims British petroleum giant BP is charging unjustified royalty fees while delivering no boost
from its national advertising, its proprietary IT system or its bulk purchase pricing.
Chris Linn drove the roads and noted the telltale signs of lifestyle unseen by most researchers.
His eyes told him what the demographic and economic numbers did not reveal.
Wouldn’t
it be refreshing if we focused on a different way of looking at the recession? What if we talked in
real terms about how much we lost in work days or goods and services?