Taylor Wooten

Council leaders say they want a third party to investigate human resources complaints at the City-County Building, but steps on how that would happen are far from being worked out.

A special meeting of the council next week will allow public comment regarding the recommendations, based on the results of an investigation into Mayor Joe Hogsett's handling of harassment allegations within his administration.

Recent media reports raise questions about deals brokered by Thomas Cook, Mayor Hogsett's former chief of staff, and the city's former top economic development official, with whom Cook was allegedly in a secret romantic relationship.

After nearly two hours of occasionally passionate discussion, the nine-member panel voted unanimously to deny church leaders' request to raze the historic building and the attached rectory at 125 N. Oriental St.

The proposed data center has faced widespread criticism from neighbors and local officials who have expressed concerns about the project's environmental impact.

The project is proposed for a 13-acre parcel east of Brightwood Plaza that was home to the now-demolished Sherman Drive-In from 1965 to 1983.

A lot has changed since then Walker was founded in 1939, but Sara Walker—who represents the family’s fourth generation to work at Walker—says adaptation is part of the family company’s DNA.

Robbins—who initially planned a career in sports medicine—told IBJ that the company’s foray into sports work began in earnest when it printed thousands of Indianapolis maps for the 2012 Super Bowl. It has grown from there.

But with that two-year spending plan set to take effect on July 1, it’s still not clear what the office will do and who will lead it.

Andrew Merkley, administrator for the Division of Homelessness Policy and Eviction Prevention, has worked in the Indianapolis Office of Public Health and Safety since 2020.

More than a dozen Senate Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the legislation, which makes camping on public property a Class C misdemeanor.

The 35-year-old mother of three takes the helm after a well-funded Republican candidate for mayor failed to take down incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett.

Language similar to House Bill 1662, which died earlier this legislative session, was amended into a seemingly unrelated bill, raising concerns from Democrats and advocates for the homeless.

Conexus wants to move its Catapult programming on-site with manufacturers that want to hire Catapult graduates. And it plans to reduce its own role in the program.

Lawmakers on the Indiana Senate Local Government Committee voted unanimously Thursday in favor of legislation that would exempt the east-side town of Cumberland from Indianapolis-Marion County consolidated government.

The new goal is about measuring—and working to increase—the economic value of post-secondary education.

Councilors authorized an external investigation in August after three women came forward with harassment allegations against the mayor's former chief of staff.

Opponents of the bill testified that the legislation, which mirrors legislation introduced in other states and can be traced to a Texas-based think tank, criminalizes homelessness.

In a conversation with IBJ, the CEO of General Hotels Corp. explains how his work has shaped his perspective on downtown and offers his thoughts on the controversial city plan to build and operate a hotel.

Todd Wilson will lead the DPW, the city’s largest department by budget and second largest in terms of workforce.