State panel on improving child lives meets first time
The commission grew out of a review last year of complaints about the Indiana Department of Child Services.
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Legislators mull allowing farm wineries to sell direct
Indiana wineries complain that current rules about selling to retailers and dealers are onerous and can mean splitting up a family business.
Indiana group to oppose gay marriage amendment
An alliance of businesses and human rights groups is launching an effort to defeat passage of an amendment that would write Indiana's ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution.
City files nuisance suits against apartments
The two west-side apartment complexes have generated more than 3,200 police runs since 2008, according to the lawsuits. One owner told IBJ on Tuesday he would work with the city to make improvements.
Pence aide leaving post, had role in grade scandal
Gov. Mike Pence’s chief lobbyist, Heather Neal, who was chief of staff to former Indiana schools Superintendent Tony Bennett last year, will join Limestone Strategies as president of its public affairs practice.
Doctor charged with overprescribing painkillers
Dr. Segun Rasaki, 49, prescribed drugs like hydrocodone and methadone to people who didn’t need them, and submitted fraudulent insurance claims such as duplicate billings, according to court documents.
Sawyer sworn in as state auditor
Dwayne Sawyer is the first black Republican to hold a statewide office in Indiana.
Emails show Daniels favored Bill Bennett over Zinn
When the governor discovered the board of education had changed the state's textbook rules to allow Bill Bennett's book, he quickly asked how soon his advisers could get copies of "The Last Best Hope" in classrooms.
Ballard again targets homestead credit in latest budget proposal
Mayor Greg Ballard will introduce a $1 billion budget for 2014 Monday night that chops the Marion County Sheriff’s spending and once again hinges on a complicated reshuffling of tax revenue.
ACLU fires lawsuit at city on behalf of panhandlers
The suit, filed Friday, says four plaintiffs were soliciting donations downtown within the past week when they were asked by city police to cease the activity and leave the area. The plaintiffs were not violating the city’s existing panhandling ordinance, the lawsuit says.
Broad Ripple apartment project gets preliminary approval
The controversial residential-and-retail development along the Central Canal got the nod from a city hearing examiner on Thursday. A zoning change and variances for the project still require additional approval.
UPDATE: City plans to borrow $135M to keep up Rebuild Indy
City officials said Thursday that they intend to spend $350 million over the next three years to improve streets, sidewalks, trails and bridges. More than a third would come from a proposed bond issue.
City plans to borrow $135M for Rebuild Indy
City officials said Thursday that they intend to spend $350 million over the next three years to improve streets, sidewalks, trails and bridges. More than a third would come from a proposed bond issue.
Brownsburg town council head named new state auditor
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announced Thursday morning he had selected Dwayne Sawyer for the position. Sawyer has been a member of the Brownsburg Town Council since 2009 and became its president last year.
Judge dismisses suit against Indiana immigration law
Two parts of Indiana's immigration law will remain in effect after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a northwestern Indiana Hispanic advocacy group challenging them, the Indiana attorney general's office said Wednesday.
State justice denies motion to recuse himself
Despite close ties to the project manager of the Rockport coal-gasification plant, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Mark Massa has decided to hear a pending case on the project.
Well woes blamed on new Indianapolis sports park
Some Indianapolis residents living near where the World Sports Park is being built say its new irrigation system is sucking their home water wells dry.
Berry resigns as Indiana auditor to head state GOP
Indiana State Auditor Tim Berry has resigned from the position to begin full time as the new state Republican Party chairman.
Sugarland insurer sues state fair over stage collapse
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is suing the state and Indiana State Fair Commission over losses from instruments and sound equipment that was damaged in the Aug. 13, 2011, stage collapse.
Teachers union could pay $14M to schools under settlement
Funds would cover about half of the money the ISTA Insurance Trust claimed was being held in reserve on behalf of school employees in its health insurance plan.