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Mental health parity gets closer to reality: Bill requires equal coverage in health insurance

October 8, 2007

Local mental health advocates are applauding a U.S. Senate bill passed last month that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical ailments when policies cover both. The bill, which passed unanimously, moves advocates one step closer in their long-fought quest for a concept known as mental health parity. Mental Health America, formerly known as the National Mental Health Association, praised the passage as an opportunity to end discrimination against people with mental health disorders. Steve McCaffrey, president…

Jones taps friends nationwide for Daniels fund raising

October 8, 2007

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jack Gill–and dozens like him–are being recruited from far beyond state lines to support Indiana’s incumbent governor. On Oct. 9, Gill will be in the crowd at technology entrepreneur Scott Jones’ Carmel mansion. Jones, who organized the event, aims to collect $1 million for Daniels in a single day.

Loss of institute may polarize Statehouse debate: Board considers shuttering respected government research organization

October 8, 2007

If the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute remains shuttered due to a lack of funds, the public won’t notice immediately. After all, the Indianapolis-based organization focused on long-term analysis of complicated communal questions, such as how to equalize property taxes, diversify state pensions or finance public schools. But taxpayers eventually will feel the impact. For 20 years, the institute has played a key role in Statehouse debate, helping frame major issues with hard facts and figures that conservatives and liberals alike…

Councilman Gray ordered to pay $43,514

October 4, 2007

A Marion County Superior Court judge has ordered a company owned by City-County Council President Monroe Gray to pay $43,514 in unpaid bills. The judgment resulted from a suit filed against Mid Regional Concrete Inc. by Charlotte, N.C.-based Sunbelt Rentals, formerly NationsRent Inc. Gray could not be reached for comment. The decision is the latest […]

Atterholt’s toughness with insurers questioned

October 1, 2007

Indiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Atterholt says his philosophy toward consumer protection is to be tough on the “bad actors,”
but friendly toward the “good actors”;–in part, so he can call for their help when needed.Not everyone is convinced, however,
because Atterholt has done so much in his 2-1/2 years as commissioner to promote industry causes.

ArvinMeritor to turn out lights in Columbus

September 21, 2007

Arvin Industries was once one of Columbus, Ind.’s largest employers and a corporate pillar in the southern Indiana city. But the auto parts maker that absorbed it in 2000 plans to shutter Arvin’s last presence there by the end of this year. Columbus Mayor Fred Armstrong was notified by e-mail this week that Michigan-based ArvinMeritor […]

INVESTING: Time to protect assets; more turmoil lies ahead

September 3, 2007

Heroes are for sporting events and battlefields, not investing. With some of the damage repaired from the early August rout, it is a good time to raise a little cash and wait a few weeks. There certainly will be no shortage of things to watch while you wait. It is easy to make either the bull or bear case right now. The technical damage suffered by the market leading up to the July high was more short-term in nature, not…

Offers pour in for First Indiana Plaza

August 28, 2007

A sluggish real estate market hasn’t deterred investment groups interested in owning the 31-story First Indiana Plaza. Brokers say the New York-based owners of the struggling skyscraper have received about 10…

NOTIONS: Close encounters of the human, political kind

August 27, 2007

Long ago, on a muggy Hoosier morning, my wife, Pam, and I packed the car, coaxed our reluctant sons into the back seat and drove three hours north from Indianapolis. Our destination was a summer camp in the far reaches of the state-a place where Austin and Zach would spend their first extended time away from home. When we walked into the camp’s registration area, we found two people we knew: Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson and his wife, Amy. They…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: IBJ’s Enterprise Award hits 25

August 20, 2007

Giving out awards can be a tricky business. To wit, news broke Aug. 13 that CEO Peter Dunn has left Steak n Shake, a company we honored in 2005 with our annual Enterprise Award. A good chunk of the credit in our article profiling the company two years ago was directed at Dunn, an MBA and food-industry veteran who had energized the company with a philosophy that was producing results. Now he’s gone. Do his departure and a decline in…

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August 20, 2007

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Power broker Miles calling shots again in city

August 20, 2007

In the less than two years since Mark Miles, 53, took over the CEO-driven Central Indiana Corporate Partnership in 2006, he’s
transformed it into an economic development powerhouse for life sciences, information technology and advanced manufacturing.
How so fast? He started networking with Indiana’s political heavyweights more than 30 years ago. And he never stopped.

NOTIONS: Health: another troubled bridge over U.S. waters

August 13, 2007

On a bookshelf in my office, I display a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, three packs of Benson & Hedges cigarettes and the program from my late wife’s memorial service. I display the pasta because, until the company was spun off earlier this year, Kraft Foods was part of Altria Group. I display the Benson & Hedges because that brand is part of Phillip Morris USA, which is also part of Altria Group. I display the memorial-service program because…

Lawrence water, sewer operator files bankruptcy

August 8, 2007

Lawrence Utilities LLC, the private operator of the water and sewer system for the city of Lawrence, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. An attorney for the Lawrence-based utility, George Hopper, said the action was taken to protect the utility’s investment in the system and combat soaring legal bills stemming from its ongoing skirmish […]

Hotel glut developing downtown: Lodging projects could lift room totals by 40 percent

August 6, 2007

The 10 hotels either under construction or in the planning stages downtown would increase the amount of rooms in the city’s center more than 40 percent-a far greater number than the market likely could absorb, experts fear. The projects are largely in response to Lucas Oil Stadium, slated to be completed by August 2008 and an expansion of the Indiana Convention Center that will nearly double its size by 2010. If all 10 hotel projects come to fruition, almost 2,300…

Property reassessment could be painful process

July 30, 2007

Indiana’s property tax woes are already a headache for Marion County homeowners. Now the cure is becoming a migraine for area
businesses, local elected officials and regional economic developers, too.

Some fear exit opens door for patronage:

July 23, 2007

One improvement BAA made in Indianapolis never got much attention: It tried to weed out patronage jobs. Former airport board member Gordon St. Angelo thought it was one of the most significant benefits of taking airport management out of municipal hands. “I think a major improvement was the streamlining of what had been a semi-patronage type of program,” St. Angelo said, referring to BAA’s eliminating some nonproductive employees and practices. Municipal agencies such as airports’ becoming dumping grounds for politicians’…

BULLS & BEARS: Don’t expect market assumptions to be true

July 9, 2007

The other day, a client asked me the following question about the stock market: “How are we going to play the downside when the next president is a Democrat and raises taxes?” That question has three assumptions in it: Presidents who are Democrats raise income taxes. The stock market will drop if taxes are raised. The next president will be a Democrat. For more than five decades, tax rates on personal income have basically been dropping. In the 1950s, the…

ATA maintenance flying out of Indianapolis

July 2, 2007

ATA Airlines plans to discontinue line maintenance in Indianapolis by Nov. 1 and appears ready to deactivate its Indianapolis maintenance operations entirely. The discontinuation of line maintenance-which involves quick, overnight-type aircraft work rather than overhauls-underscores the increasing irrelevance of Indianapolis to the locally based airline. Once the busiest carrier at Indianapolis International Airport, ATA ended […]

Commentary: Don’t like new taxes? Voter, blame thyself!

July 2, 2007

A lot of people across Marion County are going to be upset this month as their property tax bills start landing on their doorsteps. Taxes are expected to increase an average of 24 percent. Although that means there will be some people with tax increases much less, there will be a lot more with increases way above that number. I’ve already heard stories of 30-percent increases in tax bills, 50-percent increases, and one poor soul told me he got a…

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Mental health parity gets closer to reality: Bill requires equal coverage in health insurance

Jones taps friends nationwide for Daniels fund raising

Loss of institute may polarize Statehouse debate: Board considers shuttering respected government research organization

Councilman Gray ordered to pay $43,514

Atterholt’s toughness with insurers questioned

ArvinMeritor to turn out lights in Columbus

INVESTING: Time to protect assets; more turmoil lies ahead

Offers pour in for First Indiana Plaza

NOTIONS: Close encounters of the human, political kind

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: IBJ’s Enterprise Award hits 25

IN THIS ISSUE:

Power broker Miles calling shots again in city

NOTIONS: Health: another troubled bridge over U.S. waters

Lawrence water, sewer operator files bankruptcy

Hotel glut developing downtown: Lodging projects could lift room totals by 40 percent

Property reassessment could be painful process

Some fear exit opens door for patronage:

BULLS & BEARS: Don’t expect market assumptions to be true

ATA maintenance flying out of Indianapolis

Commentary: Don’t like new taxes? Voter, blame thyself!