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What’s the right business mix for downtown Zionsville?
Keeping its quaint Main Street viable as Zionsville ramps up commercial development elsewhere will require finding just the right mix of retail and service businesses to draw—and keep—customers downtown.
Residents decry Fortville’s big annexation plans as land grab
Property owners southeast of Geist Reservoir are vowing to fight involuntary annexation of a 9-square-mile area by the town of Fortville, which would add $53.5 million to its property tax base.
Air shows grounded without military jets
Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts.
You-review-it Monday
What did you see, hear or do on the A&E front this weekend? ‘Into the Woods’ at Civic? Lea Salonga with the Symphony? The Stutz Artists’ Open House?
Freight rail service expected to save time to Indy
Economic development officials hope a new rail service linking Indianapolis to West Coast ports in Canada will save central Indiana businesses time and money by bypassing a bottleneck in Chicago rail yards.
Indiana ‘brain drain’ draws concerns at universities
Indiana has a higher concentration of production and manufacturing jobs. That means graduates who are seeking employment with their degree might find more opportunities outside the state.
Developers: Law will likely kill coal-gas plant
Indiana Gasification LLC project manager Mark Lubbers said developers wouldn't have tried to build the plant at Rockport if the law passed early Saturday morning had been in place.
Speedway state funding plan approved by lawmakers
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway could get $100 million in state assistance for planned improvements under a plan approved by Indiana legislators.
Indiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
Lawmakers worked feverishly into the wee hours to hammer out agreements on the budget and other issues, including an expansion of the state's school voucher program and changes to sentencing laws.
Anti-smoking officials say Indiana funding cuts hurt
A decision to cut state funding by 38 percent for programs that help people stop smoking and try to prevent others from starting worries those behind the state's tobacco cessation efforts.
Indiana casinos win few gains from Legislature
The Indiana Legislature didn’t boost the state's casinos nearly as much as supporters had wanted as they face greater competition from neighboring states.
Voucher expansion awaits governor’s signature
Indiana lawmakers have approved an expansion of the nation's broadest private school voucher program that will allow more children to be immediately eligible.
Online sales tax push dies in Indiana Legislature
An effort to require Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax this summer has fallen short in the Legislature.
Bill banning secret videotaping at businesses fails
Rep. Bill Friend, R-Macy, said he withdrew the bill he sponsored at the request of Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma.
General Assembly goes late in effort to wrap us session
The Indiana General Assembly worked into the night Friday to hammer out final details on a two-year, $30 billion budget containing new tax cuts, a modest expansion of school vouchers, new oversight of the $2.8 billion Rockport coal gasification project and a series of other measures.
Stocks head lower on tepid U.S. economic growth
Several companies, including Amazon.com, released weak earnings Friday and the government reported that the U.S. economy expanded at a slower rate in the first quarter than economists were expecting.
Brown County remains identified
A southern Indiana coroner says skeletal remains found at a remote site in Brown County are those of a 26-year-old local woman who vanished two years ago. Brown County Deputy Coroner Earl Piper said that an Indianapolis forensic dentist and anthropologist who examined the remains confirmed they are those of Kate McGrayel, who was reported missing by relatives in April 2010. Two mushroom hunters found the remains in the 2500 block of Wise Hollow Road earlier this month. An official cause of death is expected to be released next week.
Truck tips over on I-465
A semi driver was injured Friday morning when his truck tipped onto its side on northbound Interstate 465 just north of the Interstate 74 interchange. Capt. Dave Bursten with the Indiana State Police said it appeared the driver didn’t fully secure the 44,000 pounds of lead bars he was hauling. When the truck came around the ramp off I-74, the bars started to shift, causing the driver to lose control and the truck to tip. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. Bursten said emergency responders would keep one lane of I-465 closed until they offload the semi.
Overhaul of sentencing laws heading to governor
The Senate voted 34-15 on Friday in favor of the bill aimed at sending fewer nonviolent offenders to prison.