Think tank hired to put state under microscope
Mathematica Policy Research, which last studied Indiana in 2004, will now examine Healthy Indiana Plan.
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Mathematica Policy Research, which last studied Indiana in 2004, will now examine Healthy Indiana Plan.
The new INext fund is the successor to the $73 million Indiana Future Fund, which the life science initiative raised in 2003.
Nancy Guyott is the first woman to be president of the Indiana AFL-CIO.
As the horse-trading focuses on a Medicare expansion and public option—both of which appear to be on the way out—a
rhetorical battle is raging on whether ObamaCare health care reform will help or hike costs.
Belt tightening for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League continues with the much-anticipated announcement
that the Brickyard’s "month of May" activities will be shortened in 2010.
The Steak n Shake Co.’s unusual plan to initiate a reverse stock split has the support of at least one local investment
adviser,
if in fact the company’s CEO is attempting to model it after Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.
Its education focus just might make the endowment more of a jobs engine than the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Police are still on the lookout for two gunmen who tried to rob an Indianapolis jewelry store Monday and threatened to kill
those inside. Employees at the Jewelry Doctor in the 8500 block of East Washington Street say the men forced them and a customer
to the floor, grabbed jewelry and about $2,500. That’s when another employee started firing from the back of the store with
a shotgun. The shots caused the gunmen to flee the scene. No one was hurt.
Arson investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire at the abandoned Indy East Motel in the 5800 block of East
Washington Street early Tuesday morning. When they arrived on the scene, crews found a burning mattress in one of the hallways
and fast-spreading flames. The fire was contained in just a short time. There were no reports of injuries.
Executives from BC Forward, Indianapolis’ largest computer consulting firm, said Tuesday the company will get even bigger,
with the addition of 200 jobs by 2012.
The Anderson School Board will make a major decision Tuesday night. Board members hope to address the district’s deficit by
either consolidating high schools and creating a separate middle school, or establishing two schools housing Grades 7-12.
Debate over the two options has divided the community, and four of seven board members said they aren’t sure how they will
vote. Fox59 will have more at 10 p.m.
The commercial area at 71st Street and Binford Boulevard is recovering from its funk, but a true transformation hinges on
implementing a master plan.
The company attributed its losses to the ongoing global recession and the credit crunch that has made it difficult for businesses
to obtain financing to purchase Hurco’s products.
Cummins Engine Co. will idle 195 workers at its fuel systems plant in Columbus; another 22 workers will take voluntary leave.
Under the law passed by the Indiana General Assembly last April, commercial brokers must register with the State Board of
Animal Health if they sell at least 500 dogs or puppies per year.
Carmel City Court has joined more than 40 other Indiana courts in using the state Supreme Court’s electronic case management
system.
The Steak n Shake Co., in an unusual gambit, plans to initiate a reverse stock split that would reduce its number of shares
outstanding from almost 29 million to just 1.4 million and boost its per-share price from roughly $12 to $240.
Indiana University, which has received nearly $600 million from the endowment over the last three decades, will leverage the
new gift to increase its
scientific discoveries and commercialize life science innovations.
IUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city’s Capital Improvement Board to fund part of the expense.
Carmel-based insurer hopes to raise $234 million through public offering.