McCarty wins caucus to join Westfield City Council
Victor McCarty will serve the remainder of late council member Joe Edwards’ term representing District 3 through the end of 2023.
Victor McCarty will serve the remainder of late council member Joe Edwards’ term representing District 3 through the end of 2023.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican opponent Jefferson Shreve shared a stage Thursday for the first time in the campaign, sparring most pointedly over how to address violent crime in the city.
Shreve said his priorities for downtown would include addressing vacant office space, preserving the Indianapolis Downtown Heliport, reducing aggressive panhandling and increasing beautification efforts.
The purchase consists of three parcels and was made in partnership with Indianapolis-based not-for-profit Rdoor Housing Corp. (formerly Merchants Affordable Housing Corp.), an affordable housing developer.
The three-phased move is intended to create a dense grouping of professionals in the core of downtown and save taxpayer dollars, the city said Monday.
A new state law allows the council to create an economic enhancement district board that could impose a fee on property owners in the Mile Square.
The local low-income housing authority has faced recent financial troubles, understaffing, and litigation from the Indiana attorney general and tenants. In late October 2022, the agency was hit by a ransomware attack.
Stephanie Hogsett filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Johnson County on Sept. 8, court records show.
The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a proposal on Monday creating the Riverside district and a tax credit for longtime homeowners in the neighborhood who are over the age of 55.
The city will work through 2024 to consolidate into its most prominent piece of real estate offices that are now scattered around downtown, including those of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.
Jeff Bennett, a top official in the administration of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ever since the mayor took office in 2016, has left his position.
Westfield City Council member Joe Edwards, a lifelong resident of Westfield, died Friday morning at age 83 following a long illness.
A group of Black civil rights organizations is amping up its call for racial equity to be taken into account as state and city leaders decide where to place chargers needed to support the growing number of electric vehicles.
The HGTV home-improvement show is airing its last season, and Mina Starsiak Hawk says she’s not sure of her next steps. But one thing seems likely: She won’t be redeveloping or building houses regularly in Indianapolis anymore.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jefferson Shreve plan to square off this fall in televised debates hosted by WISH-TV Channel 8 and WXIN-TV Channel 59.
More than ever, Indianapolis-area companies are becoming so-called “second-chance employers” willing to hire people with arrest records and providing additional services to ex-offenders needing first jobs.
Republican state lawmakers have long resisted taking up legislation strengthening tenants’ legal rights, making Todd Rokita an outlier at the state level—but a possible ally for advocates who’ve struggled to advance such changes.
The lawsuit largely dealt with the annual budgeting process that took place in 2021. The council appropriated $335,000 to pay legal fees.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s proposed 2024 budget—the first without additional federal COVID-19 funding since 2019—includes record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, increased investment into anti-violence programs and a further increase in capital infrastructure projects.
The ordinance behind the restrictions aims to decrease the amount of pedestrians and cyclists hit by drivers. The measure had a rocky road toward implementation.