Council President Vop Osili was re-elected unanimously. Vice President Zach Adamson also retained his seat, defeating Republican challenger Marilyn Pfisterer with a vote of 14 to 0.

Council President Vop Osili said in a statement sent shortly before the meeting that the proposal is only a template, meant to start a conversation in the legislature.

Clay announced his resignation minutes before the Council's full meeting Monday night – the meeting in which Democrats were planning to vote him out of the position.

Republican Senator James Buck was among a number of lawmakers concerned with the program’s complexity.

Nearly a year and a half after his sudden death from a heart attack, a downtown Indianapolis Street has been named for broadcaster and tireless truth and justice advocate Amos Brown.

The funds will be used for infrastructure upgrades as developers build a ‘makerspace,’ bio-tech lab and entrepreneurship workspace. Planners say ‘16 Tech’ will host up to 2,600 jobs.