Cummins starts hiring freeze as sales slow
Engine maker Cummins Inc. says it has instituted a global hiring freeze for at least the rest of this year with an uncertain impact on announced expansions of Indiana operations.
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Fairbanks awards $1.6M to local Teach for America
The Indianapolis-based Fairbanks foundation will award the funds over three years to help Teach for America recruit and train teachers to teach in the city’s public school system.
Indiana legislators want to defend immigration law
Three state senators say Indiana's attorney general effectively nullified their votes when he opted not to defend sections of a state immigration law he said were rendered invalid when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar sections of an Arizona law.
Not-for-profits urge lawmakers not to kill plates
Organizers from not-for-profit groups urged Indiana lawmakers Wednesday not to kill the sales of specialty license plates that raise some of their funding.
BARNARD: Courts hand business big victory over insurers
If your Indiana business has purchased liability insurance over the years and now faces an issue of environmental contamination, you might have valuable insurance coverage you don’t know about.
Commuter subsidies often go unnoticed
In a dark little corner of the tax code known as Section 132(f), the IRS lets employers provide tax-free benefits—typically, payroll deductions and/or subsidies—to employees for commuting costs. That includes vans, buses, bikes, trains, and even parking. And both parties can save, since they’re not getting dinged for their respective taxes on the amount of the benefit.
PGA’s top players face fierce finishing hole at Crooked Stick
We'll be seeing a lot of water-bounded, bunker-laden Hole No. 18 as pro golf's best players compete at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel through Sunday. Legendary course designer Pete Dye describes what he had in mind.
Indiana’s tax revenue down slightly in August
Figures released Wednesday by the State Budget Agency show August's tax revenue came in at about $948 million, or 1.7 percent below projections.
MDC approves CIB’s sale of building to Steak n Shake
The Metropolitan Development Commission on Wednesday approved a resolution allowing the Capital Improvement Board of Marion County to sell the Ober Building in downtown Indianapolis to the Steak n Shake restaurant chain.
Public safety finalists emerge
Two candidates have emerged as favorites in efforts to name a new public safety director in Indianapolis. Mayor Greg Ballard’s search committee on Tuesday interviewed two candidates from Texas: Todd M. Keil, a former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Troy Riggs, the assistant city manager and former police chief of Corpus Christi. Local candidates include city fire chief Ryan Sanford and Homeland Security Chief Gary Coons. About 40 people applied for the job when former director Frank Straub announced his resignation in late April.
Man shot to death on north side
Indianapolis homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting on the city’s north side. Police arrived at the scene near the intersection of East 37th and North Oxford streets about 9 p.m. Tuesday to find the 20-year-old victim unresponsive and another man trying to revive him. Police are not releasing the victim’s name until family members can be notified. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.
Weather threatens golf spectators
Practice rounds for the BMW Championship in Carmel were temporarily delayed Wednesday morning after thunderstorms threatened the area. Crooked Stick Golf Club was evacuated and spectators were asked to return to their vehicles. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued until 6 p.m. in central Indiana.
Cummins distributor plans to add 75 jobs in Indianapolis
Indianapolis-based Crosspoint Solutions LLC, a manufacturer of electric auxiliary power units, plans to hire the workers by 2016 as part of a $935,000 expansion.
Also this week
Best-selling author Margaret Atwood reads Sept. 12 at Butler University Reilly Room. Details here.
The Penrod Arts Fair brings together artists, performers, arts patrons and seemingly everyone else in Indianapolis for a day at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Sept. 8. Details here.
“Going All the Way” author Dan Wakefield discusses his writing life Sept. 6 at Indy Reads Books. Details here.
“Quest for the West” brings collectors and artists together at the Eiteljorg Museum Sept. 7-9. Details here.
Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre launches its season with “A Chorus Line,” Sept. 7-22. Details here.
Gaelic Storm performs at Old National Centre Sept. 6. Details here.
Civil War scholar Gary W. Gallagher, author of “A Mighty War for Union: Reality, Memory, and America’s Greatest Conflict,” speaks Sept. 12 at the Indiana State Museum. Details here.
IBJ A&E Season Preview
Make sure to pick up a copy of this week’s IBJ. It contains the annual IBJ A&E Season Preview, featuring dozens of critically selected picks for the coming months—plus Talking Points, our IBJ list of top performing arts organizations, and a first look into upcoming IBJ A&E Road Trips.
Werner Herzog
Sept. 11-14
IU Cinema/Whittenberger Auditorium
IndianaUniversity’s first-class screening room has been the hub for all sorts of cinematic activity. This month, acclaimed—and intense—director Werner Herzog visits for a pair of lectures, “The Search for Ecstatic Truth” and “The Transformative Role of Music in Film,” as well as screenings of, among others, the world premieres of digitally restored versions of “Fitzcarraldo,” “Nosferatu the Vampyre” and “Aguirre, The Wrath of God.” Details here.
Carbon Motors still part of plan to revive Connersville plant
The maker of high-tech police cars would occupy about a third of the plant if buyer of facility makes good on $4 million purchase offer.
“Evening with the Stars”
Sept. 8
Murat Theatre
Do you believe me yet? For the past three years, I’ve enthusiastically previewed this benefit for the Indianapolis City Ballet and, afterward, even more enthusiastically praised the amazing talent gathered from ballet companies around the world. There’s no reason to think this year will be any different, especially with American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Julie Kent and Herman Cornejo and many more already booked. Details here.
“Gypsy”
Sept. 7-30
Studio Theatre
With great songs and unforgettable characters, “Gypsy” is about as good as musicals get. But it requires strong talent to pull off, which is probably why we don’t see it often. Here’s hoping the combination of the talented Actors Theatre of Indiana company and the intimate setting of the Studio Theatre at the Center for the Performing Arts will make this one a knockout for newcomers and fresh enough to thrill the hardcore musical theater fans it will no doubt attract. Details here.