An Indiana regulatory panel passed new rules Wednesday aimed at protecting the quality of the state's waterways. The new rules are aimed at lowering the levels of pollutants released into waterways by companies.
Emmis Communications is calling a special meeting where investors will be asked to eliminate the right of preferred stockholders to receive millions of dollars in dividends. The firm also seeks approval for a reverse stock split that would prevent a looming NASDAQ delisting.
For his eighth and final session working with Indiana's General Assembly, Gov. Mitch Daniels finally honed a light touch for getting what he wanted out of the 150 lawmakers who mill about the floors directly above his Statehouse office.
Two pharmacy groups opposing Express Scripts Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc. said they were asked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to suggest ways to revise the $29.1 billion deal so it wouldn’t harm competition.
The city’s Historic Preservation Commission has approved rezoning and variance requests for two buildings sought by the owners of Broad Ripple’s Brugge Brasserie just south of the intersection of Massachusetts and Park avenues.
Indianapolis Airport Authority CEO John Clark and two key officers spent more than $67,000 last year on travel that included extended business trips to Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Morocco and Switzerland.
Even many lawmakers expected the Major Moves transportation fund would obviate the need to find large amounts of state dollars for critical projects.
For the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected from a dramatic comedy dripping with sex, religion, government and health insurance.
“There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.” —Margaret Atwood, “The Handmaid’s Tale” For the past few weeks, Washington has been buzzing about contraceptives. It’s to be expected […]
A plan to speed up construction on U.S. 31 in Hamilton County may actually slow down drivers. The “Hyperfix” proposal would cut construction time by three years and save the state an estimated $50 million. But all four lanes of a portion of U.S. 31 in Carmel would close during construction in areas from 126th Street to 136th Street. An informational meeting to discuss the project will take place at Carmel High School on March 29 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The Air Force is proposing to eliminate 152 jobs at the Indiana Air National Guard base in Fort Wayne as part of its plan to replace A-10 fighter jets there with reconnaissance aircraft.
A newly public filing shows the co-founder of The Broadbent Co.’s net worth has fallen 60 percent, to $48 million.
The Indiana Senate's budget leader says a two-month shortfall in state tax revenues won't threaten plans for directing more money toward full-day kindergarten programs and victims of the state fair stage collapse.
Indiana lawmakers are working toward final agreement on several tax and spending issues in the last days of this year's legislative session.
Legislators began negotiations Monday toward a compromise on proposed statewide smoking restrictions, with a leading supporter of a comprehensive ban saying the bill shouldn't prevent cities and counties from adopting tougher ordinances.
Franciscan St. Francis Health said its plans to build an emergency room and physician office building in Greenwood are on hold due to uncertainty over the effects of health care reform.
Gov. Mitch Daniels said Friday he will accept a weakened smoking ban if that’s what it takes to get some sort of smoke-free measure approved in his final year as governor.
This year, with the right-to-work debate having sucked all the air out of the session—and largely all the fight out of House Democrats—before the Super Bowl, the final weeks of the session are less intriguing than usual.
For all the bluster a statewide smoking ban sparked at the beginning of the 2012 legislative session, the version Indiana lawmakers may end up approving seems little more than a wisp of smoke.
Indiana policymakers should not disregard the democratic will of the public in an attempt to push the reform efforts statewide.
