MORRIS: Chicago—full of fun and taxes
Chicago’s official website lists 32 city taxes, including a bag tax that’s led to retailers charging customers to put their merchandise in a sack.
Chicago’s official website lists 32 city taxes, including a bag tax that’s led to retailers charging customers to put their merchandise in a sack.
Local hospitality officials are expecting the 50th edition of the annual gaming event to be one of the biggest conventions the city has ever hosted.
A spokeswoman for the Texas-based chain says a franchisee is set to open later this year in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The eatery at 110 W. Washington St. opened in 2011 and was operated by a Florida-based food-service veteran.
Joseph David Advertising, founded in 2003, has seen its revenue nearly double each of the last two years.
The 16 Tech innovation district, an ambitious economic development project in the works in Indianapolis for more than a decade, has hired a top executive whose goal is to turn the downtrodden area into a thriving center for entrepreneurship and innovation.
In all, the city has paid Rob DeRocker $809,900 in base contract fees, plus nearly $40,000 for travel expenses since 2010, for a total near $850,000.
Historic preservation officials examined plans on Wednesday for an eight-story office building and the pie-slice-shaped face for the project, in preparation of a major meeting in July.
The wife of Congressman Luke Messer, a likely Senate candidate, averages a 26.5-hour work week in her $240,000-a-year job doing legal consulting for Fishers, according to timesheets reviewed by The Associated Press.
The city of Indianapolis is going back to the drawing board in its quest to redevelop Old City Hall after a proposal to turn the historic downtown property into a 21c hotel fell apart.
Already holding the title for longest state budget stalemate, Illinois is poised to enter a third year without a spending plan. Unpaid bills are piling up, and rating agencies are threatening to downgrade the state’s credit to “junk.”
The bonds would help finance development of a hotel complex on the site of Indianapolis’ oldest African-American church, as well as a five-story apartment and retail project near the base of Massachusetts Avenue.
The owners of the Indy Fuel professional hockey team and Indianapolis-based developer Gershman Partners announced plans Monday to team up on a $40 million-plus sports, family entertainment and hospitality complex on 60 acres along Interstate 65 in Greenwood.
Indy Audio Labs, founded in 2009, serves a very exclusive market niche—high-end audio equipment for home music and theater buffs.
Four law school grads and a businessman took a flyer on founding Hotel Tango Artisan Distillery in 2014. Its spirits now are sold in five states and soon will be in U.S. Navy commissaries throughout the country.
Around Indiana, hospitals are doubling down on the lofty goal of patient satisfaction. Some, like IU Health, are hiring managers to oversee various aspects of the patient experience, from registration to discharge.
Stanley Black & Decker’s signs finally are coming down at the Best Access Solutions building at 75th Street and Binford Boulevard after a big acquisition in February by Dormakaba Group.
A review committee has recommended the plan to city officials over a proposal submitted by the owner of the liquor store next door.
Although the president is having popularity problems in the United States, he has a very deep level of support among the people I met in Saudi Arabia.