A group of 3,700 auto dealers is calling on the Biden administration to pull back on federal regulations that will mandate that two out of every three vehicles sold in the United States in 2032 will be battery electric.
Bridges Townhomes on the east side, Grand Meridian on the near-north side and Richardson Townhomes at the Central State Hospital campus each received tax credits as part of the 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program for 2024.
Consideration of a pipeline to pump massive amounts of water from Lafayette to the LEAP Innovation and Research District in Lebanon is revealing major gaps in Indiana’s water-rights laws, some stakeholders say.
The city’s findings dash the hopes of a historical preservation group that the old law would require a full excavation of the city’s first public cemetery site before work could begin on a bridge over the White River and a proposed Indy Eleven soccer stadium.
As approved by the Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee, the district would collect various taxes to cover a portion of the cost for the stadium at the proposed Eleven Park development. The City-County Council now must weigh in.
The two Indianapolis-based developers have requested the city issue a total of $76 million in developer-backed bonds to help cover the cost of design and construction of the projects.
The move follows pushback by several neighborhood groups on the north side who expressed concern about the city’s plan, which could rely heavily on the Midtown tax-increment financing district to repay bonds issued for the acquisition.
The City-County Council Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee heard testimony from over a dozen downtown residents and representatives of prominent companies before passing the proposal, 8-3.
City Council President Jeff Worrell said Monday that a ride with Carmel traffic officers last week convinced him it would be possible to enforce a roundabout speed limit.
Corporations have fought vigorously to thwart even the most basic rules that would require them to be more transparent about hidden charges, according to a Washington Post review of federal lobbying records and hundreds of filings submitted to government agencies.
We’ll leave it up to the elected officials, with input from downtown property owners, to decide whether the downtown tax is a good idea. But we do wish the mayor would lead on this issue and either publicly advocate for the tax or oppose it.
The move comes as the state explores the feasibility of pumping as much as 100 million gallons of water from Wabash River aquifers for a high-tech manufacturing park in Boone County.
Indianapolis-based Milhaus plans to build a 125-room hotel, a 228-unit apartment development and 75-for-rent townhouses in the initial phase of the redevelopment.
Several Indianapolis neighborhood groups are taking issue with the city’s plan to spend up to $26 million in tax revenue earmarked for neighborhood redevelopment to acquire the new family center.
