Family donates $1 million to International School of Indiana
With the donation, the school is just $400,000 short of its goal to raise $7 million to build a new elementary school.
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Council president removes councilor pay hike from agenda ahead of meeting
The council was scheduled to vote on the measure Monday night after a committee last month voted to send it on to the full council with a positive recommendation. But Council President Vop Osili announced just an hour before the meeting he had removed the item from the agenda.
Controller Qaddoura to leave Hogsett administration, run for state Senate
City Controller Fady Qaddoura is set to leave his job with the city at the end of the year. Part of his plans include a run for political office.
City-County Council pay lags badly in Indianapolis
Indianapolis’ part-time city-county councilors are paid significantly less than officials with the same positions in comparable cities across the nation
Pharmaceutical developer to purchase Zionsville Road property, create 55 jobs
Nukemed Inc., doing business as SpectronRX, plans to acquire a vacant 68,000 square-foot building at 9550 Zionsville Road, where it will produce lifesaving medicine for children through a partnership with New York-based Y-mAbs Therapeutics.
Renew Indianapolis merging with King Park Development Corp.
Beginning in January, the community development organizations will operate as one, with a joint 15-member board of directors and a four-person executive leadership team.
Developer plans apartments at Central State for low-income residents, homeless
Chicago-based Mercy Housing and Missouri-based MACO Development Co. plan to build the $25.6 million, 156-unit apartment complex at 3355 Kirkbride Way on the west side of Indianapolis.
Training the next generation of builders
Labor- and construction-focused organizations are hyper-focused on meeting the future workforce as early as possible.
Butler president has followed unconventional path
James Danko’s career in academia began years after originally dropping out of college to start his own business.
Democrats’ historic council grip likely to last, political observers say
Republicans will be forced to work with Democrats to see any GOP proposals take flight. And new, young Republican councilors say they’re eager to work across the aisle.
Plan to ease local taxi regulations heading to City-County Council for vote
The proposal aims to relax several long-standing regulations that put taxi companies at an unfair advantage compared with ride-sharing companies Uber and Lift, which don’t have to comply with the same standards.
City-County Council panel advances pay-hike proposal for members
Members of the Indianapolis City-County Council’s Rules and Public Policy Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to approve a 110% pay increase for council members.
House Speaker Brian Bosma to retire from Legislature at end of 2020 session
Bosma made the announcement during Organization Day, the ceremonial start of the 2020 session. He told lawmakers he will take over as the national chairman of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee.
City-County Council Dems seek huge pay hike
Indianapolis City-County Council Democrats have introduced a proposal that would more than double the base pay of councilors in 2020—a proposal Mayor Joe Hogsett said he would veto if passed.
Riverside, Coffin golf course assets to be sold at auction
Riverside Golf Course’s assets will be auctioned off in early December prior to the 119-year-old course’s closure. Meanwhile, with Coffin Golf Course going under new management, some of its assets will be sold.
Carmel consultant promotes Christkindlmarkt to Hallmark for Christmas movie
New York-based Rob DeRocker, who is paid up to $125,000 a year to promote Carmel, said he’s pushing the movie idea because the city is becoming more telegenic and “movie-genic.”
State drug czar McClelland announces retirement
Douglas Huntsinger, deputy director for drug prevention, treatment and enforcement, will take over. The state said Huntsinger has been overseeing operational aspects of the state’s response to the drug crisis since 2017.
Hogsett to aim for bipartisanship even after Democrats’ big wins
Elected to a second term on Tuesday, Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett said he’ll continue to look for common ground between parties on the City-County Council, although Democrats will outnumber Republicans about 4-to-1.
Luxury pet resort expanding into Hamilton County
Barkefellers got its start in 2009 when owners Rick and Christi Coffey decided to open an upscale pet hotel on the south side of Indianapolis.
Democrat beats Republican incumbent in Zionsville mayoral race
Emily Styron beat Republican Tim Haak, who was running for a second term, by 88 votes in Tuesday’s election. Haak was elected in November 2015 to serve as the town’s first elected mayor.