2018 Year in Review: A month-by-month look at other big 2018 stories
A City-County Council coup, Bren Simon’s big donation, direct flights to Paris and scooters were among the news IBJ covered in 2018.
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2018 Year in Review: CBD, Sunday alcohol sales become legal
However, lawmakers did not approve a proposal to allow grocery stores and convenience stores to sell cold beer.
2018 Year in Review: Amazon doesn’t pick Indianapolis for HQ2 or consolation prize
Indianapolis, along with nearly 250 other cities, submitted an application, pitching the metro area as an ideally located, low-cost place to do business that the tech behemoth could really put its stamp on.
2018 Year in Review: Donnelly, Delph lose re-election efforts
Donnelly ran against Republican Mike Braun, who shook up Indiana politics this year, as he defeated U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita and Luke Messer in the GOP primary in May.
2018 Year in Review: Two new hotels, convention center expansion planned
The hotels will together have 1,400 rooms, and the development is expected to invigorate the once-celebrated Pan Am Plaza.
2018 Year in Review: Local firms are targets in big year for acquisitions
Several well-known Indiana companies were acquisition targets, including biotech firm Endocyte Inc., retailer The Finish Line Inc., racino owner Centaur Gaming, auto body chain Church Brothers Collision Repair, banking company MainSource Financial Group, and gas and electric utility Vectren Corp.
2018 Year in Review: Tech firms raise big money
A massive fund-raise by Scale Computing assured 2018’s venture capital total will top 2017. It will be part of fourth-quarter numbers that won’t be available until early 2019.
2018 Year in Review: Carson’s, other department stores close; Musk restaurants open
Carson’s left a 145,000-square-foot hole in Circle Centre mall when the three-story department store shut down April 29 following a three-month liquidation sale.
2018 Year in Review: Downtown coalition, INDOT battle over I-65/I-70 rebuild project
In response to public input, INDOT said in September it would not add extra through lanes to the interchange as planned. INDOT also said its plans now call for the construction of retaining walls in certain areas that are only 7 to 11 feet high at the top of existing berms, rather than the much-higher retaining walls at the foot of the berms that it had originally proposed.
2018 Year in Review: Flurry of health care construction ramps up
The projects range from full-service hospitals in Bloomington, Brownsburg and Shelbyville to a flurry of “micro-hospitals,” free-standing emergency rooms and urgent care centers.
2018 Year in Review: The Yard construction tops Hamilton County projects
The year’s big projects include construction at The Yard at Fishers District, a culinary district developed by Indianapolis-based Thompson Thrift.
Roundup: Miller Auto Care eyes new location; Aldi opens in Carmel; Chipotle coming to Fishers
Miller Auto care is moving to make way for a roundabout. Also: Theatrical Avenue, First Harvest, Pies and Pints, and Dirtbuster Car Wash.
2018 Year in Review: Downtown Indy experiences historic development blitz
The 360 Market Square apartment tower opened in March—a $120 million, 27-story structure that redefined downtown’s eastern skyline. Much of the year’s other development took in the Mass Ave district.
Lawyer: Michigan State hampered probe of its Nassar dealings
Special counsel Bill Forsyth released a report Friday that accuses the school of fighting the release of certain relevant documents and releasing others that were “irrelevant.”
Trump says a shutdown could ‘last for a very long time’
Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Trump tried to implicate congressional Democrats if there’s no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money.
State unemployment rate ticks up to 3.6 percent
The national unemployment rate for November was 3.7 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal, Indiana’s unemployment rate has been below the U.S. rate for more than five years.
Fire risk forces recall of 874K Ford F-Series pickup trucks
Ford says that water and contaminants can get into the engine block heater cable and cause corrosion. That can cause electrical shorts and possible fires.
U.S. economy grew at 3.4 percent rate in third quarter
Economists believe that economic growth is slowing in the fourth quarter to around 2.5 percent. For the full year, GDP growth is projected to top 3 percent — the best showing since 2005.
Trump’s demand for Mexican-border wall pushes government closer to shutdown
The Senate was being called back to session to consider a package approved by House Republicans that includes the $5.7 billion for the border wall. It is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate.
Mattis resigning as Pentagon chief after Trump disagreements
Mattis will leave by the end of February after two tumultuous years struggling to soften and moderate President Trump's hardline and sometimes sharply changing policies.