Chemical-maker Vertellus Specialties Inc. will spend up to $1.1 million and change air-emission monitoring practices at its
plant on the southwest side of Indianapolis under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A $754 million project is being proposed to replace the aging Wishard Memorial Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. Hospital officials say renovating the current facility is not practical because its mechanical systems are failing and the patient rooms can’t accommodate modern equipment. Wishard’s facility is spread over 17 buildings, many of which were built before World […]
President Barack Obama proposed sweeping new “rules of the road” for the nation’s financial system today, casting the changes as a critically important response to the economic crisis and the greatest regulatory transformation since the Great Depression. Obama blamed the financial crisis on “a culture of irresponsibility” that he said had taken root from Wall […]
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ budget proposal includes a scholarship tax credit that supporters say would give poor students the opportunity to attend private schools, but opponents say would open the door to vouchers. Daniels’ budget proposal includes a 50-percent tax credit for donations to a not-for-profit scholarship-granting organization that helps students from low-income families attend […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board will merge into a new agency, and hotel, rental car and sports-admission taxes would rise under a proposal announced this morning to bail out the financially troubled organization. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard presented a proposal they say will raise the funds necessary to cover the […]
A bus company is proposing service between Muncie and Indianapolis, with stops at communities in between. Louisville, Ky.-based Miller Trailways president John Miller said the service would begin in January 2010 if the company receives a federal grant through the Indiana Department of Transportation. The bus would leave Indianapolis each day at 9 a.m., with […]
Employers would pay higher taxes under a revised proposal Indiana House Democrats presented yesterday as a way to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. The taxes employers would pay into the fund overall would be higher than House Democrats originally proposed, at least initially, and the new plan still would not cut benefits paid to […]
Evansville officials have a downtown site in mind for a new 11,000-seat arena that they hope to start building this summer. Some business owners located in the two-block area, however, are clear that they want to stay. Much of the property is owned by the O’Daniel family, which operates D-Patrick Ford on the site. The […]
The Indiana Senate has passed a bill that would give taxpayers a break if the state’s surplus is at least 10 percent of the budget. Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels supports the proposal, and the GOP-led Senate approved it 34-16 yesterday. But don’t expect tax credits any time soon. Indiana is struggling to keep its budget […]
It will be at least another week before the city’s Metropolitan Development Commission decides whether to allow a crematorium to be built near the corner of Allisonville Road and 82nd Street. The commission was supposed to decide Feb. 4 whether the Harry W. Moore Funeral Care center could construct a one-story, 1,600-square-foot crematory on the […]
Expeditious and clever spending on roads, infrastructure and, in the half-dozen states where it is possible, a tax cut will determine the success of the stimulus plan.
The Carmel Clay School District is looking for ways to trim millions of dollars from next year’s budget. Administrators revealed a plan for across-the-board cuts totaling $1.85 million. The plan would mean layoffs for a number of teachers, including several in the foreign languages. Other instructors would be paid more to teach an extra class […]
Two Fort Wayne hospitals and a neurology center are launching a network to care for stroke victims, hoping to include as many as 30 facilities within 90 miles of the city. Parkview Health and Lutheran Health Network created the network with Fort Wayne Neurological Center, according to Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. Called StrokeCareNow, the […]
Shelby County residents who oppose a tax increment financing district near the Indiana Downs racino are expected to show up in large numbers this evening at the last public meeting scheduled before the Shelbyville Redevelopment Commission, according to The Shelbyville News. The Shelbyville plan commission and city council already have approved creating a fourth TIF […]
Shelbyville officials want to create a fourth tax-increment finance district, this time at the Fairland exit on Interstate 74, where Indiana Downs is renovating its horse track and adding slot machines. In addition to the track, the 1,000-acre district would include a gas station, a warehouse and a former recycling center, among other properties. Although […]
Mayor Greg Ballard says the status quo isn’t good enough anymore when it comes to educating Indianapolis children. So heis
proposing what he’s calling a big, bold idea in education: Provide help to every student who needs it, not just the ones who
ask for it.
The Indiana Farm Bureau today proposed cutting property taxes by about a third, or more than $2 billion, and replacing the lost revenue with higher income and sales taxes. Under the proposal, costs for schools, welfare, local courts and the “rainy day” fund would be shifted from local government to the state. The state personal […]
A development team including locally based Prince/Alexander Architects has filed plans to build a 24-story tower between Eli Lilly & Co.’s Faris Campus and Lucas Oil Stadium. The $47-million project calls…
