Straight from the presses to you, Travel 2 Indianapolis is gratified to present the latest Indianapolis News stories of the day for your reading convenience. We scour the internets for the latest breaking Indianapolis news so that you don’t have to. Remember we update our stories each and every 12 hours so check back in the midst of regularly to reprieve leading-edge with the utmost recent news headlines from Indianapolis .
- Mass transit: Delay or denial
If you are a supporter of mass transit, hopefully you are a Cubs fan, because it looks like you’re going to have to wait until next year. by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz If you are a supporter of masstransit, hopefully you are a Cubs fan, because it looks like you’re going tohave to wait until next year. The IndianaGeneral Assembly’s top leaders say the measure is likely to remain dead forthe session and not come back before lawmakers adjourn in March.… [ Read more ]
- Haiku News
This week’s important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On the docket this week: the GOP, ziplines and Koyaanisqatsi. by Jim Poyser if Peytoneverleavesthe Colts will he take the stadiumwith him?… [ Read more ]
- Girl, in Transit: Super blow to transit
This is the third in a series of stories by Kimmel, who’s given up her car and is relying primarily on public transit.
Many of you probably know that the transit legislation essentially died at the Statehouse last week. In a House Committee, the proposed bill failed to pass with an 11-10 vote.…
[ Read more ]
- Tougher stance on sex trafficking
The effort is timed to ensure the toughest-possible prosecution faces vendors of exploitative sex looking to capitalize on the Super Bowl. by The Statehouse File By Zach Osowski The Statehouse File… [ Read more ]
- Super Bowl economics
Is the big game a cash cow or boondoggle? by Robert Annis It’s the game the city’s been waiting for more than four years. But even though the 2-14 Colts aren’t playing in this year’s SuperBowl, Indianapolis can still lose.… [ Read more ]
- Self interest trumps rationality on mass transit
This analysis finds that right-to-work, tax hike are bogus excuses for the death of the mass transit bill. by Rebecca Townsend The Central Indiana mass transit plan hit a massive roadblockof Democratic and Republican making on Thursday in the Indiana House ofRepresentatives’ Waysand Means Committee. The committee, in a 10-11 vote, declined to advance the HB1073, abill that would have endowed Central Indiana communities with the authority tovote on whether to approve a 0.02 percent tax increase to implement a regional mass transitplan.… [ Read more ]
- Business Briefs – February 2, 2012
F.C. Tucker adds sales associates F.C. Tucker Co. added residential sales associates in January. Southside Realtors Tammy Herzog and Tyrell Hicks are now providing real estate services from F.C. Tucker South. Franklin College receives $4.2 million Franklin College has received a $4.2 million bequest following settlement of the Effie Joan Behrens estate. Behrens, a longtime [...] - Taxes: Not all income treated equally
Politicians can be inspiring. Take Newt and Mitt’s tax returns – you only wish! Mitt’s tax rate was about 15% in 2010 on his multi-million dollar income. Newt created a corporation to avoid paying 2.3% medicare taxes on his $3 million plus in income (saving about $70,000). I am not particularly interested in President Obama’s [...] - Doctored chili changes up game plan
If you’ve glimpsed at the nearly inescapable coverage on our local news broadcasts, or given a cursory glance at a newspaper, then you know this year’s Super Bowl holds special interest for our city. And if you watch and listen closely, you’ll notice the emphasis on celebrating this beloved occasion with food. (There have even [...] - 4th & Goal: Teaming up with the NFL a worthwhile $25 rush
By Alex Swenson With many seats in Lucas Oil Stadium priced well over $2,000 for Sunday’s Big Game, just how can the average football fanatic afford the excitement of Super Bowl XLVI? It’s not the rush of scrimmaging with the Giants or Patriots, but action abounds in more than 850,000 square feet in and around [...] - Super Events – February 2, 2012
Zipline • Feel the adrenaline and experience the 80’ tall and 800’ long Zipline operated by Ziptrek Ecotours. | When: Jan. 27-Feb. 4, 3-11 p.m. | Where: Zipline Launch Tower, 258 S. Capitol Ave. | Cost: $10. | Info: Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Visit indianapolissuperbowl.com. Foot Bowl 5K Run/Walk • Come enjoy [...]
- ‘Hilly Hundred’ riders fill up on fried chicken, cider
How much fried chicken does it take to feed 5,000 hungry cyclists? It may sound like a joke, but Greenwood resident Daina Chamness has to know the answer, right down to the last chicken leg. - Public safety director has become a lightning rod
Public Safety Director Frank Straub has four academic degrees on the wall of his second-floor office in the City-County Building, a picture of himself with former President Bill Clinton behind his desk and an Indianapolis Colts hat on a shelf. - 3 hurt when vehicle strikes Eastside house
Three people were injured early today after the vehicle in which they were traveling crashed into an Eastside house. - Kennedy outlines neighborhoods proposal
Democratic mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy on Sunday unveiled a neighborhood plan that she says would take the city back to grass-roots policies. - Divers search Georgia lake for Plainfield man in wheelchair
ACWORTH, Ga. — Authorities say divers planned to resume a search Monday for a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who fell into a Georgia lake while getting off a large boat. - New app will help you find a place to park
Worried about finding a place to park Downtown? You guessed it: There’s an app for that. ParkIndy, the group that operates the city’s privatized parking meters, continues to tap into the growing market for smartphones. Officials today will announce plans for an app that maps available parking spaces Downtown.
Tags: Effie Joan Behrens, mass transit, Indianapolis Colts, Super Bowl, franklin college, Peytoneverleavesthe Colts, indianapolis news, Indiana House ofRepresentatives' Waysand Means Committee