A new Office of Equity, Belonging and Inclusion is part of the 2024 budget proposal in Indianapolis.

The 2024 city budget was presented to the Indianapolis City-County Council this week and featured more than $1.5 billion in planned spending.

The City of Indianapolis is planning to overhaul its recycling program, as current contracts are set to expire in 2025.

One action will allow the city to hire three attorneys to prosecute violent offenders on the federal level. Another measure would control access to guns in Marion County, but state law needs to change in order for those restrictions to take effect.

Indianapolis City-County Council committees approved a series of proposals this week that aim to address gun violence, after a weekend that saw multiple shootings.

The council passed measures that prohibit turns on red lights, including in the downtown core. The proposals moved forward despite new state legislation that aims to stop the ban.

At a two-hour Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee meeting this week, a presentation laid out the $625 million plan to take over the construction of a new hotel on the site of the Pan Am Plaza.

The Indianapolis City-County Council took up issues around affordable housing, public art and economic development Monday but did not vote on a move to ban right turns on red in the downtown core.

Marion County voters took to the polls Tuesday to vote for candidates in newly redistricted City-County Council seats.

Primary election day is Tuesday, May 2. More than 50 candidates are seeking their party's nomination to run for 25 Indianapolis City-County Council seats. Put your address in the map below to find your council district.