A proposed $100 million redevelopment project in downtown Fishers has come to at least a temporarily halt. The town and Cleveland-based Fairmount Properties LLC issued a joint statement yesterday saying they have agreed to end the agreement, which was signed in November of last year. Fishers was unwilling to use eminent domain to acquire properties […]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials are in talks to move their Hall of Fame Museum from the interior of the oval to a spot
just outside the south end of the track, an area that could also house a new Speedway hotel.
Proposed national legislation that simplifies business unionization is more likely to be adopted during the Obama administration,
experts agree.
Carmel Mayor James Brainard is trying to convince his city to pay up to $52 million more than the original amount allocated
for a roundabout interchange project designed to ease congestion on Keystone Avenue.
Budget cuts could eliminate programs that gather and analyze local and state economic data. This would hurt businesses and
economic development officials, since they would not have the data that helps them see how their market differs from the state
and the nation.
Professors at Indiana University’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies are conducting an analysis of new tourism
attractions in Indiana’s Orange County.
Two schools of thought are emerging over the proposed bailout of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
One is that the auto industry is too big to fail. Itâ??s not just because of the manufacturing operations
and all the suppliers…
A prominent state senator filed a bill this week that would require retiring legislators to wait at least one year before they could lobby members of the Indiana General Assembly. Under the legislation proposed by Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, lawmakers who retire after June 2009 couldn’t register as a lobbyist before June 2010. The state […]
OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Virginia-based Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. Shenandoah would become a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based OneAmerica, whose other subsidiaries include American United Life Insurance Co. and The State Life Insurance Co. OneAmerica disclosed no details about the financial terms of the deal. Shenendoah is much smaller […]
Purdue and Indiana universities are celebrating one of college football’s oldest prizes—together.
As the Boilermakers and Hoosiers gear up for their showdown tomorrow at Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium—the 83rd battle for the Old Oaken Bucket—the…
The Indiana General Assembly should pass a bill into law that bans smoking in public places.
The Metropolitan Development Commission has given city planners the green light to seek an expedited study that would provide
a clearer picture of what a comprehensive regional transit system could look like and how much it would cost.
Marian College wants to take over operation of the Major Taylor Velodrome from Indy Parks and make the facility a hub for
alternative transportation and Midwestern cycling.
If "Aerophare" gets off the ground, downtown visitors will literally be riding up and down in a balloon, within
a 20-story, helical tower in White River State Park.
Unfortunately, there’s a major stumbling block to education beyond high school — too many people in the state simply
can’t afford it.
Hancock County commissioners on Dec. 8 tabled a strict no-smoking ordinance for the county.
On Sept. 26, the Indiana Regional Transportation Council voted to move to the next phase in the development of a mass transit
line connecting downtown Indianapolis to Hamilton County, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Colleges must control costs so that students, particularly those from low-income families, can afford higher education without
going into tremendous debt.
A New York state developer that proposed a recreation and entertainment complex near Daleville a year ago is still pursuing the project. This time, according to The Star Press of Muncie, the complex would be located farther north of the town but still close to Interstate 69. Daleville is between Anderson and Muncie. Developer Joe […]
In 20 years, IUPUI leaders want their campus to feel more like the rest of downtown — taller buildings, more parks,
more people hanging out — and they want to connect it to the city’s core.
