Utility company files to spin off midstream businesses into standalone company

NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) took another step in the spinoff of its natural gas pipeline and related businesses into a standalone public company the same day that its Houston-based master-limited partnership started trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Indiana-based NiSource previously announced the plan to spin off Columbia Pipeline Group, which will include Columbia Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: CPPL), Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group (formerly NiSource…

Husted: Glendale Mayor Mike Dunafon bares the truth (Slideshow)

Mike Dunafon has a backstory like a oversized Dickens novel.

Glendale’s mayor was born in a home for unwed mothers; his father was a mostly gone-missing rodeo cowboy. He grew up in orphanages and the homes of relatives. He went on his own at 13, studied at Golden High School, played football there and was caught sleeping in the teachers’ lounge.

He was a star player at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and was signed by the Denver Broncos 1976-1977. Then he went to the British Virgin…

DeKalb lawyer files brief against Braves stadium funding

A DeKalb County attorney has filed a brief with the Georgia Supreme Court supporting three Cobb residents who are challenging the issuance of up to $397 million in bonds to finance construction of the Atlanta Braves stadium.

Brookhaven resident Loren Collins filed the brief Tuesday, reports The Marietta Daily Journal.

The brief was filed the same day the Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the appeal of the bond issuance, the paper says.

Collins, a self-described “outspoken opponent”…

Learn some surprises about our 40 Under 40 winners: Slideshow

One of my favorite questions to ask the winners of Milwaukee Business Journal awards programs is, “What is something about you that would surprise people?” You would be surprised at some of the answers, as such was the case this year with our 40 Under 40 winners.

Find out surprising facts about all of our winners in the attached slideshow, which also features fun photos of our honorees taken during a recent photo shoot with Milwaukee Business Journal photographer Scott Paulus.

Danielle Bergner…

Akridge joins effort to develop Reston's tallest building

Richard Whealen has found itself a big name partner to develop what will be Reston’s tallest building.

Akridge and RTC Partnership LLC, led by Whealen, have formed a joint venture to construct the 330-foot-tall, 420,000-square-foot trophy class office tower at the intersection of Reston Parkway and Bowman Towne Drive, roughly eight-tenths of a mile from the planned Reston Town Center Metro station. The 23-story building will be 125 feet taller than anything that exists immediately around it, and…