IT management firm BlackInk plans downtown expansion
Technology management firm BlackInk IT plans to expand its downtown headquarters, adding 30 workers by 2017, the Indianapolis-based company announced Friday morning.
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Union Station gets new scrutiny after spate of repairs
Seeing small repair projects pile up at the city’s iconic 19th-century train station, city officials have launched an effort to assess the building’s condition with the most thorough inspection in several years.
Suit spawns liquor-distribution showdown
Indiana’s largest beer distributor is mounting the latest legal challenge to the state’s arcane, Prohibition-era liquor laws. Indianapolis-based Monarch Beverage Co. Inc. is suing state officials, arguing the company should be able to also supply liquor to bars, restaurants and retail outlets.
Car parts maker to expand operations, hire 120
Mayco International LLC will invest $2.9 million and significantly boost employment at its Hartford City plant, due to new client orders for interior sunshades.
Shoe maker targets Indiana for 184 customer-service jobs
The maker of Stride Rite, Sperry Top-Sider, Hush Puppies and Keds footwear plans to expand operations in Richmond, creating 184 jobs by 2017 and retaining 130 workers in the city about 65 miles east of Indianapolis.
Pence, Sebelius to meet on health care expansion proposals
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is scheduling a meeting with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the state’s request to use its own health care plan in place of a traditional Medicaid expansion.
FEMA rejects major disaster declaration for Indiana
Gov. Mike Pence says the federal government has rejected Indiana's request that Howard County be declared a major disaster area because of damage from last month's tornadoes and severe storms.
Dermody might be General Assembly wild card
New chairman of the House Committee on Public Policy could raise eyebrows in dealing with ‘vice’ issues.
City inviting proposals for new courts-jail complex
Marion County criminal-justice complex project could rival Indianapolis airport terminal in cost, entail public-private financing deal.
Speedway sets agenda for $140M in improvements
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway says it is ready to start a projected $140 million in improvement projects using $100 million in state assistance.
Bipartisan negotiators reach modest budget pact
Shedding gridlock, key members of Congress reached a budget agreement Tuesday to restore about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon and eliminate the threat of another partial government shutdown early next year.
Pence looks to expand education overhaul
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announced an expansive education plan Tuesday for his second year in office that will include seeking approval for vouchers for preschool-aged children, extending more state help for charter schools and paying for teachers to work in low-income school districts.
Mayor champions plan to relocate justice center
Mayor Greg Ballard and Marion County law enforcement officials on Wednesday morning expect to announce plans for a new criminal justice complex, moving operations currently located in the City-County Building and elsewhere downtown.
Greenfield Mayor Pasco, 66, dies after cancer fight
Greenfield Mayor Dick Pasco, who had been suffering liver problems since soon before his 2011 election, had decided against further treatment, his family said.
Indiana extends Healthy Indiana Plan through April
The Family and Social Services Administration announced Tuesday it is extending its Healthy Indiana Plan to participants who earn between 100 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Pence set to give details of new school proposals
The governor's office says Pence will speak about those proposals in a speech Tuesday at Indiana's original state capital building in Corydon.
Government sells remaining stake in General Motors
The U.S. government ended up losing $10.5 billion on the General Motors bailout, but it says the alternative would have been far worse.
State sells plane, cuts higher ed amid shortfall
State agencies will have to cut their budgets an additional 1.5 percent and state universities will see their state aid clipped by 2 percent as the state looks to make up a $141 million drop in tax collections.
Food-aid recipients to see new schedule in 2014
Nearly 1 million food aid recipients in Indiana will have their benefit payments shifted to new days next year in a change sought by the state’s grocers.
Some worry about eliminating Indiana business tax
A proposal to phase out Indiana's property tax on business equipment and machinery has many local government leaders concerned about another big revenue hit.