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Privatization is a popular political parlor
game. Instead of providing thoughtful reasoning for consideration by an informed electorate, officials try to meet public
needs through artfulness.
One recent study showed that medical
costs fall more than $3 for every $1 spent on wellness programs. But something doesn’t add up.
Perhaps the biggest problem is in estimating who is in and not in the formal work force. Even in good times, a surprising number of workers labor in the shadow economy, invisible to government statisticians.
This week, photographs by the legendary Weegee at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Plus a visit from the national tour of
“A Chorus Line.”
Perhaps it’s time for Pacers owner Herb Simon—a billionaire
like his late brother—to burnish his credentials as a philanthropist who makes the city a better place to live and work.
Borrowers may not be able to refinance many of the more than $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate mortgages coming due
by the end of 2014.
Tasked with boosting Indiana’s economy following the Great Recession, the 2010 General Assembly tinkered at the edges
by passing a handful of incentives meant to spur small-business growth.
The prices hogs are fetching this year will help farmers begin to climb out of the crater of 2008 and 2009. Average pork prices
may approach record levels this year, Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt predicted, up to $53.63 per hundred
pounds. The record is $55.44 per hundred pounds, set in 1982.
Tony George, who was Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League chairman until last June, was in China for several
days this month to
attend F1’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai April 18 at the invitation of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Clarian is planning to spend $1.7 billion in the next five years on capital projects, half of that going to its downtown Indianapolis
campuses.
An Anderson firm that provides a “one number” service that rings all of a client’s phones has filed suit
against Web giant Google, alleging Google Voice infringes on two of its patents.
A proposal that would have weakened Eli Lilly and Co.’s defenses against an unwanted takeover failed to pass April 19 at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The proposal to remove an 80-percent approval threshold for takeover bids against the wishes of Lilly’s board received approval from shareholders owning 74 percent of Lilly’s shares. But […]
Coburn Place opens a door through which women and children fleeing domestic violence can find safe haven.
If it isn’t huge methane bubbles in manure pits, its drug suspects actually hiding in the stuff.
State revenues are $867 million, or 9.4 percent, less than forecast through the first nine months of the current fiscal year.
The three-team expansion is much more modest than 80-team and 96-team proposals the NCAA outlined just a few weeks ago at
the Final Four.
The Indianapolis Colts will host an NFL Draft party Thursday night at 7 at the Blue Crew Sports Grill on East 96th Street.
Fans will be able to get autographs from current Colts players and cheerleaders. The Colts have the 31st pick.
Fire crews spent more than an hour this morning putting out a fire at a Brownsburg apartment complex. Several apartment units
were damaged as flames spread from one roof to another on Windhaven Court at the Brownsburg Crossing Apartments. Flames and
smoke could be seen for miles, according to witnesses. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.
Police in Plainfield confirm that two men have been taken into custody following an armed robbery at a CVS store Thursday
morning. According to police, suspect Mitchell Casad, wearing a ski mask, entered the CVS at 1700 E. Main Street at about
5 a.m. He forced a female employee to the back of the store, where he stole OxyContin and other painkillers before fleeing
in a car driven by Nate Owens, police said. The men, both from the Bloomington area, eventually abandoned the car and fled
on foot, but were apprehended in a wooded area north of the CVS at about 8:30 a.m. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
