Angie’s List ‘delays’ plans for expansion in Indianapolis, Seattle mayor bans city employees from tr

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Angie’s List ‘delays’ plans for expansion in Indianapolis, Seattle mayor bans city employees from traveling to Indiana

The fallout over Indiana’s new “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” continues, with Angie’s List CEOP Bill Oesterle announcing today (Saturday, March 28), that his company is canceling plans for a $40 million expansion in Indianapolis because of the law.

According to TheNewCivilRightsMovement.org, Angie’s List has been headquartered in Indianapolis since it was founded in 1995. The corporation, worth $315 million, had planned to move its headquarters across town, adding 1,000 new jobs over five years.

In a statement released Saturday, Oesterle said the company’s expansion is “on hold until we fully understand the implications {of the RFRA} on our employees, both current and future.” Oesterle also said that the company “is open to all and discriminates against none and we are hugely disappointed in what this bill represents.”

The statement said Angie’s List will “begin reviewing alternatives,” and the IndyStar reported that the company has “hinted that moving some parts of the company out of state is ‘on the table.’”

Read more: http://www.dallasvoice.com/angies-list-delays-plans-expansion-indianapolis-seattle-mayor-bans-city-employees-traveling-indiana-10192767.html