Hicks: Better ways to help minimum-wage workers
Much of the rhetoric about the costs and benefits of the minimum wage is pure bunk. Life as an adult minimum-wage worker is tough, but not because of salaries.
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Shooting victim in serious condition
A 33-year-old Indianapolis man was in serious condition Wednesday night after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Fredrick McKinney Jr. was shot in the 1500 block of South Rural Street at about 9:15. Witnesses said they saw two cars leaving the scene. The victim drove himself to a Village Pantry at 2360 E. Raymond St. before being taken to the hospital.
Man dies after pellet-gun shooting
Hamilton County authorities arrested 19-year-old Jose Luiz Romo after a fatal shooting Wednesday in Noblesville. The victim, 45-year-old Jesus Armando Martinez-Lopez, was found lying in a driveway in the 2700 block of Cicero Road at about 9:30 p.m. after being shot in the chest with a pellet gun. He was pronounced dead at Riverview Hospital. Romo was charged with reckless homicide, a Class C felony.
RACE: Historic Maple Road has power to transform city
Bus Rapid Transit could revive 38th Street and the neighborhoods that surround it.
Arrest made in rape, robbery
Indianapolis police arrested a 23-year-old man Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault and home invasion Tuesday morning on the north side. Alexander Dupree was preliminarily charged with rape, criminal confinement, criminal deviate conduct and robbery. Police say Dupree and three or four other armed men broke into the home on East 79th Street near College Avenue, forced a woman in her 50s to drive them to an ATM, shot her in the leg, sexually assaulted both her and her daughter, and stole three vehicles.
GE, union talks save jobs at Bloomington plant
About 130 workers at the GE Appliances factory will no longer have jobs effective Friday, although that number is down from about 160 jobs the company announced in early September.
Donnelly bill seeks employer role in worker training
Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly told reporters in a conference call Wednesday that his Skills Gap Strategy Act seeks to ensure the Department of Labor has a concerted strategy to address skills-gap issues.
Home loan banks drop objection to $8.5B settlement
Lawyers for the Federal Home Loan Banks of Boston, Chicago and Indianapolis on Wednesday told a New York Supreme Court judge they are withdrawing from the case against Bank of America Corp.
The frightening future that’s haunting hospitals
Why are Indiana’s hospitals cutting jobs. Because they’re spooked about cuts to Medicare payments. They should be.
Baldwin & Lyons’ profit falls on smaller investment gains
Premiums written by the firm’s insurance subsidiaries hit $96.6 million, an increase of nearly 19 percent over the third quarter a year ago and 4 percent over the second quarter.
Owners of doomed Di Rimini ready to present new design
New developers hope to begin renovating the eyesore at 733 N. Capitol Ave. as soon as their design gets approval from the city’s Regional Center Hearing Examiner.
HHGregg shares slump as profit, sales weaken
HHGregg Inc.’s revenue fell in its latest quarter as the Indianapolis-based electronics and appliance retailer saw a decline in sales of televisions and computers.
Federal food aid benefits to shrink starting Friday
More than 925,000 Hoosiers who accept government assistance to purchase food will receive fewer benefits starting Friday when a program enacted during the economic downturn expires.
IDEM chief: Fed rules essentially ban new coal plants
The commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Thomas Easterly, told lawmakers that the pending federal regulations will essentially rule out coal-fired power plants that currently generate much of the state’s electricity.
Pacers season opener scores monster TV rating
Tuesday's home game against Orlando Magic delivered the team's highest rating on Fox Sports Indiana in eight years.
Duke Realty reports smaller loss on gains from property sales
The Indianapolis-based real estate firm held steady in the third quarter, maintaining high occupancy in its commercial buildings and increasing funds from operations.
MILLER: Specialty medications have potential to cut costs
Today’s specialty medications are modern miracles, helping millions of patients with chronic, life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Purdue makes big push into state’s pharma industry
With a $60 million-plus investment, the university aims to take molecules from discovery to clinical trials.