GM plant property goes back on block
A big chunk of the former General Motors stamping plant site near downtown will go back on the market July 1 now that the city’s plans to build a criminal justice center there have fallen through.
City-County Council
Articles
Council declines to rehear Cumberland church proposal
The City-County Council's rejection on Monday paves the way for Giant Eagle to demolish the historic church and build a gas station on the property, unless the town of Cumberland can find another way to stop it.
Council votes not to consider revised justice center plan
The City-County Council voted 16-13 Monday night against considering a scaled-down plan for a new Marion County criminal justice center.
Council panel advances stripped-down billboard resolution
The amended proposal will advance to the City-County Council as a special resolution that would put the Metropolitan Development Commission in charge of the billboard-approval process.
Council to advance stripped-down version of digital billboard plan
Controversial language that would have allowed as many as 75 billboards to be converted to digital over 36 months was removed from Proposal 250, under an amendment filed Wednesday by sponsor Mary Moriarty Adams.
Council members question city’s electric car program
Questions about cost and a heavily redacted contract are plaguing Indianapolis’ plan to rent more than 400 electric cars for city employees.
Council committee shoots down plan for justice center
Mayor Greg Ballard's $1.6 billion justice center project suffered what could be a fatal blow in an Indianapolis City-County Council committee Tuesday night.
Chamber, neighborhood group endorse justice center
The organizations see the controversial, $1.6 billion project as a catalyst for redevelopment downtown. A City-County Council committee is set to weigh the proposed development deal Tuesday night.
Special review panel advances justice center plan
A special review committee, the Marion County Justice Complex Board, voted 4-1 Wednesday in favor of a 35-year, $1.6 billion deal with WMB Heartland Justice Partners, moving the issue closer to a vote by the full City-County Council.
Justice center panel to work at fast clip
A board set up to review Mayor Greg Ballard’s criminal justice complex proposal is scheduled to vote April 8, and the five members will be asked to digest loads of information in a two-week span.
Secretive ‘bill mill’ gets local foothold
An offshoot of the American Legislative Exchange Council that aims to influence local government is making inroads in Indiana. The American City County Exchange, which launched about a year ago, has 22 members from eight Indiana counties, including Marion and Hamilton.
Council President Maggie Lewis campaign reports thin on details
Indianapolis City-County Council President Maggie Lewis received more than $10,000 from her campaign over the past three years as reimbursement for various expenses. Her campaign reported almost all of the payments with no other description of purpose than a one-letter code, “O” for operations, as required by law.
Council approves funding for city preschool program
Indianapolis’ hotly debated preschool program cleared its final hurdle Monday when the City-County Council approved spending $4.2 million to send 1,000 poor children to high-quality preschools later this year.
Council again delays decision on Angie’s List incentives
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night tabled a decision on whether to issue $18.5 million in bonds to support the expansion of Angie's List’s east-side headquarters.
Council members: Delay justice center decision until after election
The odds the Indianapolis City-County Council will approve plans for a new criminal justice center this year are tanking fast.
Justice complex decision could come at last minute
Delays by the City-County Council could push the closing of a $1.6 billion deal for a new criminal justice complex until mid-May, just under the wire to preserve prices in the preferred bid.
Q&A: Departing CIB prez looks back on crisis
Ann Lathrop explains why she’s stepping away from the city’s Capital Improvement Board after helping pilot its recovery and cutting a deal to heavily subsidize the Indiana Pacers’ operation of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Council panel tables Angie’s List request until next month
A decision on whether to provide more than $18 million in city incentives to consumer review service Angie's List was delayed Monday night by a City-County Council committee.
Digital billboards vote delayed until April
After three hours of discussion, a controversial proposal to lift Marion County’s ban on digital billboards was postponed without a vote Monday night.
Section 8 proposal angers Indianapolis landlords
Advocates for low-income housing are clashing with Indianapolis landlords over a proposal that would make it illegal to reject tenants solely because they use government subsidies to pay their rent.