Study calls for restricting development in Indy area
Prime farmland is disappearing fast, Indiana University researcher warns.
Norm Heikens
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Comings and goings in the Indy area
A clever interactive map shows where locals are moving to and where the new locals hail from.
Pining for Amoco
Maybe BP (Big Problems?) could have avoided one of its woes by leaving a household name alone.
How federal pork suppresses business
A Harvard study shows companies suffer when politicians deluge their states with federal dollars.
Bloomington chamber steps into Arizona boycott debate
The real hurt is being felt right in Bloomington, the biz group complains.
People are quitting jobs; that’s a good thing
An improved economy is giving workers confidence to jump.
Nipping estate feuds in the bud
A lawyer says too many parents withhold information about estate from heirs and unwittingly set up the heirs for a battle.
Not-for-profits reach out to younger donors and volunteers
Charities and not-for-profits are trying to broaden their appeal to younger adults without turning off older stalwarts.
Bloomington piles into Arizona boycott
City officials in Bloomington have decided to stop buying goods and services from companies based in Arizona. Neither will
the city send its officials to Arizona for conferences.
Indiana contractors scramble for certification to remove lead
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules force precautions on paint chips, dust.
Urban farmer in Indianapolis hopes he’s the first of many
Matthew Jose figures that if enough people follow him into urban farming, vacant and abandoned property will flourish with
productivity, consumer diets will improve, and worn neighborhoods will get new life.
Downstream problems with professionals
Should engineers be required to spend time in repair shops, and architects with the lunch bucket crowd?
Time to bring I-69 downtown?
Dusting off the original plans to extend the highway from I-465 to downtown would ease congestion. But, oh, the downsides.
One thing that’s going right in Indiana
In a state where education, incomes and health suffer, there’s more water than anyone knows what do to with.
Indianapolis startup attacks Alzheimer’s disease
AgeneBio Inc. this month landed a $300,000 investment from the Indiana Seed Fund to fund operations, bolster its intellectual
property, and begin learning how to make a drug into a once-a-day pill.
Shaking up the Indy 500
Looser restrictions, and the potential for more innovation, could bring back some of the old luster.
Dean of IU’s Indianapolis law school hopes to end campus confusion
Just about everyone thinks the Indianapolis law school is a branch of the one in Bloomington. It isn't, and Gary Roberts
says
confusion reigns as a result.
The perils of measuring ‘success’
A philanthropy expert thinks donors could unwittingly undermine their dollars and time by insisting on too much documentation.
Travails continue at for-profit colleges
ITT Educational is getting whipsawed with unflattering news on the industry.