City predicts rising property values around justice center
The argument that the complex could help revitalize the neighborhoods near the former GM stamping plant southwest of downtown could be crucial for securing the support of residents.
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Ball State challenges ruling on transcripts
Ball State University is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to hear its challenge of a court ruling that would require it to release transcripts of students who leave the school with unpaid tuition.
NCAA seeks to delay, split trial over use of player images
The lawsuit is part of a movement by current and former college athletes to secure compensation, and greater medical benefits, control over their images and labor protections in a system that considers them amateurs.
City picks former GM site for new criminal justice complex
The city of Indianapolis announced Friday that it is asking development teams to use part of the former GM Stamping Plant property west of downtown in its proposals for a new criminal justice center.
Private city booster seeks criminal probe of former leader
Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee Chairman Murray Clark confirmed Friday morning that GIPC asked for an investigation after the March departure of former Executive Director Matt Hendrix.
Council sues city over public safety lease deal
The City-County Council wants to force officials to produce documents relating to the controversial lease of the public safety operations center on the east side. It was vacated in September due to safety and health code violations.
Ethics panel set to review Turner lobbying situation
The Indiana House Ethics Committee on Wednesday will review the actions of a senior lawmaker who worked in private to block legislation that would have cost his family's company millions of dollars.
Three more charged in $80M heist of Lilly drugs
Three Florida men who federal authorities say stole about $80 million in prescription drugs from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut have been charged with conspiracy and theft.
Brokers fear criminal justice complex could harm downtown
City officials and real estate professionals debated on Thursday the pain from moving jails, courts and other criminal justice functions to a proposed complex outside of downtown.
Indiana mayor pleads not guilty to fraud charges
The indictment charges the mayor and his wife made numerous withdrawals between spring 2010 and late 2012 at the same time that they lost $104,000 at area casinos.
Employee defection sparks battle between brokerages
Hylant Group says a former worker in its Carmel offices broke a non-compete agreement and poached clients for his new insurance-brokerage gig in Indianapolis.
Delaware County treasurer faces 46 felony counts
A prosecutor sought the removal of an eastern Indiana county treasurer from office Monday after filing charges that allege theft, official misconduct and 44 counts of not depositing public funds on time.
Steak n Shake sees appetite for organic
The Indianapolis-based burger chain won approval in late March from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the “organic signature steakburger.
Body shops sue insurers, allege push to drive down prices
In a federal lawsuit, 14 Indiana auto-body shops accuse State Farm and competitors of extracting “unreasonable and onerous” concessions on vehicle repair costs.
Law firms fight ‘onerous’ tax shift for service businesses
The proposed switch in accounting methods could create cash-flow nightmares for medical-service providers, accounting, engineering, consulting and other professional-services companies with revenue over $10 million.
Attorney sues hundreds over use of Indy skyline photo
Attorney Richard Bell says he has found about 300 people using a photo on their websites that he took back in 2000. His aggressive litigation against them raises vital questions about fair use and theft in the Internet age.
Ex-owner of troubled dental clinic pleads guilty to tax evasion
The former owner of a central Indiana dental clinic being investigated for Medicaid fraud has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for not paying more than $850,000 in taxes.
Lilly ordered to pay $3 billion in Actos damages
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly and Co. were ordered to pay a combined $9 billion after a federal court jury found they hid the cancer risks of their Actos diabetes medicine in the first U.S. trial of its kind.
Bennett campaign ethics hearing further delayed
Former Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett's hearing over charges that he violated state ethics laws was moved Monday to August as defense attorneys review thousands of pages of evidence turned over by the state inspector general.
Ex-employee files harassment lawsuit against ChaCha
The suit alleges that the wife of company founder Scott Jones believed he was having an affair with the employee, and the firm didn’t do enough to prevent the wife from confronting and threatening her at work.