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EDITORIAL: Leadership void stymied special legislative session

The legislative session that concluded June 30 with passage of a two-year budget left a bad taste in our mouths. For starters,
legislators lacked the courage to tackle local government reform—even though cash-strapped units of government
desperately need the millions of dollars in savings they would generate. In short, they put political cronyism ahead of the
interests of the state.

Innovation is focus of tech summit

The high holy day of Indiana’s technology industry is getting a new theme this year. The TechPoint Tech Summit will this year be known as the TechPoint Innovation Summit, Sept. 28-29 at the Indiana Convention Center.

DINING: Backward-named eatery, forward-thinking fusion

Search the Web for Naisa and you may come up with the North American International Auto Show or the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Neither has anything to do with the new Naisa Pan-Asian Cafe (1025 Virginia Ave., 602-3708), where the name comes from simply reversing the letters in the word Asian.

MARCUS: Budget made by rudderless Legislature

If we are lucky, by the time you read these words the Indiana General Assembly will have passed a new budget. Democrats use
tarot cards and Republicans chicken innards to determine how much to spend. There are alternatives.

You-review-it Monday

I spent much of the weekend participating in panel discussions, leading a pub trivia game, assisting a charity auction, and playing games with my son, all at the InConjunction convention. (Particularly popular: The card games Fluxx and Castle.) Didn’t make it…

IPL parent plans 200-tower Indiana wind farm-WEB ONLY

The parent company of Indianapolis Power & Light Co. is planning a wind farm with 200 or more towers that could become the state’s largest generator of the alternative energy. AES Corp. plans to build the wind turbines in a 75,000-acre area along the Clinton-Tipton county line north of Indianapolis, The Indianapolis Star reported yesterday. […]

Pro-Sunday alcohol sales group renews effort-WEB ONLY

The special session of the Indiana General Assembly is over, but it’s not too early to think about next year. That’s the strategy of retailers who want to get rid of Indiana’s ban on Sunday carryout alcohol sales. The group known as Hoosiers for Beverage Choices is asking customers at more than 1,000 retail outlets […]

Budget includes pilot program for virtual schools-WEB ONLY

The new Indiana budget passed by legislators this week includes a pilot program for virtual charter schools, which provide more than half of a child’s instruction online. The program will allow 200 students to attend virtual schools next year and 500 students the following year. The project will focus on children with medical disabilities and […]

Cummins reopening plant; Meridian closing one-WEB ONLY

Cummins Inc. is recalling 400 laid-off workers as it resumes production at a Columbus factory, while nearly 300 people have lost their jobs as an auto parts company idled a plant in nearby Shelbyville. Cummins is preparing to resume production of the Dodge Ram engine at its Columbus MidRange Engine Plant with one shift beginning […]

EYE ON THE PIE: Budget made by rudderless Legislature-WEB ONLY

If we are lucky, by the time you read these words the Indiana General Assembly will have passed a new budget. Democrats use tarot cards and Republicans chicken innards to determine how much to spend. There are alternatives. In some states, changes in the level of the budget are driven by the percent change in […]

Senior Open doing better than par-WEB ONLY

Organizers of the 2009 U.S. Senior Open at Crooked Stick are sinking one birdie putt after another in their efforts to meet their budget and draw strong crowds to central Indiana later this month. In this economy, sports marketers are calling ticket and sponsorship sales for the tournament remarkable. With less than a month until […]

SPORTS: Indiana Fever are adding a little sizzle to summer-WEB ONLY

Last week’s column about the wide array of events on our July sports calendar in Indy was glaringly lacking in one aspect: The Indiana Fever. As of this writing, they are the hottest team in the WNBA, reversing an 0-2 start and racing to six straight victories. The streak put the Fever in first place […]

Taking coupons into digital era-WEB ONLY

Somewhere out there, a pimply teen-ager is texting away on her phone and working up an appetite for a Brownie Batter Blizzard. The 11-store Dairy Queen franchise owned by Dave Reasner knows this kid has shunned burger and chili-dog offers in the past. But on certain days of the week, she craves Blizzards more than […]

Diversifying into life sciences-WEB ONLY

As one of the city’s most prominent minority business owners, Bill Mays built his chemical distributorship largely on the backs of domestic automakers. In 1980,when he founded Mays Chemical Co. Inc., the Big Three accounted for nearly 75 percent of all new-car sales. But that number has dwindled to less than half of all new […]

Bowl donors still in game-WEB ONLY

Most of the companies that agreed to help underwrite the 2012 Super Bowl are standing by their commitments even as the recession wreaks havoc on their businesses. Of $25 million pledged by more than 80 companies before last year’s bid process, only about $1 million is at risk, said host committee head Mark Miles. And […]

EDITORIAL: Leadership void stymied session-WEB ONLY

Legislative sessions that occur during recessions are inherently unsatisfying. With tax revenue pinched, lawmakers are rightfully tightfisted about funding even the most worthy programs, recognizing that, above all, they must not jeopardize the state’s long-term financial health. But the session that concluded June 30 with passage of a two-year budget left an especially bad taste […]

Ex-pastor jailed in multimillion-dollar fraud-WEB ONLY

A former pastor and his sons charged with multimillion-dollar scheme aimed at church members are being held on $1.5 million cash bond in a western Indiana jail. Sixty-five-year-old Vaughn Reeves and three of his sons were at the Sullivan County Jail today. Initial court hearings for all four men have been set for July 8. […]