Indiana jobless fund tax increase hot topic at Statehouse
Whether to delay increases in taxes that employers pay to Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund is becoming a contentious
issue in the General Assembly.
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Whether to delay increases in taxes that employers pay to Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund is becoming a contentious
issue in the General Assembly.
Indianapolis’ successful suburbs are rapidly surrounding the city. More important, tax and cultural shifts
are starting to drain Marion County.
Health insurer WellPoint is blaming the Great Recession and rising medical costs for its planned 39 percent rate increase
for some California customers of its Anthem Blue Cross plan. But Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius isn’t
buying the explanation proffered in a letter delivered to her Thursday.
I enjoyed [Mickey Maurer’s Feb. 8 column] on “Avatar”! It was a refreshing counter to the media
(and social) phenomenon swirling around this (in my opinion) banal flick.
Finances force one of only three shows this season to get bumped.
Kudos to Morton Marcus (with tongue in cheek) for pointing out [in his Jan. 25 column] that we should all pay for health care just as we all pay
for the fire department.
The essential issue is to get out of the cycle where governments plan to spend money they don’t know they
will receive.
House Democrats now have their opportunity to tinker with legislation sent to them by the Senate, and they will look for
every opportunity to use these miscellaneous bills to preserve and create jobs. Similarly, Senate Republicans will analyze
each piece of legislation that crossed the Statehouse Rotunda from the House to determine whether it is a “job-killer.”
Remy International and Allison Transmission will work together on a hybrid commercial truck program. Latest supply deal to
boost Remy’s Anderson factory.
Investigators are looking for a bold and calculating thief who broke into a Zionsville church Sunday night and stole a safe
that was bolted to the ground. Representatives from Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church do not have an exact count of how much
money was inside the safe. Surveillance video caught the burglar Sunday around 10 p.m. stealing the safe and taking it away
in a minivan.
Thieves broke into dozens of cars parked at two hotels on Indianapolis’ west side early Thursday morning. Police say they
hit at least 30 cars at Crowne Plaza Hotel near Indianapolis International Airport, and about 20 other vehicles at a nearby
hotel. The break-ins happened between midnight Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday.
Frigid temperatures are being blamed for the death of southern Indiana man. Richard Glotzbach, 51, was found dead behind a
New Albany shopping center Wednesday morning. Investigators said he probably lost his balance and fell down. Unable to get
back up, he later died of hypothermia, police proposed.
The Tippecanoe County Coroner is issuing a warning to residents who still must shovel snow. In the past week, three people
in the Greater Lafayette area have died while shoveling snow. All the victims were between 50 and 80 and had underlying heart
conditions, officials said. Fox59 will talk to the coroner at 4 p.m.
Camptown Inc. challenges, mentors and teaches youth about life through outdoor adventure and nature programs that help
build confidence, character, and hope.
In a move not necessarily stranger than fiction, Herb Simon has bought Kirkus Reviews, the venerable journal of prepublication
book reviews. The owner of the Indiana Pacers co-owns an independent bookstore in California and is described as a voracious
reader.
Attorneys for the company and its parent firm denied any fraud occurred but said receivership nonetheless made sense.
Want to leave a gun in your car at work? Your employer’s policy may become irrelevant.
Carmel’s new 1,600-seat concert hall will be called “The Palladium,” part of a marketing effort designed to generate more financial
support for the city’s performing arts center.
Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian has a simple explanation for why the team lost the Super Bowl. But he has no idea
why there was no parade celebrating the team’s season in its hometown.