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Since joining Indianapolis Monthly in 2002, Allison Edwards has held four positions at the magazine. Currently, she works on City Guide, The Ticket, and a host of publications for Visit Indy and the Indiana Office of Tourism Development. She graduated from Ball State University with a BA in fine arts and journalism, and currently lives […]

Taylor, an IU Law School grad and member of the Heat front office, is one of a growing group of female and minority executives in the NBA, whose teams last year employed 44 women as VPs,

Ratcliff joined the Indianapolis Monthly staff in 2006 after 10 years of designing publications and marketing materials for professional associations. The IU journalism alum coordinates and directs photo shoots and prepares the layouts for special advertising sections and supplements. She is also the art director for IM’s annual publications, Home and Shops. She lives in […]

What Daniel Foster knows for sure is that by 2:15 a.m., his brother lay in the club’s parking lot, blood seeping from his ear.

For the most part, lobbying in Indiana now seems to be less about quid pro quo than it is about finding a soft spot in the heart of a legislator who can help your cause. And while that might not be as sexy as outright corruption, it still gives watchdog groups cause for concern.

The lobbying laws used to have loopholes so big you could drive a Brinks truck through them. The process is a lot more transparent than it used to be.

Low taxes, cheap rents, and incentives galore.

There’s plenty of precedent for trying to extend human lives by studying dogs. Canine research helped pioneer the use of insulin for diabetics and blazed the path for anti-hormonal prostate cancer treatments.

University of Evansville
1800 Lincoln Ave., Evansville, 800-423-8633, evansville.edu. Enrollment: 2,643. Annual tuition: $30,596. Room and board: $10,460. Degrees offered: associate, bachelor’s, master’s.

Manchester University, 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, 260-852-5000, manchester.edu. Enrollment: 1,350. Annual tuition: $28,000. Room and board: $9,400. Degrees offered: certificate, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, 812-877-1511, rose-hulman.edu. Enrollment: 2,388. Annual tuition: $40,449. Room and board: $12,057. Degrees offered: bachelor’s, master’s.

Indiana State University, 200 N. Seventh St., Terre Haute, 800-468-6478, indstate.edu. Enrollment: 13,183. Annual tuition: $8,216 (in-state), $18,146 (out-of-state). Room and board: $8,746 and up. Degrees offered: certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Anderson University, 1100 E. Fifth St., Anderson, 800-428-6414, anderson.edu. Enrollment: 2,442. Annual tuition: $26,770. Room and board: $9,250. Degrees offered: associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral.

Franklin College, 101 Branigin Blvd., Franklin, 800-852-0232, franklincollege.edu. Enrollment: 1,000. Annual tuition: $28,000. Room and board: $8,400. Degree offered: bachelor’s.

Curtis Wilson Primary School & Academy, 7850 S. Emerson Ave., 317-882-8636. Grades: PK–8. Enrollment: 152. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 90.6. Annual tuition: $7,700–$9,680.