Officials grappling with a water utility deep in debt and a sewer infrastructure needing upwards of $2 billion in
upgrades were swamped with proposals about how to fix the mess.
Proposed changes to teacher licensing rules are a threat in the eyes of most deans of Indiana’s colleges of education—both
to the quality
of
teacher training and to the budgets of the colleges.
I’ve been to lots of sporting events, but there are still items on my Bucket List.
The prospect of a 2010 National Football League season without a players’ salary cap could cause high-profile free
agents for the Colts and other small-market teams to gallop off for greener pastures.
Indiana University officials say this school year’s record enrollment is leading to nearly $63 million in unexpected revenue
for its campuses across the state.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians will take a 12-percent pay cut this year, saving the cash-strapped organization
$4 million. Management-side salary reductions should save another $2 million.
The new president of Community Hospital East says her job is all about health—the health of not just patients, but
the entire neighborhood.
Demonstrators on Wednesday backed Maine’s insurance superintendent for rejecting a request from the state’s largest private health insurer seeking an 18-percent rate hike for its individual insurance plans.
The organizations that spearheaded the city’s public art campaign are crippled for a lack of funding. While other public
art efforts are under way in Indianapolis, no one organization has the money to commission an exhibit large enough to fill
downtown.
We review this year’s Heartland Film Festival offerings. Check back often as we add entries throughout the event, which starts
Oct. 15.
Indifference has been the Indiana Fever’s greatest enemy.
A new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
One year after emblazoning its name on the Indianapolis Colts’ mammoth new home, Lucas Oil Products Inc. has leveraged
that sponsorship into a pact with Jiffy Lube that company founder Forrest Lucas thinks will score huge profits for his company.
With a national unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent eroding its customer base, WellPoint Inc. is cutting at least 30
middle-management employees and reshuffling its corporate organization, according to internal memos obtained by IBJ.
Transactions cited in the complaint involved advisers scattered across the firm’s seven Indiana offices, though two-thirds
were clients of Jeff Cohen.
The insurance industry sharply escalated its criticism of the Senate health care bill Sunday, charging that the legislation
would shift costs to privately insured people, raising the price of a typical policy by hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars
annually.
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top decision-makers. J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast, covering tort reform,illegal immigrants, pay models and
insurance companies.
Presenting five video excerpts from a free-wheeling panel discussion about health-care reform featuring five of the city’s
top minds and decision-makers. Reporter J.K. Wall moderates the IBJ’s Power Breakfast on Sept. 25, covering tort reform,illegal
immigrants, pay models and the role of insurance companies.
The pre-permit review could add nearly three weeks to the current permitting process
Doctors are considering their options as health care reform gains momentum.
