Watchdog: Budget cuts lead to poor taxpayer service at IRS
Only 37 percent of people who called the IRS for help during tax season were able to reach a person, the report said. For those who got through, the average time on hold was 23 minutes.
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Only 37 percent of people who called the IRS for help during tax season were able to reach a person, the report said. For those who got through, the average time on hold was 23 minutes.
The company says it will bring on 1,400 new workers at central Indiana fulfillment centers in Indianapolis, Plainfield, and Whitestown, as well as an additional 700 workers at its Jeffersonville location in southern Indiana.
Indianapolis will host the National FFA Convention & Expo every year from 2016 to 2024 under an agreement to be announced Wednesday morning by state and local officials.
The Teamsters sued Republic, Shuttle America and parent Republic Airways Holdings Inc. last week in federal district court in Indianapolis. The union, which has been negotiating for a new contract since 2007, said the extra pay undercuts its bargaining position.
With less than two weeks until the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race, a massive clean-up effort is underway at the Speedway. IMS officials said this is the worst wind damage the facility has seen in its 106-year history.
Judge Nathanael Cousins cited the “Game of Thrones” series in awarding the fees and costs to the attorneys who represented Ed O’Bannon, the former UCLA basketball player who challenged the NCAA’s rule restricting athlete compensation in a 2009 lawsuit.
A jury found 46-year-old Mark Leonard guilty of all counts against him, including murder and felony murder. Prosecutors alleged Leonard was the mastermind behind the home explosion, plotting with his live-in girlfriend and half-brother to blow up the home for $300,000 in insurance.
The survey commissioned by the Indiana Coalition for Open Government sought records from 90 public agencies in 30 counties, but only 15 provided electronic copies of the documents.
A Department of Child Services family case manager who says her caseload is more than twice what Indiana law allows has filed a lawsuit contending the excessive work makes doing her job extremely difficult and puts children at risk.
Central Indiana home-sale agreements slid 4.8 percent in June, the third time in four months that deals have fallen, according to a report released Tuesday by real estate agency F.C. Tucker Co.
Five of the six buildings that Indianapolis Public Schools put on the block last month have attracted offers, with bidders appearing to lean toward renovating several as apartments.
The City-County Council voted Monday for Indianapolis to join Carmel, Westfield and Greenwood in an economic development group seeking state funding for a rapid-transit route.
Retail sales fell 0.3 percent in June, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, the weakest showing since February's harsh winter weather kept shoppers indoors. The weak spending was broad-based.
Bradley Co. has entered the market by bringing on board David Reed, who launched another firm’s office in Indianapolis before it became part of a large multi-brokerage acquisition.
Lesley Weidenbener, executive editor of The Statehouse File for four years, will succeed Cory Schouten, who was selected for a fellowship at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
A Louisville-based manufacturer of corrugated boxes and other packing supplies is seeking a tax abatement from the city to help it open a local plant and distribution center that would hire 60 workers over the next two years.
The large practice of orthopedic surgeons is in the midst of spending $3.8 million over three years to open seven urgent care clinics specializing in orthopedic-related injuries.
Fairbanks, which treats patients with alcohol and drug addictions, has named Dr. Darrin Mangiacarne as its medical director. Mangiacarne was the former medical director at Virginia Premier Health Plan and before that was an addictionologist for Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mangiacarne earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Lycoming […]