A proposal to strengthen Indianapolis’ workplace smoking ban is set to come before the City-County Council on Monday
night, but one of the bill’s sponsors wants to send it back to committee for more work before a final vote.
National Wine & Spirits Inc. suffered a staggering reversal of fortune when the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
ruled Nov. 5 that Southern Wine
& Spirits of America Inc. could distribute here.
Indianapolis Power & Light faces potential fines and capital expenditures after allegedly updating three generating
plants over 23 years without adding the most modern pollution controls.
Deadline for nominations is Dec. 15 for projects in the categories of air, energy, land, water and “reduce,
reuse, recycle.”
A new task force is charged with making recommendations for development of the city’s downtown certified technology
park.
Under the current proposal, the same type of groups that made the CDC’s recommendations will outline guidelines about which treatment will be offered under a government program.
By issuing “voluntary environmental improvement bonds,”, local and state governments could
create special taxing districts that finance homeowner purchases of everything from solar panels to rain
gardens.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he agreed this fall to serve on the board of Tim Durham’s Fair Finance
Co., but changed his mind several weeks later after Durham told him a newspaper was working on an investigative
story about the company.
BOS Community Development Corp., created in 1982 to revitalize the Indiana Avenue and Midtown area, says its mission is accomplished.
CIB Treasurer Ann Lathrop will become board president, replacing Bob Grand at the helm of the organization that oversees the city’s professional sports stadiums and the Indiana Convention Center.
The number of people claiming jobless aid has tripled since the recession began. The demand has drained the funds that many
states use to pay jobless claims. Nearly half the states, including Indiana, are borrowing from the federal government.
The state has approved more than $1 billion in university projects in the last 18 months.
Former state representative and lobbyist Luke Messer thinks Sarah Palin could carry Indiana in a presidential primary.
Christi Wolf has served 13 years as president and CEO of the Fishers Chamber of Commerce.
Earlier this year, the company eliminated Shelby County in Indiana from contention for the manufacturing facility.
An aide to Mayor Greg Ballard says he hopes a private operator can find “operating and maintenance savings in the millions."
The troubled Indianapolis City Market is looking East for a new direction. This summer, its executive director, Jim Reilly,
visited Philadelphia and Cleveland to observe their successful urban markets and seek pointers that might be applied here.
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the Indiana Department of Workforce Development a $4 million grant on Wednesday to help
autoworkers transition into alternate careers.
A Lawrence Township trustee is proposing to merge the township’s fire department with the Indianapolis Fire Department,
in an attempt to further reduce its operating deficit.
The state has altered some education rules to get in line with the federal Department of Education’s $4 billion “Race to the
Top” grant program.
