Influential lawmaker Kenley retiring from Indiana Senate
As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2009, Luke Kenley, 72, has been one of the state’s most powerful legislators and key budget writers.
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As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee since 2009, Luke Kenley, 72, has been one of the state’s most powerful legislators and key budget writers.
In a lawsuit filed this month in Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis claims its northern neighbor is encroaching on the city’s corporate boundary. The seven-page complaint is seeking a preliminary injunction preventing Carmel from continuing with plans to build four roundabouts.
Several local not-for-profit and community groups are caught in a family dispute over the $31 million estate of Stephen Russell, the Celadon Group Inc. co-founder who died last year at age 76.
City officials said Wednesday that they have asked the Indiana Transportation Museum to clean up the contamination. An ITM official suggested the city’s move was motivated by a debate over the fate of the Nickel Plate Railroad.
Jennifer Messer, the wife of Rep. Luke Messer, makes drastically more as a contracted legal consultant than either of the city’s two staff attorneys are paid.
BorgWarner Inc. is set to close two technical centers in central Indiana and consolidate them into a newly constructed facility in Noblesville that will house more than 300 high-wage employees, the Hamilton County city announced Wednesday afternoon.
The crowd could approach 300,000, meaning more than $25 million in tickets for the track. Add concessions, merchandise, parking and hospitality, and revenue could pass $40 million.
The governor is so pleased with the progress of the Regional Cities program implemented last year that he’s seeking more money from the Legislature to advance it.
TWG Development’s plan to convert the century-old structure into senior housing units has hit a snag, as the project wasn’t awarded federal tax credits in the latest round of allocations.
Local hoteliers and hospitality officials are bracing for a soft 2018. And some in the industry are pointing to the fallout from a controversial 2015 law as the culprit responsible for an expected one-year downturn.
The Hamilton County-owned health care provider announced Tuesday that the 108,000-square-foot Westfield facility, which is under construction, will be a hospital instead of an outpatient center.
Carmel Clay Schools District Superintendent Dr. Nicholas Wahl made a presentation to the school board Monday night in favor of asking voters to approve a referendum that would keep the current school tax rate at its current level.
The city of Carmel’s huge investment of public dollars into its central core has paid off when it comes to generating economic activity, jobs and additional investment in the area, according to a new study by the IU Public Policy Institute.
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. said the decline in deals is a good thing because it reflects a strong Hoosier economy.
A housing analysis the city recently commissioned identified a gap between single-family homes and multifamily apartments–few townhomes, condos, cottages and duplexes in dense, walkable areas.
It was a banner year for school referendums across Indiana, with all but three of the 20 ballot questions in this year’s primary and general elections turning out successfully for the districts.
Voters in Washington Township in Marion County and in Westfield Washington Schools in Hamilton County on Tuesday approved referendums to increase school funding.
With assistance from Near East Area Renewal, the neighborhood has seen 90 new or refurbished homes come on the market since 2010. And that number is expected to grow to 100 next year.
A swelling throng of Indianapolis workers is part of the so-called “gig-economy,” which denotes the matchmaking between independent contractors and consumers over technology platforms.
The not-for-profit introduced the proposal for affordable housing and commercial space last year, but progress stalled after it narrowly missed out on $1.5 million in federal funding.