Area homebuilding hits highest mark since 2008
The number of home construction permits in the Indianapolis area jumped 16 percent last year, marking just the second year-over-year increase in filings since 2005.
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Shuttle to Hamilton County job sites is tweaked
A reverse-commute shuttle that helps Indianapolis residents get to jobs in Carmel and Fishers is being expanded.
Transit advocates to show support at House hearing
More than 200 people are expected to attend a meeting at the Statehouse to show their support for a public referendum on mass transit funding.
Mass-transit measure passes key House hurdle
The House Ways and Means Committee cleared the bill, which would allow voters to decide whether to add 0.3 percent to local income tax rates to pay for a proposed central Indiana mass-transit system.
House advances central Indiana transit measure
The Indiana House has signed off on a measure that would let local residents vote for higher taxes to pay for a $1.3 billion expansion of the public transportation system.
Pence moves outside Indy to find tax cut support
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is taking his pitch for a 10-percent cut in the personal income tax around the state after failing to lock down support for his signature legislative priority inside the Statehouse.
Transit bill to face tough road in Senate
A bill to create a rapid-transit system in central Indiana is headed for the crucible of the Senate, where skeptics stand ready to tear apart the proposal’s $1.3 billion financing plan.
Geico service center to create up to 1,200 jobs in Carmel
The insurer will invest millions to lease, renovate and equip a 109,000-square-foot customer service center at 101 W. 103rd St. It plans to begin hiring immediately, and bring up to 1,200 new jobs by 2016.
Kenley drops out as sponsor of mass-transit bill
Already skeptical of a mass-transit plan for the Indianapolis metro area, influential Sen. Luke Kenley said he decided it was inappropriate to be listed as a sponsor without giving the bill his unqualified support.
Mass-transit bill leaps one hurdle, heads for another
A Senate committee Wednesday passed a measure that would give area residents a chance to vote on whether to pay higher taxes to expand the mass-transit system. Lawmakers sent the bill to the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee.
Mass-transit bill hits detour in Senate committee
Members of the state’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee voted 12-0 on Tuesday morning to stall legislation that would give central Indiana voters the ability to choose if they want to pay higher taxes for expanded mass transit.
FEIGENBAUM: Legislative deadline spawns flurry of activity
In one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the days leading up to it.
Food trucks find patchwork of rules in northern suburbs
As the food truck industry heats up in Indianapolis, leaders of its fast-growing northern suburbs are starting to rewrite the rules of the road.
Fishers asks to hike food-and-beverage tax
Find a penny here and a penny there, and pretty soon you’ve got enough to spring for a vat of Diet Coke from McDonald’s—or to spur investment in a community.
Westfield schools looking to cash in on valuable land
The state’s $600 million overhaul of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County could be a boon to Westfield Washington Schools, which is selling 14 acres of prime property near what will become one of 10 interstate-like interchanges on the highway.
Advocates for mass transit may need to ante up
The Indianapolis area’s largest employers have spent millions of dollars studying and promoting regional mass transit, but if the idea is going to get past the Legislature, they might have to put money into the $1.3 billion system as well.
Legislature OKs new Fishers food-and-drink tax
Fishers has state lawmakers’ permission to impose a 1-percent food-and-beverage tax, but local leaders aren’t rushing into anything.
Outback, Olive Garden slated for Michigan Road
The Carmel City Council on Monday agreed to pave the way—literally—for commercial development planned for the west side of Michigan Road south of 106th Street.
Hamilton County voters face referendums
Voters have until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote in two Hamilton County referendums that will shape the size of school classrooms and future tax bills. In the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district, voters face a $95 million referendum that would expand Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers high schools. In Noblesville, a $28 million referendum would expand the high school and allow freshmen to return to the main campus. It also would allow the county to buy a school building and lease it to Ivy Tech Community College, which would create a campus at the site.
Hamilton County voters approve school referendums
A $95 million expansion of Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern high schools, and a $28 million project to expand Noblesville High School were approved by voters Tuesday.