The Franklin Township school board will meet tonight to decide the future of a bus driver facing drunken-driving charges. Philip Leslie is accused of driving two of his routes while intoxicated. Police arrested Leslie last week after he registered a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit.
The children of Leonard Bernstein have donated the contents of the famed composer’s Fairfield, Conn., studio to Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, the school announced today. Among the donations: a conducting stool from the Vienna Philharmonic that is said to have been used by Johannes Brahms, 39 Grammy-nomination plaques, Bernstein’s stand-up composing table, a […]
Emmis Communications Corp. says in a new regulatory filing that it hopes the job cuts and pay reductions announced last week will save it about $10 million a year. Emmis, which owns radio stations and publishes city magazines, eliminated 91 full-time employees and 14 part-timers. The cuts represented 7.5 percent of its work force. In […]
We’re generally supportive of a plan to merge the state’s two largest public pensions in an effort to save money, but it’s
hard to know exactly what to think considering the lack of detailed information available about the performance of the funds.
Simon & Schuster has hired former Sports Illustrated Executive Editor Charles
Leerhsen to write the story of the 1911 race and hopes to have it on bookstore shelves by the race’s centennial.
Dads Inc. provides support and education for fathers to develop healthy relationships and positive involvement in the lives
of their children.
NINebark, a landscaping architectural firm, is making six large storyboards so that users of the planned White River Greenway
will learn about the area’s industrial history.
Whether or not the Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund and the Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund consolidate,
their primary financial consultants are merging.
Dr. Jeff Wells is moving on from the Indiana Medicaid program even as a $40 million cost-savings plan he spearheaded faces
a threat in the Legislature.
F.C. Tucker Co. has entered into an agreement with Shoopman Home Building Group in which 21 Tucker real estate agents will
staff model homes in seven communities Shoopman is developing.
Businesses have seized on environmental responsibility as a marketing mantra. But many have made their products, processes and facilities greener. Some are motivated by philosophical reasons, and others by rising energy bills and out of anticipation of federal regulations on carbon dioxide. Six experts in green issues shared their outlook during IBJ‘s Power Breakfast Feb. […]
We’re generally supportive of a plan to merge the state’s two largest public pensions in an effort to save money, but it’s hard to know exactly what to think considering the lack of detailed information available about the performance of the funds. The need to save money is apparent. The $11.2 billion Indiana Public Employees’ […]
Businesses have seized on environmental responsibility as a marketing mantra. But many have made their products, processes and facilities greener. Some are motivated by philosophical reasons, and others by rising energy bills and out of anticipation of federal regulations on carbon dioxide. Six experts in green issues shared their outlook during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. […]
Emmis Communications Corp. cut 91 full-time and 14 part-time jobs on Thursday because of “ongoing challenges of a struggling media sector.” The reductions represent 7.5 percent of the company’s work force. Those losing jobs included Dave “The King” Wilson, the afternoon drive-time host on WIBC since 1995. Taking over the shift will be Steve Simpson. […]
Scott Olsonsolson@IBJ.comContract talks that started months ago between St. Francis Hospital’s parent company and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are becoming more contentious – a situation that could lead to a breakup. Anthem, a unit of Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., this week notified some of its business clients that its relationship with Mishawaka-based Sisters of […]
