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Senate Republicans name property taxes, Medicaid, water regulation among top priorities

January 8, 2025 | Cate Charron

Leaders from the Senate Republicans outlined five priority bills addressing several high-profile issues, including rising property taxes and Medicaid costs.

City, developers unveil plans for City Market’s western plaza

January 8, 2025 | Mickey Shuey

Gershman Partners and Citimark plan to spend about $15 million to renovate the Indianapolis City Market’s western plaza with green space, outdoor seating and an indoor-outdoor cultural exhibit centered on the underlying Indianapolis Catacombs.

Eight Indiana coal sites offer ‘substantial opportunities’ for nuclear plants, per new Purdue study

January 8, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Purdue officials announced in May that the university was selected to study small nuclear technology and how it can potentially be used to power Indiana in the future.

Meta tries letting Facebook Marketplace users view eBay listings as way to resolve EU charges

January 8, 2025 | Associated Press

Meta is carrying out the trial after Brussels slapped the company with a penalty of nearly $824 million for what it called “abusive practices” involving Marketplace.

Indy Ignite pro volleyball team sells out first game in Fishers

January 8, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

The Ignite, a member of the Pro Volleyball Federation, announced Tuesday that all 7,500 tickets for the team’s game against the Orlando Valkyries have been sold.

Indiana lawmakers kick off legislative session

January 8, 2025 | Cate Charron

More than 400 bills have been filed so far as the General Assembly gets underway Wednesday, including several tax bills.

IRS has improved taxpayer services but has been slow to resolve ID theft, independent watchdog says

January 8, 2025 | Associated Press

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said the agency is seeing higher numbers of theft victims overall since before the pandemic, in part because scammers are increasingly moving to online schemes.

Road funding, venture capital, workforce development top Indy Chamber agenda

January 8, 2025 | Cate Charron

Heading into a packed legislative session at the Indiana Statehouse, the Indy Chamber plans to focus its lobbying efforts on quality-of-place and human resources issues.

Indianapolis tech startup Stellar lands $2.7M in seed funding

January 8, 2025 | Susan Orr

The seed round was oversubscribed, meaning Stellar Technology Services attracted more investor interest than anticipated.

Trump says he will change Gulf of Mexico’s name. Can he do that?

January 8, 2025 | The Washington Post

President-elect Donald Trump provided no details about how he planned to implement the name change, but the comments sparked immediate questions about whether a president has the authority to rename an international body of water.

New Wabash watershed study finds supply should meet demand with proper management

January 8, 2025 | Cate Charron

The findings are consistent with a statewide water study released in August that concluded Indiana has a “plentiful” but unevenly distributed water supply.

Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

January 8, 2025 | Associated Press

The complaint alleges the landlords participated in an unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing, harming millions of American renters.

Indianapolis Public Schools board denounces bill to dissolve district in shift to charters

January 7, 2025 | Amelia Pak-Harvey, Chalkbeat Indiana

The bill is the latest of several proposals that threaten the district’s viability.

Once-reprimanded Rokita details proposed changes for lawyer discipline

January 7, 2025 | Alexa Shrake, Indiana Lawyer

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is calling for new rules that would allow the state disciplinary commission to quickly dismiss politically motivated complaints against attorneys and require it to follow the same impartiality guidelines as judges.