Hamilton County approves funding for government center expansion
Hamilton County is moving forward with plans to expand its government and judicial center in Noblesville.
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Council panel OKs $9.5M in loans to help Central State, Monon 16 neighborhoods
The projects are coming up now because the city has six months left to take advantage of more than $30 million in a federal loan guarantee program that it was awarded in 2012 by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department.
Law kicking in July 1 puts backers of $3M downtown fund on hot seat
Suddenly, Downtown Indy’s quest to create an economic improvement district in the Mile Square faces a major new obstacle.
Indianapolis turns up effort to lure more experienced teachers
It’s the newest effort by Indianapolis education leaders to build the pool of teachers at a time when many schools struggle to fill teaching vacancies and rely on temporary educators.
Carmel thumbs nose at Indiana’s new short-term rentals law
Indiana is the fourth state, following Florida, Idaho and Arizona, to approve statewide standards for short-term rentals.
Hogsett proposes ‘cap and trade’ system allowing electronic billboards
Under the proposal, sign owners could convert existing billboards to electronic ones, as long as twice that amount of signage space is removed from the city’s urban core.
Indy council member: Amazon bidding war is ‘race to the bottom’
An Indianapolis City-County Council member has signed onto a pact with two other council members from the cities of New York and Austin, Texas, to oppose the “tax-break bidding war that Amazon has begun” in pursuit of its second headquarters.
Tech firm donates $50K for Hogsett’s youth employment project
The donation is the largest single gift in Project Indy’s short history. Last summer, the initiative spearheaded by Mayor Joe Hogsett supported about 2,000 teens and young adults in summer jobs.
Council proposes panel to study county road-funding needs
The announcement follows a unanimous City-County Council vote to approve $14.5 million in emergency funding to address potholes.
Hogsett retools tactics on commuter tax
Mayor Joe Hogsett hopes to convince legislators that other Indiana cities, not just Indianapolis, could benefit from a non-resident income tax or the redistribution of income tax revenue.
Council VP seeks to keep new justice center out of private-operator hands
Zach Adamson has proposed an ordinance that “requires the administration and operation of the county jail facilities be non-privatized.”
Dated and drab, Broad Ripple Park ready for reboot
City park leaders are seeking public input as they kick-start a master-planning process for improvements to the 62-acre piece of land along the White River.
Council gives ‘final attempt at negotiation’ for Nora residents opposed to development
Council member Colleen Fanning said the action gives neighbors another chance to have their say in a redevelopment proposal that could affect what’s been deemed Haverstick Woods.
Council approves ordinance to crack down on high-crime hotels
Council member Jared Evans, who authored the proposal, said there are 15 hotels in the city with problematic ratios that are resulting in a drain on police and fire resources.
Council unanimously OKs Hogsett plan to spend $14.5M on pothole repairs
Mayor Joe Hogsett called for the use of the emergency funds after tens of thousands of complaints came in about the condition of city streets that had been littered with potholes after a rough winter with rapid changes in weather.
Indianapolis ponders commuter tax to fund road repairs
Indianapolis officials desperate for money to repair roads are considering whether they should try to collect income taxes from suburbanites who don't live in the city but who travel there for work.
Critics say downtown development group should go
The Hogsett administration and City-County Council are weighing whether to kill a little-known organization that has quietly worked for two decades on the key downtown redevelopments.
Indy Council panel OKs spending $14.5M to address emergency road repairs
The proposal, which will be voted on by the full council March 12, calls for using emergency funds to fix many of the city’s pothole-littered roads.
Council calls special meeting to address spending $14.5M for road repair
A proposal, which will be voted on in committee Thursday with the intention of sending it to the full council on March 12, calls for spending $13 million remaining in the city’s rainy day.
Council President Osili reinstates Dems as committee chairs
Vop Osili replaced the Republicans who had been appointed by Stephen Clay during his brief tenure as president.