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Car dealers fearful of losing their flagship brands if auto manufacturers crash and burn aren’t getting much help from the Indiana General Assembly. At a time when dealers are most vulnerable to having their franchises terminated, a trio of bills that would have strengthened state franchising laws failed to emerge from the Senate. The bills […]
My intention on my latest visit to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis was to check out the new “Star Wars: the Clone Wars, the Exhibition,” but I found little of interest there to anyone but the hard-core fan. While I appreciate that not everything at the largely hands-on local treasure can be interactive, I was […]
At a time when many professional sports teams are seeing their revenue drop in the wake of a rocky economy, the Indianapolis Indians are driving in runs. The AAA minor-league baseball team’s sponsorship revenue this year has already nearly matched what the franchise brought in all of last year, and could be on its way […]
Hoosiers’ long ride on the gambling gravy train finally may be coming to an end. Casinos have swelled into a $2.7 billion industry here – one that paid $838 million in state and local taxes last year and ranked as the third-largest revenue source in the Indiana budget. That tax take has risen 126 percent […]
With a name like The Legend, expectations run high. Luckily for us, The Legend Classic Irvington Café (5614 E. Washing ton St., 536-2028) met them. Our final Urban Spoon query led us to the cozy, classy east-side eatery, nestled in the heart of one of Indianapolis’ first suburbs. The lunch crowd was sparse on our […]
Indiana lawmakers are stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place when it comes to fixing the state’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Should they stick it to businesses to raise enough money to erase the half-billion-dollar deficit or should they slice benefits for the jobless during the worst recession in a generation? The sensible […]
My intention on my latest visit to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis was to check out the new “Star Wars: the Clone Wars, the Exhibition,” but I found little of interest there to anyone but the hard-core fan. While I appreciate that not everything at the largely hands-on local treasure can be interactive, I was […]
With a name like The Legend, expectations run high. Luckily for us, The Legend Classic Irvington Café (5614 E. Washing ton St., 536-2028) met them. Our final Urban Spoon query led us to the cozy, classy east-side eatery, nestled in the heart of one of Indianapolis’ first suburbs. The lunch crowd was sparse on our […]
A frequent reader of these columns protests my persistent attention to Indiana’s long-term economic problems. He wants to hear about my recommended solutions. His will be done in Crothersville and Chesterton, as in Portland and Princeton. To start, I confess my faith in infrastructure. Build Interstate 69. Convert interstates to toll roads. Upgrade water and […]
For sure, I’m not to the point where I’m setting my DVR to record Northwestern-Minnesota field hockey. In fact, I’ll never be to that point. But increasingly, my itchy remote control finger is punching up the Big Ten Network. Less than two years after its audacious launch, the Chicagobased BTN has expanded into more than […]
The developers of a new convention hotel complex plan to brand the four new hotels and existing Marriott Indianapolis as Marriott Place Indianapolis. The 2,200-room complex will be anchored by the 1,005-room, 34-story JW Marriott. All the hotels are slated…
Louisville is probably getting a lot more mileage out of Indianapolis’ turning down its plan to flash promotional images on buildings than it would have had the media never latched onto the story.
That how Ron Gifford sees it…
Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the Brickyard. IMS spokesman Ron Green confirmed that York and the Speedway parted ways, but…
Students were notified this week that John Green, the visionary head of Butler University’s theater program has accepted the position of Chair of Theatre at Columbia College in Chicago.
Green has been a frequent guest director at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, most recently working on…
Normally, I would wait until the next print edition of IBJ to review an A&E offering. But sometimes, that’s too late and I’m thankful for this forum to share what I’ve seen.
Having experienced Dance Kaleidoscope’s “America, the Modern” last night,…
State lawmakers are looking for ways to bail out the financially struggling group that runs professional sports stadiums in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board is facing a $35 million deficit in its operation of Lucas Oil Stadium, Conseco Fieldhouse, Victory Field and the Indiana Convention Center. The board is already $20 million short this […]
A 22-year-old homeless man is being held tonight after prosecutors said he set a fire that gutted a $28 million six-story apartment complex under construction in downtown Indianapolis earlier this month. Brandon L. Burns faces preliminary felony charges of arson and intimidation in the March 12 blaze, Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said at a […]
The Democratic-led Indiana House has approved legislation that would prevent the Republican state schools superintendent from changing the statewide snow day policy. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett wants school districts to make up a day of school for each day they miss starting next year, ending a practice that allowed exceptions. Bennett said half-days […]
New headquarters and museum planned: Workers are renovating space in Claypool Court for a new Drum Corps International headquarters and a museum for the Percussive Arts Society. The not-for-profit DCI plans to take…
The NCAA tournament is expected to pump more than $7 million into the local economy, and some downtown business owners are counting on that cash to help them through the recession. Downtown officials say Indianapolis caught a big break in the way the tournament has shaped up. With a shorter travel time, fans of teams […]
