The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a proposal on Monday creating the Riverside district and a tax credit for longtime homeowners in the neighborhood who are over the age of 55.
The city will work through 2024 to consolidate into its most prominent piece of real estate offices that are now scattered around downtown, including those of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.
Jeff Bennett, a top official in the administration of Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ever since the mayor took office in 2016, has left his position.
Westfield City Council member Joe Edwards, a lifelong resident of Westfield, died Friday morning at age 83 following a long illness.
A group of Black civil rights organizations is amping up its call for racial equity to be taken into account as state and city leaders decide where to place chargers needed to support the growing number of electric vehicles.
The HGTV home-improvement show is airing its last season, and Mina Starsiak Hawk says she’s not sure of her next steps. But one thing seems likely: She won’t be redeveloping or building houses regularly in Indianapolis anymore.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jefferson Shreve plan to square off this fall in televised debates hosted by WISH-TV Channel 8 and WXIN-TV Channel 59.
More than ever, Indianapolis-area companies are becoming so-called “second-chance employers” willing to hire people with arrest records and providing additional services to ex-offenders needing first jobs.
Republican state lawmakers have long resisted taking up legislation strengthening tenants’ legal rights, making Todd Rokita an outlier at the state level—but a possible ally for advocates who’ve struggled to advance such changes.
The lawsuit largely dealt with the annual budgeting process that took place in 2021. The council appropriated $335,000 to pay legal fees.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s proposed 2024 budget—the first without additional federal COVID-19 funding since 2019—includes record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, increased investment into anti-violence programs and a further increase in capital infrastructure projects.
The ordinance behind the restrictions aims to decrease the amount of pedestrians and cyclists hit by drivers. The measure had a rocky road toward implementation.
The strip mall was built in 1952 and for years served as a primary retail hub for the neighborhood.
Under a pilot program started this month, individuals in distress in downtown Indianapolis have been able to call 911 to receive assistance from the Clinician Led Community Response team.
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration is seeking a stronger approach to force property and business owners to discourage behavior that compromises public safety.
The Department of Metropolitan Development plans to convert the eight-story, 95-year-old building on North Meridian Street into affordable housing units.
The agreement gives Indy Parks the authority to “beautify, improve, maintain, and regulate the use of” the one-block park at 325 N. Meridian St., subject to the same rules, regulations and laws that apply to city-owned parks.
The Indianapolis City-County Council passed two gun-violence-related proposals Monday evening, but one of them calling for stricter gun-control regulations won’t be enforceable under state law.
The Lawrence Common Council approved a budget in September 2021, but the mayor’s administration did not submit it to the state by the deadline. That meant the city in 2022 had to operate under the previous year’s budget.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett also announced a plan to spend at least $30 million more in 2024 on residential street and alley improvements, school pedestrian safety and increased traffic enforcement in bike lanes.
