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It was with disappointment that I read Julia Vaughn’s column in the Jan. 9 Forefront.
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It was with disappointment that I read Julia Vaughn’s column in the Jan. 9 Forefront.
Per Anthony Schoettle’s [Jan. 23] article on the unprecedented local corporate support to help the city land the Super Bowl, I was disappointed by the lack of context given to the only quote used from our interview.
I was frankly stunned when I read Bill Styring’s unfortunate [Jan. 23 Forefront] column on the mass transit proposal being considered by the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee.
Poignantly, the citizens of Bhutan measure gross national happiness, not gross national product. With goals of good health, community vitality, good governance and sustainable development, they are also creating a unique education system.
There is statistical evidence that licensing acts as a barrier to entry into a profession, and also as a barrier to labor mobility (since states have different requirements, licenses are considerably less portable than one might imagine).
Welcome to Indianapolis, home of Super Bowl XLVI, the greatest spectacle in football and the biggest party this city has ever seen.
As Indianapolis welcomes the world for Super Bowl XLVI, I find myself thinking back to Feb. 4, 2007, when the Colts beat the Chicago Bears to win Super Bowl XLI.
A fire at 12:30 a.m. Thursday on the east side of Indianapolis resulted in the injury of a firefighter. The firefighter fell through the second floor of the vacant home on North Beville Avenue, but was reported to be in good condition at Methodist Hospital. Witnesses say they saw a man and a woman running from the home. Investigators suspect arson.
An apartment fire in Martinsville left about 30 residents without a home. Crews were called to Spring Lake Apartments at about 9:30 Wednesday night. The fire caused about $100,000 of damage to the 12-unit building. No one was hurt and the cause is under investigation.
Six people escaped from a car that drove into the Central Canal in Broad Ripple at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Police said the driver failed to make a turn just south of 63rd Street on Broadway Street. Two of the people were taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. Police say alcohol, speed and wet weather may have been factors in the crash.
South Florida sports agent Howard Jaffe's Barjaf Group is temporarily leasing the space, which will feature a nightclub in which rapper Nelly is set to perform the night before the Super Bowl.
A bill that could have led to a new mass-transit system in Indianapolis and surrounding counties failed in committee Thursday morning.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. on Wednesday raised its outlook related to the performance of its Frontier Airlines service.
Visits to the park in 2011 increased nearly 2 percent from the previous year, to 218,063, thanks in part to the opening of its $4.4 million Civil War exhibit.
Some Indiana legislators are expected to push for exempting bars and certain other locations from a bill calling for a broad statewide smoking ban.
Headed downtown to check out the NFL Experience or Super Bowl Village or just soak up the festive atmosphere? Don't expect to park at a meter, unless you're willing to walk several blocks.
An analysis prepared for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission predicts new federal clean air regulations will raise electricity rates in the state by about 14 percent by 2020 because of necessary upgrades to coal-fired power plants.
Several streets will close Friday as Indianapolis gears up to host the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.
The Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges earned $76 million in the quarter compared with $97.5 million in the same quarter of 2010. Revenue fell 10 percent.
The legislation cleared the Senate Education Committee 8-2 despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms.