Indiana House members voted 55-41 Monday to support eliminating the boards that set construction wages for each state or local project. Thirteen Republicans joined 28 Democrats in opposing the bill.
Nearly eight years after announcing the closure of its Beech Grove campus, Franciscan St. Francis Health has two serious suitors for the 14-acre property. Los Angeles-based DealPoint Merrill signed an agreement months ago for $3.75 million, including transaction costs. DealPoint plans to fill the 869,000 square feet of rentable space with medical tenants. But closing […]
Gov. Mike Pence wants to create an $85.6 million fund to help metro areas improve their quality of life, a new kind of economic development strategy for a state that historically plays up low taxes and highway access.
Early enthusiasm for ChaCha Search Inc. was so high that at one point it reportedly received a $100 million buyout offer. But today, with ChaCha’s workforce down to 15, the jubilance is gone, Web traffic continues to drain, and founder Scott Jones appears ready to move on.
Seldom is being average something to strive for, but with regard to Indiana’s school funding formula and how it affects my school district and many others throughout the state, just being average would be an improvement.
Liberty is one of the richest foundations in the state, with $332 million in assets—firepower it devotes to publishing books and staging some 200 all-expenses-paid conferences a year.
The specialty grocer has committed to occupying 35,000 square feet at Browning Investments’ apartment-and-retail project along the Central Canal. Construction is set to begin next month.
Stratice Healthcare LLC, which sells an electronic ordering platform for medical supplies, landed an incentives agreement with the state to increase employment at its Carmel headquarters.
IPS would see a 6-percent reduction in state tuition aid by 2017 despite being one of the state’s poorest districts, with more than 75 percent of children coming from families that are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The move could set off a new battle with labor unions three years after Republicans pushed through the state’s right-to-work law, which drew thousands of union protesters.
The Senate Elections Committee voted Monday to request that the issue be assigned to a study committee for review. A similar bill is awaiting a vote in the full House.
Thank you for [Sheila Kennedy’s Feb. 9 column] on the demise of our infrastructure. I’ve been making this point for years and I’m thrilled that it is getting some exposure.
Plans to build a gas station and convenience store on the site of the historic church received a positive recommendation Thursday, moving the matter to the Metropolitan Development Commission next month.
A three-year moratorium on construction of new nursing home beds sailed through the Indiana Senate 35-14 on Feb. 3. Senate Bill 460 now moves to the House, where it will be sponsored by Rep. Tim Brown, R-Crawfordsville, the powerful chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary. The moratorium moved easily […]
RadioShack Corp. can start getting rid of its inventory right away, a judge said in approving the 94-year-old consumer-electronics chain’s request to begin store-closing sales. The list includes more than a dozen local stores.
Local preservationists are rallying to save the 101-year-old church from being razed to make way for a gas station and convenience store. Its congregation wants to start fresh in a new facility.
