Indianapolis margarine plant planning $44 million upgrade
ConAgra Packaged Foods LLC is seeking city tax incentives as part of a $44 million plan to upgrade its plant on the northwest side of Indianapolis and retain 392 workers.
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Alabama firm that irked suppliers promises to add 350 jobs
Advanced Metal Technologies of Indiana Inc., an auto and industrial parts maker owned by the Alabama-based Whitesell Group, said it will locate its operations in Jeffersonville and add 350 jobs by 2015.
City aims to attract additional sponsors
Third Street Partners, a marketing firm that hoped to land half a million dollars in corporate sponsorships for the city of Indianapolis, has received a four-year contract extension to bring home red meat.
Abound Solar chief declines to testify before House panel
The CEO of a company that once said it planned to create up to 1,200 jobs north of Indianapolis has declined to testify before a U.S. House panel investigating the federal clean-energy program.
Fast-growing One Click lands $1M state incentive deal
A Greenwood e-commerce company could collect $1 million in state tax credits and training grants if it succeeds in hiring 109 new employees over the next five years.
OBEIME: Poor, uninsured won’t monopolize resources
Myth prevents policymakers from attacking real problem of distributing funding.
Lugar’s legacy in Senate: Cooperation and security
Colleagues considered six-term Sen. Richard Lugar a visionary who looked beyond U.S. exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union.
Postal Service backs off plan to close rural post offices
Citing strong community opposition, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the agency will whittle down full-time staff but maintain a part-time post office presence in rural areas, with access to retail lobbies and post office boxes.
Lugar’s frustration surfaces after Indiana defeat
Conceding defeat for the first time in nearly four decades, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar pledged to support the tea party-backed rival who had just ousted him. But hours later, the Indiana Republican issued a statement chastising primary winner Richard Mourdock.
Carson, May to meet in 7th District congressional race
Rep. Andre Carson easily defeated three Democratic challengers in Tuesday's primary to win his party's nomination in central Indiana's 7th District. He will face Carlos May, a former aide to Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard.
Brooks wins GOP nod for retiring Burton’s seat
Former U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks has won the Republican nomination for the 5th congressional district seat in central Indiana that retiring GOP Rep. Dan Burton is giving up after 30 years.
Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by tea party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose critics argued had ceded too much ideological ground to represent a conservative state.
GOP looking to pad majority in Indiana House
Republicans are hoping new election districts they drew last year and a wave of Democratic retirements help them strengthen their control of the Indiana Legislature. Voters in Tuesday's primary are selecting Republican and Democratic nominees for all 100 Indiana House seats and half of the 50 state Senate seats.
Mourdock says he expects to win GOP Senate bid
State treasurer Richard Mourdock said Tuesday morning that he's "reasonably optimistic" he'll defeat six-term incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar in Indiana's Republican primary.
Local election sites seeing light turnout
Marion County Clerk Beth White said she expects voter turnout for the Tuesday primary to be about 20 percent, much lower than the 37-percent participation in the 2008 primary. Without a presidential primary this time around, Democrats don’t feel as much urgency to vote, White said.
Indiana early voting down despite Lugar-Mourdock race
Early voting has wrapped up ahead of Indiana's primary, with the Republican Senate race between Richard Lugar and Richard Mourdock not grabbing voter interest like the Democratic presidential primary did four years ago.
Zionsville voters face lone area school-funding referendum
Zionsville’s school district is asking taxpayers to address a $2.5 million budget shortfall. Meanwhile, in Johnson County, voters will consider whether to help finance a $30 million project that includes the construction of a 70,000-square-foot library.
Lugar makes final push to avoid primary defeat
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is keeping a smile on his face as he fights against the growing possibility his Senate career could be nearing its end.
Ballot switchers an unlikely factor in Lugar race
Voters most likely to help Lugar could be Democrats, and party leaders say many won’t want to enter the GOP fray.
GOP rival hopes to end Lugar’s career
Mourdock has spent months arguing that Lugar is not conservative enough for the right-leaning state.