Indiana rolls back some 2010 Medicaid rate cuts
The state plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing providers. The increase would amount to 2 percent more for hospitals, nursing facilities, home health and immediate care providers.
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Fraud victim says he was duped twice over land bank house
Joseph Satterfield says he paid twice for his residence at 624 Congress Ave., but he still doesn’t have his hands on the deed to the house that was held by the Indy Land Bank.
Miller Pipeline plans $5.3M expansion, more jobs
The Indianapolis-based subsidiary of Vectren Corp. plans to construct a 52,000-square-foot building at its 34-acre corporate campus at 8850 Crawfordsville Road.
Pence praises 1st-year prison job-skills program
A program aimed at teaching and training prison inmates skills needed to get jobs when they are released has led to more than 600 people being employed in its first year.
Marion mayor seeking GOP nod for Indiana treasurer
Former Olympic figure skater and Marion Mayor Wayne Seybold announced Tuesday he would seek the Republican nomination for the office primarily concerned with state investments and pensions.
Metropolitan development director gains deputy
The department has been without a deputy director since 2002, when former Mayor Bart Peterson eliminated the position because of budget reductions, DMD spokesman John Bartholomew said.
IEDC rolling out $1M diversity investment fund
Fund managers will seek to invest in companies owned by minorities, women and veterans that have sustainable competitive advantages, scalable business models and the potential for meaningful job creation.
Longtime business, civic leader Walls dies at 86
John W. Walls served as president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce from 1977 to 1992 and as senior deputy mayor of Indianapolis under Richard Lugar.
Former Indy Chamber prez scores consulting work
Scott Miller, who resigned from the chamber post after less than two years to follow his entrepreneurial bent, will help two local startups get off the ground.
Pence administration shuffles several positions
One job change has led to a series of others in Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's five-month-old administration.
INDOT memo strips information in public tug-of-war
By one stroke this year, Indiana lawmakers and the new governor vastly improved the public's ability to find out how the show is run at the Statehouse, while in another, top managers at the Indiana Department of Transportation quietly clamped down on what's available.
Mainstreet plans $9.2M nursing home on northwest side
The 65,000-square-foot nursing-home and assisted-living facility would feature an Internet cafe, movie theaters and restaurant-style dining with an on-site chef.
FedEx seeks to build $34M distribution hub at Ameriplex
FedEx is looking to nearly double the size of its SmartPost distribution operations on the city's southwest side by building a bigger hub at the Ameriplex Indianapolis business park.
Indiana moving business-filing reminders online
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is moving away from paper to email for reminders to Indiana businesses to file their annual reports with the state.
Land bank legislation could get lost in shuffle of deep agenda
Legislative leaders recently assigned House Bill 1317 to the standing commission, which is also due to tackle such subjects as township assistance, agricultural land valuation and a motorsports commission.
IndyGo jettisons big-name designers
An internationally known architectural team chosen to design a proposed IndyGo transit hub is no longer on the project, to no surprise of local architects who insist the transit agency botched the selection process from the start.
City can tap $39 million in low-interest loans
Affordable-housing builders are enthusiastic about the new source of low-cost capital, which is targeted at a large swath of the inner city, excepting downtown.
Aromatherapy stores challenge Indiana’s ‘lookalike’ law
Four store owners say Indiana's efforts to curb "lookalike" drugs have gone too far.
Data-hosting firm Axia to add up to 45 jobs
The Indianapolis-based company will invest $2.8 million to expand its downtown headquarters and open a data center in Columbus, Ind.
Commission OK’d land bank deals with charities
City development officials were outraged last year to learn that the Indy Land Bank allowed investors to circumvent a public bidding process for real estate by working through a not-for-profit entity. Yet they continued to approve Land Bank transactions with not-for-profits.