Jose Evans, the only African-American Republican on the Indianapolis City-County County dropped a bombshell Saturday announcing that he is NOT running for re-election.  The news was uncovered during the Marion County Republican Party’s Slating (Endorsement) Convention January 31st. Afternoons with Amos’ Amos Brown who was present reporting on the convention discovered that Evans wasn’t among […]

The entrepreneur, known as “Indiana’s most successful Black businessman,” William G. “Bill” Mays, died Thursday evening on his 69th birthday. Mays was the owner and founder of Mays Chemical Company and had many other entrepreneurial ventures over the years including radio stations, a television station, golf courses, commercial and residential properties, and the historic Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper—one of the […]

Currently there are twenty-nine charter school located within Indianapolis/Marion County.  Twenty-five operated by the Mayor of Indianapolis, three others chartered by Ball State University and one by the new Indiana State Charter School Board.  Over the next several years as many as 20 to 30 more charters could open.  Some are saying that with public […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 54 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. This week’s Campaign Tuesday featured Democratic Indianapolis City-County Council candidates from the city/county’s northside. Candidates Councilman Jose Evans – Dist 1 (Northwest and Central Pike Township), Councilwoman Angela Mansfield – Dist 2 (Western Washington Township), Len Farber – Dist 3 (Central Washington Township, including Nora […]