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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Ranking Indianapolis’ best mayor
Former Indianapolis mayors have a way of staying in the news.
Richard Lugar has climbed to the top echelons of the U.S. Senate. Bill Hudnut is quoted regularly from his
position at the Urban Land Institute, a Washington, D.C., not-for-profit that…
Are unions making a comeback?
Weâ??re accustomed to hearing that unions represent a smaller and smaller proportion of the American work force.
Yet, government figures released last week show the first increase in union membership in 24 years, with
about 12.1 percent of workers in unions….
Spending your government check
If you pay taxes, President Bush and leaders in Congress have agreed to send you at least $600 in the
hope youâ??ll spend it and pump more life into the economy.
They have their wishes, but Americans are independent sorts.
What would…
Blame Daniels for the economy?
At this point four years ago, now-Gov. Mitch Daniels had started outlining a platform based on revitalizing
the economy.
The economy had been headed south since the â??70s and had taken another beating early in the decade. Voters
were only too…
Covering the least of these
It isnâ??t often these days that we see deep, serious reporting on poverty that helps explain the problem
and makes us think.
In a recent interview, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne argued that the subject has been edged out of
news…
Has housing hit bottom?
F.C. Tucker Co. put out a release today saying the Indianapolis-area housing market stabilized last year.
Somehow, a 9.9-percent decline in sales and 2.1-percent drop in selling price doesnâ??t sound so stable.
Tucker President Jim Litten points out that the region still…
Bud Wolf Chevrolet a goner
The Wolf family has thrown in the towel on its Chevrolet dealership at 5350 N. Keystone Ave.
One of the owners, Andy Wolf, says the closing was forced because property tax increases shocked customers
into pulling back from spending. Another reason…
Home team vs. the Internet
Itâ??s been a tough couple of years in Bloomington for Roberts Distributors, the well-known Indianapolis supply
house for cameras and other photography equipment. So tough that the Bloomington store is closing.
Bruce Pallman, the second generation running Roberts, said the location…
Does loss damage Colts brand?
Yesterdayâ??s frustrating loss by the Indianapolis Colts to San Diego was hard to take for fans whoâ??d pulled
for the team through an otherwise remarkable season.
Now Tony Dungy might finally follow through on years of ruminations about putting a bookend…
Toyota’s quality problems
The luster on Toyotaâ??s reputation for putting out highly reliable vehicles is beginning to tarnish.
The Japanese carmaker is taking it on the chin for a series of quality issues, and the Tundra full-size
pickup truck made near Evansville is causing…
Mortgages are getting cheap
Mortgage rates are falling. This week, rates on 30-year mortgages slipped below 6 percent for the first time
in more than two years.
Are the cheaper rates putting you in a mood to refinance or step up to that house youâ??ve…
Supremes appear to back voter law
Questions posed by U.S. Supreme Court justices today suggest they might be reluctant to overturn Indianaâ??s
voter ID law.
Reports from the proceedings quote Justice Anthony Kennedy, often a swing vote on the court, as asking why
the court should be…
Insurer rejects church over stance
An insurance company headquartered in Fort Wayne has refused to offer a property policy to a Michigan church
that belongs to a denomination that backs gay rights.
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co., says the risk of insuring West Adrian United Church of…
Taxing lawyers, docs, Realtors
Your lawyer probably isnâ??t complaining. Neither would your doctor, Realtor or accountant.
In all the talk about reforming property taxes, hardly a word has been said about shifting some of the
property tax burden to services.
That means some of the most…
Will oil really hit $200?
Bloomberg carried a story today saying some of the hottest oil investments are options on the New York Mercantile
Exchange to buy oil for $200 a barrel. Presumably at least some investors think oil prices are going to
double.
Weâ??ve already…
Feeling left out of the process?
The Iowa caucuses are over and the New Hampshire primary isnâ??t far away. Indianaâ??s primary arrives May 6,
long after a string of states could easily make ours all but irrelevant.
How do you feel about having little, if any voice…
Checking for illegal immigrants
The clash over illegal immigration under way in other states may well show up in the General Assembly this
year.
State chamber lobbyist George Raymond expects at least one bill to materialize, and he thinks the chances
of passage are pretty…
Get ready for radio shock
If you’ve memorized the local radio dial, you can forget a lot of it beginning next month.
As IBJ reporter Anthony Schoettle wrote in this weekend’s paper, several stations are starting new formats.
We’ll hear plenty of promos as they try…