As Marion County appears poised to launch a similar syringe-exchange program, public health officials point to a growing list of reports and studies they say proves such programs are a worthwhile investment.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Tuesday plan to roll out an initiative called Indy Achieves, which will support students across Indianapolis’ 11 school districts.
The Indianapolis City-County Council president has halted plans to revamp the city's civilian police merit board in the wake of its recent vote clearing two officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist.
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night advanced proposals that would help Duke Realty Corp. move its headquarters from Carmel to a $28 million office building it would build on Indianapolis’ north side.
An Indianapolis City-County Council panel on Monday night unanimously advanced proposals that would help Duke Realty Corp. move its headquarters from Carmel to a new $28 million office building it would build in Indianapolis.
Maggie Lewis, who will continue serving on the council, has prior leadership experience with not-for-profits.
Democrat Jared Evans said the council members are hoping to “raise awareness” about the issue and persuade state regulators to drastically reduce the amount IPL raises its rates, “if they don’t decline this altogether.”
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday passed a proposal 22-1 after no discussion that allows the city’s former Department of Business and Neighborhood Services to transfer $1.2 million to buy 50 replacement vehicles.
In his annual state of the city address Monday night, Mayor Joe Hogsett will announce plans to beef up the city’s street maintenance crew by dozens of workers and to use a program that leverages private investment to pay for 15 infrastructure projects.
Indianapolis officials have triggered a wide-scale review of the need for big municipal buildings downtown. Real estate executives are intrigued by the 28-story City-County Building’s potential for private redevelopment.
The settlement will allow developer Green Indy LLC to build a revised version of the so-called Alexander at the Crossing project that was initially denied by the Metropolitan Development Commission last year.
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night approved an ordinance that restricts the city’s new jail and criminal justice center from being run by a private operator once it eventually opens.
Under the proposal, sign owners could convert existing billboards to electronic ones, as long as twice that amount of signage space is removed from the city’s urban core.
An Indianapolis City-County Council member has signed onto a pact with two other council members from the cities of New York and Austin, Texas, to oppose the “tax-break bidding war that Amazon has begun” in pursuit of its second headquarters.
The announcement follows a unanimous City-County Council vote to approve $14.5 million in emergency funding to address potholes.
Zach Adamson has proposed an ordinance that “requires the administration and operation of the county jail facilities be non-privatized.”
Council member Colleen Fanning said the action gives neighbors another chance to have their say in a redevelopment proposal that could affect what’s been deemed Haverstick Woods.
Council member Jared Evans, who authored the proposal, said there are 15 hotels in the city with problematic ratios that are resulting in a drain on police and fire resources.
The Hogsett administration and City-County Council are weighing whether to kill a little-known organization that has quietly worked for two decades on the key downtown redevelopments.
The proposal, which will be voted on by the full council March 12, calls for using emergency funds to fix many of the city’s pothole-littered roads.
