Brian Williams said Tuesday that he is dropping his bid to challenge Mayor Greg Ballard in 2011, paving the way for front
runner
Melina Kennedy to represent the Democrats.
Pat Bauer sent Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob a letter formally requesting the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
disclose public records about promises companies gave the state in exchange for job-creation incentives.
Jamal Smith of Indianapolis joined the governor’s staff two years ago and served as senior adviser on minority affairs.
Concluding a year-long evaluation and public bidding process, mayor chooses Oracle’s PeopleSoft to replace local government’s
1970s-era financial IT system and New York-based Zanett Inc. to lead the implementation.
Restoration project, slated to last nearly a year, will redesign vendor stand facades, improve lighting and introduce a regular
schedule of live entertainment at the historic venue.
Minority Leader Vi Simpson, D-Bloomington, said the Republican governor’s budget director told her that a comprehensive list
of executive branch budget reductions wasn’t available. She said that’s unacceptable.
Some have suggested moving it west, through less-populated Morgan County, to tie into Interstate 70 near Indianapolis International
Airport.
State treasurer Richard Mourdock, a Republican who gained attention last year as he took a fight against the Chrysler bankruptcy
proceedings all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, says he'll run for re-election.
Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce and Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis support sale of water, sewer utilities.
Executives of the health care services provider will be joined by Gov. Mitch Daniels and Mayor Greg Ballard for a Thursday
morning announcement at the company's headquarters.
Indiana Rep. Mark Souder announced Tuesday he would resign from Congress, effective Friday, because he had an affair with
a staffer.
Speaker Pat Bauer get the lowest ranking in the state chamber’s analysis.
The FBI is collecting records on an Elkhart real estate deal and an Indianapolis drug case, both involving Marion County Prosecutor
Carl Brizzi and defense attorney Paul Page.
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman left behind the hot-rod racing of her youth
for the hallowed halls of the Statehouse. Polite persuasion is her secret weapon.
Details of a plan to assist the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library have yet to emerge, but city leaders are pledging
their support to shore up a widening budget gap.
Indiana Republican voters will decide Tuesday which of five U.S. Senate candidates will represent the party in its fight to
take the seat being vacated by Democrat Evan Bayh.
City expects environmentally friendly overhaul of downtown headquarters to provide net savings of $250,000 per year.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi has said he has no plans to resign, despite Mark Massa’s call Wednesday
morning for him to step down. Brizzi will be eligible for a public pension
if he finishes his second term Dec. 31.
Mark Massa, former general counsel for Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Republican candidate for Marion County prosecutor, calls
on Prosecutor Carl Brizzi, also a Republican, to step
down in the wake of an IBJ investigation.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi last year intervened in a major drug case to offer a reduced sentence over objections
from both law enforcement officers and his own deputy prosecutors.
