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March 18, 2014
Council Approves Market Square Arena Site Funding
Despite concerns, the City County Council is committing up to $23 million to pay for a mixed-use project at the former Market Square Arena site. Members voted 18-9 on the bonding.
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CICF Joining Fight Against Indy Violence
An effort to connect Indianapolis nonprofits with public safety launches this week. It's an initiative from the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
Read MoreMarch 15, 2014
Senate-CIA Clash Goes Behind Closed Doors
The dust is still settling on Capitol Hill after California Democrat Dianne Feinstein fired a verbal bazooka at the Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday, and the fight is far from over.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2014
Lawmakers Pass Bill To Create Veterans Disability Clinic Fund
The fund would provide grants to certain law schools that maintain a veteran's clinic. The little to no cost clinics would allow law students to gain career experience by counseling or representing veterans in claim for disability compensation.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2014
GM Stamping Plant Top Site for Justice Complex
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard's administration is recommending the former General Motors Stamping Plant as the site of a proposed criminal justice complex. The facility on the city's southwest side would be home to adult detention, inmate processing, the prosecutor, public defender, clerk, probation and community corrections.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2014
Pence Signs Military Family Relief Fund Bill
The first bill signed into law for this legislative session is one expanding access to the Military Family Relief Fund. Gov. Pence signed it Thursday, providing financial assistance to more than 26,000 post 9-11 Hoosier veterans.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2014
Reports: Obama Will Move To Expand Overtime Pay
The president is expected to tell the Labor Department to change the rules about who is eligible. Critics say that might backfire. Proponents say it would narrow income inequality.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2014
House, Senate Settle On Tax Cut Plan With Lots Of County Options
Fiscal leaders from the Indiana House and Senate have a tentative deal to reduce corporate income tax rates even further and give counties the option of cutting property taxes on business equipment.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2014
Obama Goes Between The Ferns To Talk With Zach Galifianakis
Hoping to boost young people's enrollment in health care, President Obama appears on the web-based show Between Two Ferns, where he submitted to questions from Zach Galifianakis.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2014
Family Trust Wins Supreme Court Fight Against Bike Trail
"They want to bring a train through here, that's fine," a Wyoming landowner says. "We never expected and we never agreed to a bicycle trail." His family is fighting a rails-to-trails conversion.
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