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A life of hard work, from the farm to the House: Thompson, who has three business degrees, wants to give boost to economically disadvantaged counties

Nearly 30 years ago, former State Sen. Katie Wolf appeared at a “women in politics” conference in Gary. Afterward, Jill Long Thompson, then 25, marched up and asked for advice. Thompson had her sights set on joining the Valparaiso City Council. Wolf offered her phone number. She soon found Thompson waiting on her doorstep, bursting with questions about how a female Democrat should campaign in a conservative, rural area. “What struck me was her determination to win,” Wolf remembered. “After…

EYE ON THE PIE: Can we handle Obama’s truth?

This is not a political endorsement. It is, however, a cry of outrage that a candidate for president is attacked for speaking the truth. Barack Obama has been quoted as saying, “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And it’s not surprising then [that local residents] get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy…

Under Grueninger, Ambassadair division chartering growth

Michael Grueninger, president of Grueninger Travel Group, has learned since his company bought Ambassadair in 2005 from now-defunct
ATA Airlines that many travelers once enamored with dirt-cheap fares they can book online want something more than low price.
They are willing to pay for service.

IU leader’s goal: global integration: CIBER director wants center’s work to influence all areas of business education

Barbara Flynn, a veteran of academia who arrived at Indiana University in 2006, is director of the IU Center for International Business Education and Research. CIBER, founded in 1981, creates business research and study opportunities for IU faculty and students, with the ultimate goal of preparing graduates to compete in today’s global economy. The center mostly is funded federally and operates on a $500,000 annual budget. The 55-year-old Flynn has a degree in psychology from Ripon College in Wisconsin and…

A&E: Take your seats: Best of the fest

OK, so maybe what follows isn’t the absolute best of the Indianapolis International Film Festival. After all, with 137 movies in the lineup, it would be a full-time job to screen everything being shown at this year’s event, which runs April 23-May 3. However, we did get our eyes on many of this year’s offerings and picked films well worth your festival time. Think of these widely varied films as strong anchors for your IIFF experience this year. Look for…

Hopefuls take aim at Mitch: Dem race pits newcomer against political veteran

An Indianapolis architect who never has run for public office is squaring off against a political veteran from northern Indiana in the May 6 Democratic primary election for governor. Jim Schellinger, the longtime president of CSO Architects, casts himself as a consensus builder who would emphasize workforce training if he wins the primary and unseats Republican Mitch Daniels Nov. 4. “He lets you be part of the team,” CSO executive Tracy Carfanga said of Schellinger. “He lets you have responsibilities,…

Long Beach is key IRL market

Despite the upheaval surrounding the 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix, it is still quite a draw in this normally quite California town. That’s good news for Indy Racing League officials, who have their eyes on this historically strong open-wheel racing…

CVS to replace downtown IHOP

CVS has filed plans to build a new store where an IHOP now stands at the corner of 16th and Meridian streets. The new pharmacy would replace the iconic…

WellPoint, adds, loses executives

WellPoint Inc. hired Kevin R. Hayden as president of its Medicaid business division, the company announced today. Hayden will begin the job April 21. The Indianapolis-based health insurer has contracts with Medicaid programs in 14 states, including Indiana, serving 2 million customers. WellPoint has more than 35 million customers nationwide. Before joining WellPoint, Hayden was […]

Paramount Tower getting redesign

A development team is redesigning plans for a 16-story student-housing tower it hopes to build on a 2.3-acre site a few blocks east of the Central Canal. The developers,…

Chance of Midwestern drought ‘significant’

An Iowa State University forecaster is pegging the odds of a major summer drought in the Midwest at one in three. Elwynn Taylor, who has been producing the forecasts for 20 years, called the chance “significant,” the Chicago Tribune reported. Major droughts tend to hit the Midwest every 18 to 19 years, Taylor said. The […]

Are candidates hiding from the arts?

Political candidates are all over the state these days, grabbing photo ops wherever they can … except, it seems, at arts events.

Think about it: When was the last time you saw a candidate – local or national – posing in…

Janitors’ union negotiates contract

The first citywide union contract has been struck following negotiations between 1,500 janitors and five big companies that clean local businesses. The Service Employees International Union plans a ratification vote tomorrow at Central Christian Church in Indianapolis, the union announced this morning. Leslie Mendoza Kamstra, of the SEIU’s Indianapolis office, said she could not disclose […]

The merits of earthquake coverage

Everyone has a story to tell today about this morningâ??s earthquake, which came from West Salem, Ill., and
measured 5.4 on the Richter scale. People were awakened. Things moved.

This quake was a piker compared to the devastation the…

Crean makes controversial hire

Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean today hired an assistant with deep ties to former coach Kelvin Sampson. Over the next week, you can bet the school’s trustees along with Crean and IU President Michael McRobbie will be asked about…

Moody’s might downgrade Conseco debt rating

Moody’s Investors Service said today it is considering another downgrade of Conseco Inc. and its life insurance units after it bumped the Carmel company to negative from stable in September last year. Conseco’s $173 million operating loss in 2007 was “well below expectations” largely due to ongoing problems with its long-term care business, and earnings […]

Premier Properties auction attracts no bids

No bids were submitted today at an auction for control of 10 properties owned by Indianapolis-based Premier Properties USA
Inc., the financially troubled development company run by Chris White.

CALPERS gains allies in Lilly bylaw fight

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the nation’s largest public pension fund, said yesterday it has backing from four major proxy advisory services for a resolution that would require only a simple majority vote of Lilly shareholders to amend the company’s bylaws. Endorsing the giant pension fund’s shareholder resolution are Egan-Jones, Glass Lewis, RiskMetrics Group […]

Is Lechleiter the fall guy?

CALPERS, the big pension fund, doesnâ??t want Eli Lilly and Co.â??s new CEO, John Lechleiter, to be voted onto
the board at Lillyâ??s annual meeting on Monday.

Lechleiter was a high-level player within Lilly in recent years while the…

WellPoint buys information contractor

WellPoint Inc. announced today that it has acquired Maryland-based Resolution Health Inc., a personal health care guidance company, for an undisclosed price. Resolution Health has developed software that compiles medical, pharmacy and lab-claims data, pairs them with lab results and personal health information on individuals, and then makes suggestions on gaps in care or warns […]