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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A property tax appeals board granted the city of Gary and four of its sister government units $23.5 million in budget relief from new state property tax caps yesterday. But the decision by the Distressed Unit Appeals Board still means the city, its sanitary and storm water districts, its […]
Okay, so our nation has annointed another “American Idol.” And the chat rooms are buzzing about whether or not humble guy Kris Allen deserved the win over the in-your-face Adam Lambert.
The fact remains that both have been given a huge launch pad….
The Indiana high school football championships will remain at Lucas Oil Stadium at least three more years under a sponsorship agreement with the Indianapolis Colts announced yesterday. IHSAA commissioner Blake Ress said the money “will help reduce the ever-increasing expenses” in running the high school tournament. He said the Colts’ involvement also includes the sectional, […]
The 154-year-old Jefferson County Courthouse caught fire last night, and the damage looks serious. Workers were finishing up renovations in preparation for Madison’s bicentennial next month. You can follow Twitter updates from the Madison Courier here. The…
Police say the cost of security for President Barack Obama’s visit to the University of Notre Dame could reach $50,000. South Bend and St. Joseph County police officers worked overtime to provide security for the president’s commencement speech Sunday and to monitor protesters on the edge of campus. Police arrested 37 people on trespassing charges […]
A Hamilton County judge yesterday ordered the wife of a former Conseco Inc. director to pay the insurer $5 million in its ongoing quest to recover unpaid stock loans. The judgment against Margaret Massey, wife of James D. Massey, stems from a November ruling from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Basil H. Lorch III that said Conseco […]
The ticket giveaway contest is taking a two-week hiatus. Look for a new contest in the June 4 e-mail blast. Last week, I offered four tickets to any film in the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Summer Nights film series. It opens June 5 with “The Bourne Identity” and continues weekly with such films as “Roman […]
Last week, I offered four tickets to any film in the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Summer Nights film series and asked you to describe what you’d find in an ideal picnic basket. Here’s a sample of the more than 125 responses: “A sandwich – Dagwood Bumstead style.” (Erin Beaver) “Peppered turkey and provolone mini sandwiches, […]
The new law aimed at fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund doesn’t get the whole job done and employers likely will face higher federal taxes next year along with higher state taxes, a state oversight board was told yesterday. Chief Financial Officer Scott Sanders of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development told the Unemployment Insurance […]
A bankruptcy judge yesterday denied a motion from a pair of Indiana state pension funds and a state construction fund to delay the proposed sale of most of Chrysler’s assets, saying the funds’ plan to challenge the legality of the sale in another court wasn’t enough of a reason to push back the proceedings. Normal […]
UMB Bank has acquired the corporate trust business of Harris bank for an undisclosed price. The deal, which closed last week, includes 80 accounts and $213 million in assets, UMB President and Chief Operating Officer Peter deSilva said today. Corporate trust units underwrite corporate and government bonds. UMB, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., added the […]
A federal jury returned a verdict that a major energy company violated clean-air rules at a coal-fired power plant along the Ohio River in southeast Indiana. The Southern District of Indiana verdict Tuesday night came following six days of trial and eight hours of jury deliberation in U.S., et al. v. Cinergy Corp., et al., […]
A Hamilton County judge today ordered the wife of a former Conseco Inc. director to pay the insurer $5 million in its ongoing quest to recover unpaid stock loans. The judgment against Margaret Massey, wife of James D. Massey, stems from a November ruling from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Basil H. Lorch III that said Conseco […]
State Farm Insurance will pay $275,000 and continue to re-evaluate thousands of unpaid claims from a 2006 hailstorm that hit Indiana. The payment, announced today by the Indiana Department of Insurance, will go to the state’s general fund to cover the cost of the department’s examination of State Farm. It comes on top of nearly […]
An activist group says it has conducted sting operations at CVS Caremark Corp. stores in Indiana and eight other states. The group has called a news conference tomorrow to disclose evidence it says will prove Indianapolis-area stores sell expired products. The group, Change to Win, says half of the Indianapolis-area stores it visited sold expired […]
The National Education Association said today that it is taking over its Indiana affiliate, a stunning comeuppance for what
long had been one of the most powerful union forces in the state.
An Indianapolis police officer will talk to the media this afternoon for the first time since he was injured in the line of duty. Jason Fishburn was shot in the head while chasing a murder suspect last July. He returned to the job Monday, working four days a week at the police training academy as […]
A New Whiteland mother has died after suffering extensive injuries in a case that police say is extremely suspicious. Officers found Kimberly Soper, 32, at the bottom of a flight of stairs after her husband called 911. Soper was rushed to the hospital with extensive skull fractures and internal bleeding. Investigators say her injuries were […]
