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City’s bid team revving up for Super Bowl pitch

Indianapolis officials plan to use a downtown light show and $30 million in pre-raised corporate cash to wow the NFL’s team owners into granting the Circle City the title of Super Bowl host for the second time in six years.

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House ethics panel finds Turner didn’t violate rules

The House Ethics Committee expressed concerns Wednesday that House Speaker Pro Tem Eric Turner’s efforts to kill a proposed nursing home moratorium did not achieve the “highest spirit of transparency” and vowed to tighten those rules.

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Supreme Court upholds EPA rule on cross-state pollution

The 6-2 ruling was an important victory for the Obama administration in controlling emissions from power plants in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states. Texas led 14 states, including Indiana, and industry groups in challenging the rule.

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Indiana lawmakers struggle with ethics system

Eric Turner, the first lawmaker to be investigated by the House Ethics Committee in close to two decades, is under review for his private lobbying against a proposed ban on the construction of new nursing homes.

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Possible GOP presidential candidates play up gun credentials

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal addressed the NRA's annual leadership forum, a kind of political pep rally the organization considers one of its premier events.

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Life Sciences Power Breakfast transcript

Indianapolis Business Journal gathered leaders in Indiana’s life sciences industry for a Power Breakfast panel discussion April 24. Among other topics, the panelists discussed whether Obamacare helps or hurts companies in the industry, the biggest barrier to life sciences startups, and how rising activity among angel investors has changed the life sciences landscape.

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Herb Simon: $160M Pacer deal helps heirs

Herb Simon, 79, says the $160 million deal the city struck with the Indiana Pacers this month for operating costs and stadium improvements is an outgrowth of negotiations that began way back in 2007.

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