Michael-Paul Hart

Great news for Indianapolis and Central Indiana’s workforce. @Walmart recently announced a $250,000 investment in @IndyChamber to support workforce development and connect more Hoosiers with education, training, and career opportunities. I learned HVAC because of investments like this. That skill supported my family while I attended college at night. We need to keep up skilling our community. Thank you to Walmart and the Indy Chamber for investing in Indiana’s workforce and our economic future.

Two weeks ago I escalated an abandoned house on Washington Street to the City. Neighbors had been reporting drug activity there long before that. Nothing has moved. The Fire Marshal needs to shut this down. The house next door already caught fire because of similar activity.

The city just introduced a record $1.9 billion budget. It makes this year's $50 million state road match from income tax, stormwater, and fiscals. Not one dollar from the wheel tax. The tax you were told we needed? We didn't. 👇

This summer the Council raised the wheel tax to meet the state's road-funding match. The Mayor vetoed it. Now its back for an override. I think we can meet it without raising your taxes at all. So I put a plan on the record. 🧵

For years, the east side watched Washington Square Mall fade. Monday night, a full room came together to unveil a plan for what comes next. A real, community-driven vision for the site. Here is a look. 👇

I spent Friday night on patrol with IMPD Downtown District. I saw what community policing actually looks like. Officers who know their neighborhoods, and neighborhoods that know them by name. Here is some of what I saw. 👇

Our new animal shelter is already full. This week I toured it with the Community Affairs Committee. Bigger building, same hard truth: it runs on volunteers. Here is how you can help, plus $25 baseball and the east side's next ten years.

Big week at the City-County Council. Two public safety and accountability proposals failed. The wheel tax passed, but a veto fight may be next. Indianapolis is also considering new data center zoning rules, stronger public review, and a possible moratorium.