At their final debate before the Indianapolis mayoral election, Democratic incumbent Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jefferson Shreve clashed on several issues, including economic development, city policies and animal welfare.
The not-for-profit has already reached 95% of its fundraising campaign’s $7 million goal for the $37 million project, which is now set to be built at 5001 E. Raymond St.
Westfield is considering a new plan to move the city from third-class status to second-class status more than a year after its city council rejected an ordinance to make the change.
Analyst Neva Butkus with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy called the state’s tax system “deeply regressive,” meaning that lower-income residents contribute larger shares of their income toward government services.
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s automakers have increased their wage and benefit offers, he believes the union can gain more if it holds out longer in contract talks.
We remain hopeful that environmental concerns can be allayed with advancements in technology and believe that it makes sense to keep Indiana companies in the lead on such developments.
This proposal to eliminate the income tax altogether is not a way to help all Hoosiers—it’s a way to keep high-earning Hoosiers from having to pay their fair share in taxes.
The Carmel City Council on Monday vote voted 9-0 to approve a 3% salary increase for the city’s elected officials, which include the mayor and city council.
All five Republicans and the City-County Council’s lone independent joined Democrats in approving the record-setting budget proposed by Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.
Jordan, of Ohio, will now try to unite colleagues from the deeply divided House GOP majority around his bid ahead of a floor vote, which could push to next week.
Early plans for the $150 million project, known for now as the “Alabama Redevelopment,” call for a 387-foot glass tower containing 190 apartments, 24 condominiums, 150 hotel rooms and 8,000 square feet of retail and hospitality space.
Hogsett is pitching a continuation of his downtown resiliency strategy and pointing to a planned expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. On crime, the incumbent mayor touts record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and funding for new, non-police violence-reduction and crisis strategies.
Shreve has weighed in on many other issues, from downtown development to improving care at the city’s animal shelter, but his crime-fighting ads dominate the airwaves and are where the campaign has pinned its greatest hopes.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office says the U.S. Department of Energy will award up to $1 billion in grant funding to the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen, or MachH2, which consists of more than 70 Midwest public and private organizations.
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise told colleagues at a closed-door evening meeting of his decision and declined to announce backing for anyone else, including his chief rival, Rep. Jim Jordan, the far-right Judiciary Committee chairman backed by Donald Trump.
Earlier this year, an Indiana group seeking to land one of the hydrogen hubs joined forces with a coalition representing Michigan and Illinois to enhance the chance.
