After failing to make a significant dent in the problem over the last decade, state and federal lawmakers across the U.S. are making housing a priority in 2024 and throwing the kitchen sink at the issue.
When thousands of basketball fans, journalists and corporate sponsors land in Indianapolis next week for All-Star Weekend, organizers say they’ll be treated to a more elevated experience than they would have been in 2021, when the city was originally slated to host the event.
Stowers did not make the boys basketball team at North Central High School, but he said the game taught him lessons about character development and team building that he uses today. He is co-chair of the community engagement committee for the NBA All-Star 2024 Host Committee.
My dad loved basketball. The team he played on at tiny Gill Township High School in Sullivan County won the sectional in 1955, an achievement memorialized with a plaque and trophy displayed at the Merom Community Center. And basketball became a key part of our family’s life.
The prices of services—hotel rooms, restaurant meals, auto insurance, apartment rents and the like—are still rising faster than they did before the pandemic and keeping overall inflation persistently high.
The multitude of parties will keep local event and catering companies busy and create an increase in food donations for an Indianapolis not-for-profit.
Lil Wayne closed out the NBA All-Star Weekend concert schedule with a vigorous showing Sunday at the Indiana Convention Center, pouncing on hip-hop tunes worthy of head-banging and employing a vulnerable touch on a handful of ballads.
Officials with the town of Speedway, which is not named in the lawsuit, said they are “carefully monitoring” the situation and in communication with the developers on the matter.
The NBA could explore bringing more events to Indianapolis in coming years following what the league considers to have been a successful All-Star Weekend that drew more than 190,000 people.
The real estate development firm, which has been based in Indianapolis for 114 years, plans to move to a new $7.3 million building after reaching an incentives deal with Noblesville that was approved Tuesday.
January’s month-to-month price increase will likely underscore the concern expressed recently by Federal Reserve officials about the risk of cutting interest rates too soon this year.
