WellPoint’s health insurance rate hike spurs legislative inquiry
The furor over WellPoint Inc.’s premium hikes have migrated from California to Indiana, where state lawmakers held a
high-profile hearing.
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The furor over WellPoint Inc.’s premium hikes have migrated from California to Indiana, where state lawmakers held a
high-profile hearing.
A proposal to add optional toll lanes to parts of Interstates 69 and 65 raises all kinds of questions, such as how to squeeze
more lanes into the crowded I-69 corridor northeast of the city. And it’s debatable whether toll lanes could make more
money than they cost to implement.
The Indianapolis-based service organization has 239,000 adult members, down 26 percent from the 1992 peak of 324,727.
In Indiana, one institution rife with nepotism and political favoritism stubbornly persists:
township government and, more particularly, its delivery of emergency poor relief.
Last in our month-long series of reviews of College Avenue eateries. This week: The Northside Social.
Europe, not the United States, has the best growth prospects, an Asian executive told Gov. Mitch Daniels during a trade mission
last fall. Why? America’s escalating debt.
This week, I empty the notebook with thoughts on Indiana Ballet Com.’s “From Shakespeare with Love,” the ISO Pops concert with Tony DeSare, Beef & Boards’ “Footloose” and Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s “My Fair Lady.”
In the most significant retirement decision announced in Indiana since Reggie Miller hung up his sneakers, Democratic U.S.
Sen. Evan Bayh said Dec. 15 he would not seek a third U.S. Senate term. That decision also sent shock waves through
the ranks of Democratic lawmakers in Indianapolis, none of whom had any advance word.
After Sen. Evan Bayh’s bombshell announcement, I’m even less likely to ever run for office.
The satisfaction derived from work is more than just momentary bliss. Satisfaction is an essential component of productivity.
The Central Indiana Transit Task Force unveiled a comprehensive plan for mass transit. It’s a combination of expanded
bus service and light rail that addresses the challenges of urban residents seeking job opportunities across the metro areas.
With respect to your editorial in the Feb. 1 issue supporting the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation agency, your intent is
pure and laudable, but I fear you miss the point.
The 178-member union is suing to preserve its arbitration rights, and possibly win back the jobs of eight people who were
let go last summer.
Mass transit plans are doomed to be ignored because no local government, and certainly
not the Indiana General Assembly, is interested in transportation.
The firms continued to grow over the last year but face increasing challenges, according to a new report by Indianapolis-based
life sciences trade group BioCrossroads.
What has emerged as the largest local gathering to discuss green building technologies will meet March 10-11 at the Indianapolis
Museum of Art.
The not-for-profit on Monument Circle announced its initiation fees will be waived for all chamber members.
Mike Ciresi, who’s representing widow Bren Simon, helped win a $6 billion settlement from the tobacco industry.
The man accused of committing the first murder in Avon since the town was incorporated more than 13 years ago goes on trial
Thursday. John Cooper is charged with gunning down Michael Gelinas in the driveway of his mother's home last summer. Cooper's
wife was the elderly woman's caregiver. She told police her husband and Gelinas got into an argument a week before the
shooting. Cooper could face 45 to 65 years in prison if he's convicted.