EDITORIAL: Raising parking fees is wise step
It isn’t difficult to grasp the reasoning behind Mayor Greg Ballard’s proposal to privatize the city’s
parking operations.
It isn’t difficult to grasp the reasoning behind Mayor Greg Ballard’s proposal to privatize the city’s
parking operations.
The health care industry is responding to reforms that will pay doctors bonuses if they provide high-quality care and save
Medicare money.
A former money manager convicted of trying to fake his own death in a Florida plane crash last year has agreed to plead guilty
to securities fraud charges in Indiana. Marcus Schrenker would face 10 years in prison.
The teachers union at Carmel Clay Schools has ratified a proposed contract. Members voted 228-70 Wednesday night to approve
the agreement with the 15,000-student district. The teachers had been working under terms of an expired contract since July
2008. Union President Sherri Pankratz said she wouldn't disclose details of the contract until the school board approves
it. The board plans to meet Thursday night.
Residents in Anderson may have to pay a fine if they fail to have their dog or cat spayed or neutered. The city council has
proposed an ordinance that would force pet owners to pay a $100 fine for each litter their animal has. It would also
require people who breed pets to have a permit. The council hopes the proposed measure will cut down on the exploding number
of cats and dogs that overwhelm local shelters.
San Antonio-based Biglari Holdings Inc. said late Monday it will delay a planned Aug. 24 shareholder meeting to give the company
time to
address “misinformation” regarding its CEO’s controversial pay package.
The influence of founders’ families in public companies usually wanes over time. But few firms accelerate the process,
as Finish Line is doing.
We’re happy to see that partisanship didn’t sink Mayor Greg Ballard’s plan to sell Indianapolis’
water and sewer utilities to Citizens Energy Group. Now city leaders need to make sure they spend the money wisely.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ke-xue Huang, a native of China’s Hunan province, of stealing trade secrets of
a Dow AgroSciences insecticide and giving them to the People’s Republic of China. Federal agents arrested the former Dow Agro
scientist July 13 in Westboro, Mass.
Developer Leif Hinterberger has spent five years and most of his savings trying to build a $19M mixed-use
project at 49th Street and College Avenue. The project could be in trouble if he doesn’t get city
support.
The Obama administration released a proposal that would tighten for-profit colleges’ access to federal student aid,
threatening an industry that received $26.5 billion in U.S. funds last year. Carmel-based ITT Educational Services
is among those potentially affected.
State regulators are gearing up to crack down on companies thought to be treating people as though they are independent contractors
instead of employees.
Detractors of new-terrain route say cost cuts undermine economic development premise for extending the interstate.
The state is suing IBM for more than $1.3 billion, claiming the company breached one of the biggest outsourcing deals in state
history. IBM wants Indiana to pay $52.8 million it says it’s owed in deferred payments and equipment costs.
New restaurants including The Ripple Inn, The Sinking Ship and Longhorn Steakhouse are planned for the Indianapolis area.
Drugmakers testing experimental Alzheimer’s medicines—including Eli Lilly and Co.—got good news last week
when the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association proposed new guidelines to make earlier diagnoses
of the disease.
Sale of city's water and sewer utilities faces showdown on Monday with full council vote.
Common shareholders are challenging the proposed acquisition of the company by closely held JS Acquisition LLC, formed by
Emmis Chairman and CEO Jeffrey H. Smulyan in an effort to take it private.
The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library board of trustees agreed Thursday to keep open two library branches targeted
for closure next year. Board members also outlined $2.5 million in proposed budget cuts for 2011 to help stem the growing
gap between revenue and expenses.
Politicians are beginning to tepidly make the case to head off disaster.