The forced removal took place during a meeting in which City-County Council members eventually and overwhelmingly voted to delay a final $300,000 payment to Fisher Phillips, the Atlanta-based law firm hired to investigate Hogsett and his administration’s handling of harassment allegations against the mayor’s former chief of staff.
In the wake of an investigation into the Hogsett administration’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against his former chief of staff, Democrats on the Indianapolis City-County Council appear to be struggling to focus.
Four data center proposals in the Indianapolis area are facing a dynamic that’s emerging here and elsewhere: The operators working to build data centers here vs. the neighbors trying to stop them.
A new political action committee formed by prominent Indianapolis Republicans is bringing together some unlikely allies with the aim of finding “smart” solutions to some of the city’s problems.
Development restrictions along the route of IndyGo’s future Blue Line intended to foster transit-oriented development have created difficulties for two projects along East Washington Street.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration, which is opposed to the proposal, estimates that the county would miss out on millions of dollars in tax revenue without the residency requirement.
Just seven months after selecting Councilor Michael-Paul Hart as minority leader, council Republicans have abruptly replaced him with a colleague who formerly held the post.
An almost 50-year-old requirement that county employees live in Indianapolis is creating staffing problems for some city agencies, but councilors on the City-County Council’s Public Safety and Criminal Justice Committee voted 6-5 against changing the rule.
The vote, initiated by Republican Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, sets a Sept. 22 public hearing before the full council to review rezoning of 467 acres for Google’s proposed project.
With the City-County Council approaching a Sept. 22 public hearing over the 467-acre project, IBJ looked into many of the questions being asked about the controversial development.
As a critical vote by the City-County Council approaches on whether to rezone 467 acres for Google’s proposed billion-dollar data center, the local school district has changed its stance on the project.
The proposal appears to have bipartisan support. But it’s unclear how much the City-County Council, which has no actual authority over the utility, can truly influence the process.
The proposed data center has faced widespread criticism from neighbors and local officials who have expressed concerns about the project’s environmental impact.
The request comes less than two weeks after the company informed the City-County Council that it intended to withdraw its proposal amid intense pushback from neighbors and some city leaders.
