The Metropolitan Development Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to release nearly $4 million to
improve
the historic building in downtown Indianapolis.
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency will use funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to retrofit streetlights
in 20 communities that it serves.
Some farmers would like to see a small airport in rural northwestern Indiana closed in order to open up a large part of the
state's windiest area for electricity-producing wind turbines.
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.
Some southern Indiana communities are worried about the economic impact of CSX Transportation's decision to stop running
trains on a 62-mile rail line.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom said the 1,665 young workers hired by the DNR will help seasonal
workers with important maintenance work at many of the state’s 24 state parks and dozens of other properties.
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.
The new "focused factory" in Plainfield will produce lift fans for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The fan allows
one version of the aircraft to make helicopter-like landings.
Lenders must pass the test by July 1, or their licenses will be revoked. So far, just 58 percent of more than 1,000 in the
state
have passed.
Jamal Smith of Indianapolis joined the governor’s staff two years ago and served as senior adviser on minority affairs.
The state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
Hat World, a subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc., said it plans to invest up to $22 million to lease and prepare
additional space locally as it consolidates manufacturing and warehouse operations from Wisconsin.
Lugar’s bill may be able to muster the 60 votes needed for Senate passage because it wouldn’t cap emissions or expand offshore
drilling, two controversial issues in the Senate.
Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Reed is resigning to become president of Duke Energy's Indiana
operations. Michael B. Cline, INDOT's deputy commissioner of operations, will replace him.
The upholstered-furniture maker, which operates as Y.K. Furniture, plans to invest $24.3 million to establish its first U.S.
subsidiary. The facility will house assembly-and-distribution operations with about 100 employees.
Leo Brown LLC’s 20-acre, $36 million senior-living community is expected to create 132 jobs with an average salary of $37,000
when it is completed in 2011.
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.
Miller Consulting Group will move its headquarters from Indianapolis to Noblesville and add the jobs by the end of 2013,
the company said Wednesday morning.
O’Connor, chief deputy mayor under former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson, started Monday as Lilly's director of
state government affairs—working again under Peterson.
The chief investment officer for Indiana’s public employee pension fund is taking a similar job in North Carolina at a base
salary of $320,000.
