Attorney general: Fines for absent Democrats OK
Indiana's attorney general says House Republican leaders are on "strong legal ground" in fining Democrats who boycotted the House for five weeks.
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Indiana's attorney general says House Republican leaders are on "strong legal ground" in fining Democrats who boycotted the House for five weeks.
I like to picture my cast-off clothes in a nice shop like The Toggery.
Third in a month-long series of reviews of restaurants that sound wet—just like spring in Indiana. This week: Slippery Noodle Inn.
As ambitious an arts project as you are likely to find so far this century in central Indiana, IU Opera’s world premiere production of “Vincent” overflowed with stunning design and strong music.
The House Public Policy Committee made several changes Thursday to the bill proposed by Republican Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel and could vote on it Friday. The legislation includes tax penalties for businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
The Broadway touring company of the rockin’ show comes to Clowes Hall with Constantine Maroulis.
Sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area fell 20 percent in March compared to the same month of 2010. Local home sales have been in a downward spiral for nearly a year.
Police are investigating a handful of burglaries in the Brownsburg area. In each case, the victim's home was broken into during the middle of the day. Burglars entered unlocked homes or pried open front doors to gain entry, then ransacked bedrooms to find valuables including jewelry, computers, prescription drugs and a handgun. Police say they have no suspects.
A man found dead Wednesday afternoon in a home on the east side of Indianapolis near Brookside Parkway and Rural Street has been identified as 28-year-old Bobby Ford. Ford’s body was discovered after his girlfriend repeatedly tried calling him. Worried, she sent her father to the house, where he discovered the back door had been kicked in. Inside, he found Ford dead of an apparent gunshot wound. Ford, a father of a 2-month-old and a 3-year-old, recently purchased the home and was renovating it.
The father of a 13-year-old Indianapolis girl who is in critical condition after being struck by a car says she may have run into the street to avoid bullies. Samantha Henson was on Washington Street in front of Indianola Park at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when she was struck by a westbound 1997 Geo Prizm driven by a 25-year-old woman. The girl was taken to Wishard Hospital, then transferred to Riley Hospital. Her father, Gerone Henson, said posts on Facebook say Samantha was being bullied at the park and that's why she ran into the street.
The government says applications for unemployment benefits rose 27,000, to a seasonally adjusted 412,000 for the week ended April 9. That left applications at their highest point since mid-February.
A turf battle over mass transit may have fueled Roland Dorson's apparent departure from the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
Foreclosure filings in Indiana dropped 36 percent in the first quarter from the year-ago period, and 27 percent nationally. An industry report, however, attributes the decline to paperwork delays related to a documentation scandal.
Indianapolis Public Schools said Wednesday it will cut 357 teaching jobs to fill a nearly $21 million budget hole due to cuts in state funding.
Indianapolis logistics firm Blue Ribbon Transport Inc. will invest $1 million to move into a larger headquarters, adding as many as 75 jobs over the next three years, economic development officials said Thursday morning.
Roland Dorson, president of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, has had a falling out with the group’s executive committee and has gone on leave from the organization.
Two pieces of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' sweeping education plan, a voucher plan that would direct taxpayer money to private schools and a merit pay bill that links teacher pay to student performance, cleared key legislative hurdles Wednesday.
Outnumbered Democrats in the Indiana House argued Wednesday that the new election districts proposed by Republicans would lead to fewer competitive races and create more solidly GOP seats.
IBJ's Commercial Real Estate Focus sections include statistical snapshots of Indianapolis' multi-tenant office vacancy rates and the local industrial market.
With the retail vacancy rate hovering around 13 percent locally and nationally, temporary retailers are becoming a fact of life in malls, strip malls and downtowns around the country.