IDEM chief choking on EPA’s new ozone proposal
Cost of proposed EPA ozone limit would far outweigh any potential health benefits, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
commissioner says.
Cost of proposed EPA ozone limit would far outweigh any potential health benefits, Indiana Department of Environmental Management
commissioner says.
Simon Property Group Inc. added four backers to its proposal to help rival mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. emerge
from bankruptcy, increasing the plan’s total investment by $1.1 billion.
Thirteen years after Mayor Jim Brainard first described his vision for a new downtown along Range Line Road, Carmel City Center
is starting to look like a city.
Melvin Simon’s daughter Deborah is lashing out at her stepmother Bren in a new court filing, saying she was “mentally
and verbally abusive” toward the billionaire late in his life and kept him isolated from friends and family.
Vacations are evolving into a “human right” in the European Union. So, you guessed it, subsidies are next. But
an IU prof who’s a native of France isn’t sure it’s a good idea.
Insurers like WellPoint Inc. should be required to get U.S. approval to increase premiums, Sens. Diane Feinstein and Tom Harkin
say.
The Indiana Arts Commission revamped the way it allocates money out of concern about future state budget cuts, which would
further reduce grants available to arts organizations.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett invites heads of teachers unions to meeting to publicly share reform ideas instead of “bureaucratic rhetoric and no
specifics.”
The proposed plan will expand the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury, bring economic development to south-central
Indiana, and open a new fish and wildlife area in Putnam County in western Indiana.
Shares of ITT Educational Services rose 9.6 percent Tuesday, their biggest gain in seven months.
Unsatisfied with the Hoosier Park owner’s reorganization plan, hedge funds represented by Wells Fargo Bank petition for conversion
of Chapter 11 bankruptcy into Chapter 7.
A U.S. mandate forcing insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc. to spend 85 percent of revenue from premiums
on medical care is the newest front in the battle between the Obama administration and companies over industry profits.
Not-for-profit hopes to have $150,000 in annual funding restored, particularly now that it has taken on the additional duties
related to the Circle City Classic.
Mayor Greg Ballard’s potential lease of more than 15,000 street, surface and garage parking spaces could create turnover downtown
and in Broad Ripple, boosting retailers and restaurants.
Once-weekly form of Byetta is awaiting the FDA’s OK. Analyst predict the new version of the drug, if approved, could rack
up sales of $2 billion annually.
Citizens Energy should have completed the majority of its due diligence of the city’s water and sewer utilities, which
it plans to acquire, by the end of this month.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board had heard the allegations that John Clark, their star candidate for airport CEO,
spent big on world travel while chief of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. Now, the Florida state attorney is collecting
travel records there and information from Indianapolis about trips Clark made here for job interviews.
The Indiana Health Care Association is looking for a new leader even as it tries to dig out of a pile
of debt. Current President Steve Smith, whose contract expires Nov. 30, says he’s put the organization on a path to be financially stable by 2012. But his predecessor says Smith has ruined a once-strong organization.
Bankrupt Hoosier Park owner Centaur Inc. has offered its creditors a risky reorganization plan. For it to work, dozens of
hedge funds must stay in the game, in return for a chance to buy a big chunk of the company later.
Affiliates of Lauth’s largest financial backer, Inland American Real Estate Trust in Chicago, agree to dismiss their suit
against
the Indianapolis-based
developer, and also withdraw a request to have a Chapter 11 trustee appointed.