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A contentious battle for Indianapolis mayor culminated in a second term for Republican Mayor Greg Ballard, who won the race with 51 percent of the vote. His Democratic challenger, Melina Kennedy, garnered 47 percent.
As is the custom for the last column of the year, I present to you a puzzle.
According to Sheila Suess Kennedy’s [Dec. 19] column, doubling down on the $1 trillion stimulus package from 2009 will result in a panacea of new jobs (23,000) per $1 billion.
In “The Guns of August,” Barbara Tuchman wrote, “War is the unfolding of miscalculations.”
On a careful review of Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s federal budget plan released Nov. 15, it’s obvious that Gov. Mitch Daniels, who knows something about federal budgeting, is in charge of the budget, not the state treasurer.
As we wrap up the final quarter of 2011, it’s clear the struggling economy is not a deterrent to many entrepreneurs.
Last month, the Obama administration decided to delay decision on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline for at least a year, pushing it past November 2012. Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar is leading the fight to secure prompt approval.
The Mind Trust’s provocative new report on the future of Indianapolis Public Schools is sure to lead to a vigorous debate over how the district should operate, including whom the public should hold accountable for its performance—the publicly elected board that controls it now or the mayor of Indianapolis.
Every once in a while I come across timeless advice like Davis Advisors’ “The Wisdom of Great Investors: Insights from Some of History’s Greatest Investment Minds.”
Last year, you brought me coal; this year, could you fill my pickup truck with gasoline instead?
Despite complaints about the cost of Lucas Oil Stadium's roof, which is pegged between $70 million and $90 million, it has been used 10 times more than the expensive pop top on Texas Stadium.
Private schools that saw enrollment swell this year because of Indiana's sweeping school voucher program fear they could see some of those gains erased next year as parents paying their own way instead enroll their children in public school so they can qualify for a voucher the following year.
Officials at Metal Technologies Auburn have asked the Auburn City Council to approve tax breaks for a planned expansion that would create more than 40 jobs.
Two local firms focused on architecture and urban design have jointly acquired the former Perfection Bakery Building at 618 E. Market St. in the Cole Noble Commercial Arts District on the near east side.
Tavern owners in Muncie maintain that their profits have dropped sharply since the new ordinance went into effect in August.
A pedestrian was struck and killed Wednesday evening on his way home from work at Marsh Supermarket. Kevin O’Leary, 46, was walking south on Emerson Avenue near Thompson Road at about 6:30 p.m. when a man driving a sport-utility vehicle pulled out from behind a shopping center and struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Indianapolis police are looking for two robbery suspects believed to be using ads on Craigslist to find victims. Marcus Self and Erron Broomfield are wanted in connection with at least four armed robberies. One of their alleged victims told Fox59 that he responded to an ad offering an iPhone for sale and was robbed at gunpoint, breaking his hand as he tried to get away. Two others told police they were held up when they went to a home in the 6100 block of Windsor Drive to buy a laptop. The suspects are considered armed and dangerous.
It will be difficult to rebrand the arena where the Indiana Pacers play, but team officials praised sponsor CNO Financial for sticking with the $20 million naming-rights deal despite tough times.
