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City ramps up climate staff amid weather concerns
Indianapolis officials say they are preparing for more severe weather in the years to come as climate-change events threaten to overwhelm the stormwater drainage system and pose other problems.
Indianapolis officials say they are preparing for more severe weather in the years to come as climate-change events threaten to overwhelm the stormwater drainage system and pose other problems.
The Hogsett administration has not yet released an ending date for the closure and has not committed to additional mitigation measures for the vendors.
A planned reconstruction of the Westfield Boulevard Bridge will require lane restrictions this month followed by a 100-day street closure. It comes on the heels of a major reconstruction of Broad Ripple Avenue that took much longer than expected.
Potts is ending his run for U.S. Senate, which would have pitted him against Marc Carmichael in the Democratic primary. The Senate seat is currently held by Republican Mike Braun, who is running for governor.
A new proposal to impose a fee on downtown property owners for initiatives aimed at public safety, cleanliness and homelessness in the Mile Square is gaining steam among Democrats on the City-County Council.
Jennifer Pyrz, chief development officer for IndyGo, will become interim CEO after Evans’ departure.
The proposal from Republican Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, which would create a study commission on the city’s usage of AI, was passed unanimously by the Rules and Public Policy Committee.
The city’s findings dash the hopes of a historical preservation group that the old law would require a full excavation of the city’s first public cemetery site before work could begin on a bridge over the White River and a proposed Indy Eleven soccer stadium.
The City-County Council Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee heard testimony from over a dozen downtown residents and representatives of prominent companies before passing the proposal, 8-3.
The new program aimed at several city neighborhoods has a $530,000 fund, which includes donations from Carlisle, Pacers minority owner Steve Simon, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, and the Indianapolis Colts.
If approved, the bonds are expected to pay for the demolition to demolish a former Marion County Jail 1 and renovate portions of the City-County Building ahead of a planned consolidation of city employees from satellite offices.
The proposal would result in a $250 flat fee on owners of single-family, residential parcels, while other properties would be charged 0.1681% of assessed value.
Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett beat back his best-funded Republican challenger ever in businessman Jefferson Shreve, winning a third term Tuesday in what was the most expensive mayoral race in Indianapolis history.
The department is poised to invest $9 million in COVID-19 recovery funds into cameras and other technology. Some critics are raising privacy and efficacy concerns; others say the city hasn’t adopted the new techniques quickly enough.
Early voting is underway for Indiana’s Nov. 7 municipal elections. Here’s a roundup of IBJ’s campaign coverage for Indianapolis and the northern suburbs to help you get ready to cast your vote.
The flurry of new proposals from Republican Jefferson Shreve, most of which came a little more than a week before he faces incumbent Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett in Tuesday’s election, left some political experts scratching their heads.
Mayoral candidate Jefferson Shreve this week rolled out a proposal to freeze property taxes in Indianapolis for residents older than 65 and those seeing drastic increases in assessed home values.
The study from the Kelley School of Business Indiana Business Research Center found the United Way of Central Indiana helped support groups that had a $1.52 billion impact on the regional economy since 2020.
The City-County Building and the city’s eight satellite early-voting locations saw 5,467 voters over the weekend—the first in which the satellite locations were open.
Opinions are mixed on a temporary pop-up park that has closed the southwestern quadrant of Monument Circle to traffic for the past four months.