RV parts maker plans 800 jobs, new HQ in Indiana
Northern Indiana's recreational vehicle industry is getting a boost with the relocation of RV components producer Drew Industries Inc. to Elkhart and its pledge of up to 800 new jobs by 2017.
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Indiana Senate approves $30B budget, partial tax cut
The plan keeps much of the additional education spending that House Republicans added to their budget proposal in February. But the Senate package also includes a $150 million cut to personal income taxes.
School guns mandate dropped from House bill
An Indiana legislative committee has dropped a proposed requirement that all public and charter schools have a gun-carrying employee during school hours.
Plan would shift money from horse racing to auto racing
The move—debated Monday in the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee—is meant to subsidize upgrades at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and make low-interest loans available to other auto tracks and businesses across the state.
Revenue forecast could swing Pence’s tax-cut hopes
The state revenue forecast due out April 16 will influence the next two-year budget and possibly help Gov. Mike Pence sell lawmakers on his proposed 10-percent income-tax cut. Experts predict the numbers won’t be much different from those in the last forecast.
2 agency heads already leaving Pence administration
The heads of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration have asked the Indiana Ethics Commission for formal opinions on whether they can accept positions in higher education.
Group, bill promote natural gas fueling stations
Natural gas advocates want to create incentives for building fueling stations across the state in hopes that more people will operate vehicles using alternative fuels.
IEDC deal with Mainstreet put on hold by Pence
Gov. Mike Pence asked the Indiana Economic Development Corp. on Monday to review its decision to grant $345,000 in economic incentives to a company started by a top Republican lawmaker and his son.
City struggles to close gap on $30M in budget cuts
Indianapolis leaders made a pact to cut 5 percent from the already-adopted 2013 budget, but the reality might prove too difficult to stomach.
Indiana lawmakers poised to drop school guns mandate
The chairman of the House committee currently considering the bill said he expected changes would be made before it advances, while the bill's main House sponsor signaled he wouldn't fight to keep the mandate, which was added last week.to violent attacks.
Pence slowly dropping Washingtonian defenses
Gov. Mike Pence appears to be slowly dropping some of the guard he developed after more than a dozen years working in Washington.
Indiana Senate leader opposes fenced deer hunting
The leader of the Indiana Senate says he'll kill an amendment that would allow five fenced deer-hunting preserves around the state to remain open.
Duke rolls out new Indiana economic development plan
The state's largest power company says it's revamping its Indiana economic development program to improve opportunities for communities to attract jobs and capital investment.
Legislators approve Indiana Career Council plan
Supporters say the council should help eliminate barriers and spread information about available training programs at a time when the state's jobless rate remains above 8 percent.
FEIGENBAUM: Legislative deadline spawns flurry of activity
In one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the days leading up to it.
Tough times didn’t spur spike in poor relief
Heading into the 2008 recession, Center Township sat on $10.5 million in cash, but sky-high unemployment and rising poverty over the next four years failed to drain those funds, and the disconnect persists in several area townships.
As city budget tightens, Center Township trustee has money to burn
IBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene Akers wrote weren’t for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.
City to buy key parcel for 16th Street tech corridor
The city of Indianapolis is poised to pay Citizens Energy Group $6.5 million to buy a key parcel of real estate it’s targeting as the centerpiece of its ambitious 16 Tech project.
Mayor Ballard accepts fate of mass-transit bill
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard sat out an April 2 hearing on mass transit because he knew the issue would be shifted to the Legislature’s back burner.
Boone County development group names new leader
Bryan Brackemyre, who has been interim executive director of the Boone County Economic Development Corp. since his predecessor left for a position in state government early this year, got the full-time job effective April 1.