Higher-ed chief Lubbers is up to task
In her short tenure thus far as commissioner, she has already helped me personally with an issue I was experiencing as a law
student.
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EDITORIAL: Partisan games plague council
The City-County Council wisely averted disaster for the Capital Improvement Board Aug. 10 by voting to raise the city’s
hotel tax from 9 percent to 10 percent, but the razor-thin vote was another disappointing case of elected officials making
decisions based on partisanship rather than good judgment.
How â??bout that state fair!
Thereâ??s nothing quite like a state capital to blunt a crummy economy. Not only are legions of government
workers paid regardless of how the private sector performs, but capitals also have lots of small gold mines
â?? like state fairs.
In…
Quest Information goes after government contracts
Quest Information Systems does the kind of contracting where any screw-ups—even those not necessarily of its own
doing—can bring an unflattering public spotlight. The Indianapolis custom software developer works for politicians
and bureaucrats, a group many businesses seek to avoid.
Questions about â??clunkersâ??
â??Cash for clunkersâ?? has sent lots of gas-guzzlers to the scrap yard and helped car dealers move the metal.
But as Congress considers adding $2 billion to the initial $1 billion earmarked for the program, both the
political right and left…
Toll-road lease tumbles in value
Gov. Mitch Daniels expected his unprecedented $3.8 billion Indiana Toll Road lease to last 75 years. It may be tested after
just three.
Carmel grapples with rec center finances
A new business plan is in the works for the high-end Monon Center in Carmel.
Neighborhood taps cash languishing in account
City to unleash $3.8 million for improvements in United North West Area.
Wishard’s $754M request
The folks at Wishard Memorial Hospital have tough jobs. They care for the indigent, patch up more than their
share of gunshot wounds, and pay for most of it by billing government insurance programs, which arenâ??t
known
for lucrative reimbursements.
Ancient,…
Construction jobs trickling in from road stimulus
Federal stimulus money for Indiana highway projects so far has put to work 1,222 people with a payroll of $1.27 million,
according to state records of 42 projects under way in which contractors have reported job data. The work, ranging
from paving to replacing bridge decks, had a total contract value of $39.2 million.
City considering new parking meter plan
City officials are considering several proposals designed to wrestle more revenue out of
the city’s roughly 4,000 parking meters, including
the possibility of a long-term lease to a private firm, a move that netted Chicago more than $1 billion
last year.
FEIGENBAUM: Education money helped land key Democratic votes
As both House Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, and House Republican Leader Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, see it, this is definitely a "Republican-flavored" budget. Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels laid the framework, and legislators from both sides of the aisle largely abided by his bottom lines of spending, state agency cuts and surplus.
High court sides with business
Business has won two important cases in the U.S. Supreme Court in recent days.
Today, the court ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who claimed they had been unfairly
denied promotions due to their race….
FEIGENBAUM: History suggests legislators finally will settle on budget
The sniping over the state budget follows the time-honored script of partisan politics. Fear not: A timely climax and resolution
are all but guaranteed.
Elementary smarts
Tony Bennett, the stateâ??s new education chief, has said children who canâ??t read or write before reaching
middle school years are all but doomed to struggle through the rest of their academic careers.
So, IBJ reporter J.K. Wall notes…
Secretary of state offers business documents online
More than 6.5 million images of corporate documents, business filings and registrations on file with the Indiana Secretary
of State Business Services Division are now accessible instantly for free.
STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Political posturing puts session on strange trajectory
Casual observers of the legislative process might be confused by the political posturing, lack of a sense of imperative, and seeming non sequiturs in this General Assembly special session. Rest assured that even many veteran legislative observers also share the sense of puzzlement about June’s events. However, there is some method to the madness, and […]
EDITORIAL: Project near MSA may be worth the risk
The city has unveiled a dramatic plan for new housing and retail development to revitalize the old Market Square Arena site.
Despite some shortcomings, the project deserves a chance to give the stagnant area a boost.
Chrysler challenge was right call for Mourdock
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s attempt to stand up for the rule of law in the Chrysler bankruptcy appears to have been
futile, but we applaud the treasurer for trying. Mourdock went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the rights
of secured creditors in bankruptcy cases.
State audit findings sting Westfield
Westfield’s mayor says the city’s rapid growth and small staff are to blame for accounting problems raised in a State Board
of Accounts audit.