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IMPD faces tough competition for police recruits
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration has boosted starting pay for new officers, offered signing bonuses and launched a marketing campaign to attract recruits from other Midwestern cities.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration has boosted starting pay for new officers, offered signing bonuses and launched a marketing campaign to attract recruits from other Midwestern cities.
But Mayor Joe Hogsett, a Democrat seeking a third term, says the plan will ensure Indianapolis’ hospitality industry remains nationally competitive by making room for larger events.
Starting next year, a new program will allow eligible high school students to receive up to $5,000 in state funding to “shop” for work-based learning experiences to help them earn a post-secondary credential before graduation.
Rahal Piaggio Indianapolis will sell motorcycles, scooters and mopeds under Italy-based Piaggio Group’s brands Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilla and Moto Guzzi.
Control of the Pan Am Plaza site would allow the city to move forward with its plans to redevelop the property with the 40-story Signia by Hilton hotel.
The fight between NASCAR and its teams over a new revenue model prompted the owners of 16 chartered organizations to send a letter to NASCAR’s board of directors requesting “meaningful dialog” regarding the franchise model system.
Yaccarino has worked at NBCUniversal for nearly 12 years—with her team generating more than $100 billion in ad sales since 2011, her company bio notes.
In her role as community journalism director, Ariana Beedie plans to launch a local affiliate of the Documenters Network, which trains and pays residents to attend public meetings and publish the results.
Jesse Brown, Andy Nielsen and Brienne Delaney ousted three Democratic incumbents on the City-County Council, including vice president Zach Adamson.
The company, which launched in 2019, hasn’t yet started earning revenue but it expects to do so by the end of the year, says founder Dan O’Toole. He said it’s also on track to meet hiring required to earn state incentives.
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Friday named a successor for Box, who became a high-profile figure in Indiana during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grants are intended to expand tech investment that currently is concentrated around a few U.S. cities—Austin, Texas; Boston; New York; San Francisco; and Seattle—to the rest of the country.
The Central Indiana Community Foundation and The Indianapolis Foundation on Thursday announced new leaders who take over this summer after the retirement of Brian Payne, who has led the organizations for 23 years.
Plans call for Promenade Trails to include 151 apartments and 59 for-rent cottages for people ages 55 and older. The first cottage residents are expected to begin moving in later this year.
In a lawsuit filed in a Mississippi court in February, Brett Favre’s attorneys wrote McAfee had used “outrageous falsehoods” that included calling Favre a “thief” who was “stealing from poor people in Mississippi.”
The defending race champion and current IndyCar points leader is back in Indianapolis with a new goal: proving he deserves longer pact with Chip Ganassi Racing.
Here are 20 best bets divided into four categories: how to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, how to catch artists in their prime, how to work on your bucket list and, perhaps most importantly, how to find the right price.
Morgan County officials say the existing courthouse, built in 1857, lacks sufficient space for court employees, including prosecutor and probation offices, which are located off-site.
Known as Versa, the project will include more than 230 apartments, a 245-space parking garage, and 3,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back emissions blamed for climate change.