James Shanahan: Media mergers add to gloomy outlook for democracy at home
We certainly didn’t need the recent announcement of the merger between Gatehouse and IndyStar parent Gannett to be apprehensive about the future.
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Letter: Ridiculous spin on gun violence
In a crowded venue like a Las Vegas concert, how many people could a guy kill using his fists and feet? Quit insulting the intelligence of Hoosiers.
Letter: Nickel Plate solution is simple
As a central Indiana resident and chairman of the board of Indiana Trails, I am appalled to learn there were no satisfactory bids to do a complete job of removing the Nickel Plate Railroad tracks, ties and rail spikes, and then rebuild the railroad crossings impacted. Yet, the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority still voted to move forward.
BOHANON & CUROTT: The risk Bohanon would take to double his retirement
What if Bohanon had been allowed to invest his Social Security payments in common stocks?
Brown County distillery complex had 267,000 visitors in first year
One of Brown County’s newest tourist draws is also perhaps its most unusual. And it’s an integral part of the fast-growing family of local culinary/adult-beverage brands including Big Woods, Quaff ON and Hard Truth Distillery.
Q&A: Tech worker drinks it in with podcast
Indianapolis resident Fabian Rodriguez started the fast-growing Drink Culture podcast with Jared Byczko as an escape from his boring job selling cars.
Family-owned Beck’s unfazed by multinational seed rivals
A seed is an appropriate metaphor for Beck’s Hybrids, while its competitors in the fast-consolidating farm-seed industry might be compared to the towering plant in Jack and the Beanstalk.
Black leaders say it’s time to formulate black agenda
A broad coalition of faith-based groups, black elected officials and civic leaders are turning to this year’s mayoral race as an avenue for bold discussions about racial problems.
Bankruptcy, morass of litigation follow exec’s indictment
The legal situation is increasingly complex for Kerri Agee, who in March was indicted on federal fraud charges in connection with her now-defunct Westfield financial services firm.
PETE THE PLANNER: How to determine when it’s time to get another car
Holding onto an older car and driving it until it dies can be a practical approach to mitigating transportation costs. Until it isn’t.
MIKE LOPRESTI: This coach has 37 championships and helped restore the Velodrome
Marian’s cycling program flies under the radar, but it’s a national powerhouse thanks to Dean Peterson.
Supreme Court agrees to hear abortion regulation case
The court took no action Friday on a separate appeal over an Indiana ultrasound requirement for women seeking an abortion.
Former tech products executive sentenced on theft, securities charges
The former high-ranking executive for ACTnano Inc., ChaCha and Brightpoint pleaded guilty in August to theft and acting as an unregistered broker-dealer. He was already facing monetary judgements of more than $740,000 in two related civil cases.
TechPoint’s ‘red carpet’ event aims to match non-Hoosiers with jobs in central Indiana
Twenty-eight potential Hoosiers—some with Indiana connections and others with none—are scouting Indianapolis as part of a TechPoint “red carpet experience” to see if the city is a place they’d like to call home.
U.S. unemployment hits 50-year low as employers add 136K jobs
All told, the September jobs report is likely to keep the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates later this month for the third time this year to try to help sustain the expansion.
Some Democrats say party leaders are interfering in prosecutor’s race
Several Democrats told IBJ that party leaders have recently removed precinct committeemen and women who would have supported a candidate for prosecutor that isn’t backed by Mayor Joe Hogsett. The precinct committeemen and women will meet in a caucus Saturday to choose Curry’s successor.
Charter school for teens in recovery seeks to relocate, join forces with IPS
Hope Academy, which opened in 2006 inside the Fairbanks Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center in Lawrence Township, aims to move closer to downtown and develop stronger partnerships with Marion County school districts.
U.S.-Europe dispute threatens main artery of world trade
The trade wars threatening to push the global economy into recession are entering a new phase, with the United States and European Union escalating a dispute that endangers the world’s biggest trade relationship.
Retired doctor from Zionsville joins crowded race for Congress
Chuck Dietzen is the fifth Republican to launch a campaign for the seat, which is being vacated by Republican Susan Brooks. So far, four Democrats are running on the other side of the ticket.
Indiana legislators mull installing work zone traffic cameras
Members of the General Assembly’s Interim Study Committee on Transportation will decide later this month whether to officially recommend that Indiana’s Legislature consider making the state the sixth with work zone speed cameras.