Eli Lilly and Co. has joined three of its fiercest rivals to invest $40 million in a Massachusetts-based biotech company with potentially breakthrough drug technology. Aileron Therapeutics announced the funding Monday from Indianapolis-based Lilly, as well as Novartis AG and Roche Holding AG, both based in Switzerland, and GlaxoSmithKline PLC, based in the United Kingdom. […]
Indiana House Democrats plan to offer a one-year state budget they say would give public schools a statewide average spending increase of 2 percent and guarantee that all districts get as much or more money in the next year as they got this year. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “We want to make sure […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Chrysler’s partnership with Italy’s Fiat, rejecting an appeal by a trio of Indiana pension and contruction funds, consumer groups and others to block the automaker’s sale. The sale of Chrysler LLC’s assets to Fiat Group SpA had been expected to close more than a week ago, […]
A plan by Indiana House Democrats to cap funding for charter schools was criticized yesterday by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.Duncan said states that place limits on charter schools will jeopardize their chance to get an expected $100 million from a pot of money set aside for public school reforms under the stimulus bill […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana’s schools are “among America’s luckiest” since they have so far avoided cuts during the recession. But only some Indiana schools would find four-leaf clovers under Daniels’ budget proposal. Suburban schools with booming enrollments would see funding increases, while urban and rural school districts that are losing students would see decreases. […]
Report: Insured pay dearly to fund others’ health care Providers inflate bills to compensate for losses Health insurance premiums for an average family are $1,000 a year higher because of costs of health care for the uninsured, a new report finds. And private coverage for the average individual costs an extra $370 a year because […]
The Indiana Fever still haven’t taken hold of this market, despite making the playoffs each of the last four years and twice
reaching the conference finals.
Last fall’s Wall Street meltdown, which erased half the value of some 401(k) retirement plans, has both employers and employees
re-examining what to expect long term.
Let stadium users and sports teams pay for luxurious stadiums, not alcohol users.
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget.
Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears.
Lawmakers return to Indianapolis June 11 tanned, rested and presumably ready to agree upon a budget that, via gubernatorial assent or a veto override vote, will guide Indiana through fiscal 2010-2011.
Overtures Gov. Mitch Daniels has extended to the General Assembly should be sufficient to end squabbling over the budget. Legislators ought to take the offer, pass a budget, and leave the Statehouse before they throw any more sand in the gears. Public schools would get a 2-percent increase in funding and higher education would receive […]
Last fall’s Wall Street meltdown, which erased half the value of some 401(k) retirement plans, has whipped up some of the fiercest crosswinds the plans have faced in their three decades of existence. Blowing from one direction, cash-strapped employers are trying to cut back on retirement plan contributions. Others are looking to shut down their […]
We have seen our fair share of teams come and go from the Indianapolis landscape. Once upon a time, there were the Indiana Loves of World Team Tennis, the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (for whom a 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky scored his first professional goal), the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League, […]
House Democrats walked out of a state budget hearing today after complaining that the Republican governor injected politics into the process – and they said they don’t plan to attend other hearings scheduled before a special legislative session starts next week. Democrats on a special joint budget committee complained that Gov. Mitch Daniels was trying […]
Five Indianapolis not-for-profits learned yesterday that they will receive a total of $5 million in funding from the state’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Southeast Neighborhood Development Corp. will receive $1.3 million. John H. Boner Community Center, King Park Area Development Corp. and Riley-Newport Area Development Corp. each will get $1 million, and Near North Development Corp. […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is calling legislators back to the Statehouse next week to resume work on a new state budget, and legislative leaders are already meeting to lay the budget groundwork. Daniels told a bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday that the special legislative session would begin June 11. The Republican governor said he hopes […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard approved two new charter schools this morning, bucking calls by some to halt expansion of the taxpayer-funded schools. The new schools are the Indiana Aerospace Junior-Senior High School and the Paramount School of Excellence. In addition, Ballard assumed oversight of the Irvington Community School, an Indianapolis charter school that had previously […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is calling legislators back to the Statehouse next week to resume work on a new state budget, and legislative leaders are already meeting to lay the budget groundwork. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Daniels told a bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday that the special legislative session would begin June 11. […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A proposed incentive deal designed to kick-start development adjacent to the former site of Market Square Arena calls for the city to fund the entire purchase price of two prime parcels. A local developer, Tadd M. Miller, plans to invest as much as $65 million to redevelop the long-vacant […]
