New ballet co. in town
IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin chimes in with an update on efforts to launch a new Indianapolis ballet company:
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CIB rescue bill moves ahead, awaits more debate-WEB ONLY
A Statehouse proposal that would allow Indianapolis to raise local taxes to save its cash-strapped stadium agency cleared the Indiana Senate yesterday as the debate over who should pay for the bailout continued. The Senate voted 33-17 for a proposal to fund the Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board, which expects to be $47 million short in […]
EYE ON THE PIE: General Assembly is shame of Indiana
Most of the 150 men and women who sit in the Indiana General Assembly are fine people. This column, however, is too short to detail how they become a collective disgrace. They continue to vote along strict party lines. Virtually every Democrat and Republican is in lock step with the caucus leadership. Even their Web […]
General Assembly is shame of Indiana
When we read that all the Democrats in the House voted against all the Republicans in the House on a given issue, we know independence has been cruelly killed by the leadership of each party. The same applies to the Senate.
Cap and trade could be double-edged sword
Cap and trade could lead us to a much cleaner, more prosperous future or it could devastate our economy.
Obama’s reforms could bite Lilly
When it comes to health care reform, Eli Lilly and Co. has its derriere exposed more than its drugmaker peers.
Weighty bills look doomed as session nears end-WEB ONLY
Keep hope alive. That’s the stance Rep. Charlie Brown (D-Gary) is taking in hopes of reviving a bill that would impose a statewide smoking ban in enclosed public places. A version of the bill passed the House but went nowhere in the Senate. Now Brown hopes it finds new life in late-session conference committees, where […]
House Democrats propose new jobless-fund fix-WEB ONLY
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 […]
Indiana lawmakers still split over state budget-WEB ONLY
Indiana lawmakers on a legislative panel said yesterday they are confident they can reach a compromise on a new state budget, but key differences remain in plans backed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans. A House-Senate conference committee discussed its proposals publicly, a week before the April 29 deadline for the legislative session to end. […]
Indiana lawmakers remain split over state budget-WEB ONLY
Indiana lawmakers on a legislative panel said yesterday they are confident they can reach a compromise on a new state budget, but key differences remain in plans backed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans. A House-Senate conference committee discussed its proposals publicly, a week before the April 29 deadline for the legislative session to end. […]
GM to temporarily shut 13 plants, cut production-WEB ONLY
General Motors Corp. said today it will temporarily close 13 assembly plants in the U.S. and Mexico, some for more than two months, laying off nearly 24,000 workers to pare back a bloated inventory. The closures, which will start in May, vary by factory from as short as three weeks to a long as 11, […]
Military muscle could help Rolls-Royce-WEB ONLY
While military contractors scramble to protect big projects from Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ budgetary ax, Indianapolis engine-maker Rolls-Royce is sitting pretty. Rolls-Royce, which employs 4,300 in Indianapolis, is developing a key component for the Marine Corps’ version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, potentially a big winner under a sweeping overhaul of priorities Gates unveiled […]
Dreaming of mass transit-WEB ONLY
In the future, a passenger boards a commuter train in Noblesville that minutes later stops near 56th Street and Keystone Avenue. Here, a semicircle of eco-friendly high-rises hovers above a grassy plaza bordered by canals. At the next stop, another new community has sprouted just east of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, along Fall Creek. Amid […]
Defense budget overhaul could give local Rolls-Royce plant a boost
While military contractors scramble to protect big projects from Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ budgetary ax, Indianapolis
engine-maker Rolls-Royce is sitting pretty.Grad students dream up plans for mass transit
Architecture and urban design students from Ball State have created a vision for urban renewal that is arguably more compelling
than the Central Indiana Regional
Transit Authority’s principal, utilitarian goal of reducing northeast-side highway congestion and air pollution by running
a diesel commuter train atop the old Nickel Plate Railroad corridor.Indianapolis International Airport area
Indianapolis International Airport area Center offers accommodations for air travelers facing layovers Eventually, additional rail transit corridors would be built, radiating in other directions from downtown. One concept, by Jessica Coleman, plays off the idea that a transit line might someday run between downtown and Indianapolis International Airport. She proposes a transit stop community northeast […]
56th Street and Keystone Avenue
56th Street and Keystone Avenue Balancing new development and existing neighborhoods This 1-square-mile stop along the Nickel Plate would revitalize a “vast sea of asphalt littered with warehouse buildings, factories, box stores and storage unit buildings.” Yet this new community proposed by Matt VanSoest seeks to live in harmony with existing residential neighborhoods, including cottages […]
Pence: Cap-and-trade plans would be costly-WEB ONLY
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence says a proposal by congressional Democrats to regulate gases some blame for global warming could cost the average American household more than $3,000 a year in higher energy costs. Pence, a Republican from Indiana, said Democrats’ proposed cap-and-trade legislation to deal with carbon dioxide emissions would also drive more American manufacturing […]
Construction workers oppose jobless-fund plan-WEB ONLY
Construction workers are gathering in Indianapolis today for a midday rally at the Indiana Statehouse to protest proposed cuts in unemployment insurance benefits. Lawmakers have been trying to come up with a solution for the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which has been paying out hundreds of millions of dollars more in benefits than it has […]
Pence: Cap-and-trade plan would be costly-WEB ONLY
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence says a proposal by congressional Democrats to regulate gases some blame for global warming could cost the average American household more than $3,000 a year in higher energy costs. Pence, a Republican from Indiana, said Democrats’ proposed cap-and-trade legislation to deal with carbon dioxide emissions would also drive more American manufacturing […]