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Indianapolis Metropolitan High School overhauled its academic program halfway through the school year, and students responded with significantly better performance on state tests. The lesson learned: Flexibility can produce academically superior outcomes.
The [July 13] news item explaining United Way’s community investments for the fiscal year indicates United Way will “contribute” $2.65 million from its budget to cover unpaid pledges calls for clarification.
I appreciated Kathleen McLaughlin’s [July 25] article on professional athletes’ involvement in philanthropic work, often creating their own charities.
I truly appreciated Mickey Maurer’s [July 25] column and actually laughed out loud.
I wanted to reach [out] about Mickey Maurer’s [July 25] column. It was very well done and put a smile or two on my face (and made me chuckle out loud).
The Ballard administration is proposing to turn large swatches of the urban core into TIFs, robbing school districts and libraries of desperately needed revenue.
For all of our philosophical pondering combined with our statistical cleverness, we cannot figure out what is “living” nor determine its “cost.”
In anticipation of what I’m sure will be an awesome event, I thought this would be a good time to talk about some unique collaboration that is taking place in the city leading up to the big game.
It shouldn’t be any surprise that professional athletes are flexing their philanthropic muscles with increasing frequency, leveraging their wealth and fame to start tax-exempt entities of their own.
The Indianapolis Public Schools board voted in November to adopt a calendar that shortens summer vacation and introduces longer fall and spring breaks. The idea is to give kids less time to forget what they’ve learned and provide more opportunities to catch up.
An investment firm projects that the Elanco animal-health business will generate sales of nearly $2 billion by 2012 and surpass $3 billion by 2018.
A state panel heard from a parade of experts Thursday as it began studying whether to legalize marijuana in Indiana or reduce criminal penalties on small amounts of the drug.
he Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention mobilizes, advocates and empowers community collaboration toward the elimination of homelessness.
Carmel financial executive among those who plan to shield millions of dollars in a dynasty trust, so it can be passed on to multiple generations of descendants while paying as little in taxes as possible.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management says an inspection of the State of Indiana Forensic and Health Sciences Lab found open jugs of hazardous materials during an inspection.
The Marion County Fair is offering a special “community thank you” admission price Thursday from 4:30-11 p.m. Fairgoers may enter the grounds for $5 per carload. Admission is typically $5 per person. Officials say the special admission is available at the Troy Avenue gate. The fair runs through Saturday.
Police in Terre Haute are asking the FBI to step in as they search for a missing 4-year-old boy. Arrest warrants have been issued for Nicholas Runyon and April Diana Bell. They are charged with criminal confinement of John M. Johnson-Christian. According to officers, the child was unlawfully taken Tuesday morning. Runyon and Bell may be traveling in a white 1998 Dodge Caravan with Indiana license plates F-Z 2304. Investigators believe the couple may be taking the boy to Pennsylvania.
Indianapolis police officers arrested two suspects after an armed carjacking and a chase across the northwest side Wednesday night. A woman said two men forced her out of her vehicle at gunpoint at 4101 Deborah St. at about 11 p.m. A short time later, police caught up with the car near 30th Street and Guion Road. The driver sped off and led officers on a short chase before crashing near 30th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Both suspects are being charged with carjacking, resisting law enforcement and carrying a handgun without a license.
Huntington National Bank and PNC Bank claim they are owed roughly $25 million on loans related to Broadbent Co.’s purchase and renovation of a building on East Washington Street downtown.
Utility officials waited seven months to act on hazardous water concerns during construction of its costly Edwardsport plant and banked on winning an exemption, which the EPA later denied.
