NEWS
A tale of two transit services
Examining what’s to come from IndyGo and South Shore DT In a sprawling metropolis, mass transit is a hot topic of conversation. In recent years, Indianapolis has invested more than ever in bike share programs, IndyGo’s bus rapid transit, [...]
Sean sung blue
Ex-Rep. Eberhart gets year+ prison; $85K+ in fines/restitution Former Rep. Sean Eberhart (R) of Shelbyville, once the top Republican on the House Committee on Public Policy, where he helped shape gaming laws, is sentenced to one year and one [...]
Chamber+ take paper to PENN
Business world: tax add-back ruling anticompetitive for Indiana We’ve been following for you the saga of PENN Entm’t, Inc. v. Indiana Dep’t of State Revenue, No. 22T-TA-00015, the Indiana Tax Court tax add-back case. After the parties were unable [...]
A super shortage?
Looking into why retired superintendents return to work In the last several months, we noticed a few recently retired school superintendents return to work full-time at different schools, begging the question – is this new and why are these [...]
Corridor conversations
Mid-States Corridor to Tier 2 study amid continued local discourse It’s hard to know what to make of the Mid-States Corridor, a much-discussed “improved highway connection” project that will begin at S.R. 66 near the William H. Natcher Bridge [...]
GOP holy war
Unprecedented convo rebuke to top pick marries Braun, Beckwith The fall race has now been defined – but only between Republicans and Democrats. Much of the next few months will be spent figuring out who wins the internecine Republican [...]
New big-buck online poker bust
School ass’t principal helped run multi-million $ Central IN club A three-year investigation sparked by a complaint to the Indiana Gaming Commission from someone who claimed to have lost $50,000 in an online poker club culminates in multiple felony [...]
Women lead appellate field
Seven of eight applicants are female; three are Black women We’re now able to tell you about the eight applicants for the Indiana Court of Appeals District 4 vacancy that will be created by the retirement of Judge Patricia [...]
Diploma dilemma
SBOE, Jenner say lots of work ahead amid diploma backlash Following a continuous slew of somewhat panicked, largely negative feedback from educators on the state’s new proposed high school diplomas, the Indiana State Board of Education is pushing forward [...]
New records request process
Greater efficiency touted; change offers twist on transparency A few months ago, we told you about how the Holcomb Administration was moving to standardize Access to Public Records Act requests for information, developing a unique form that would need [...]