The Indy Chamber has lobbied unsuccessfully since 2018 to raise the state’s cigarette tax, and it is ready to give it another go in the 2025 legislative session. The chamber held a panel discussion this week to help prime the issue. ... Read More
Vice President Kamala Harris previewed her presidential campaign’s focus on women’s reproductive rights and social and economic equality during her remarks Wednesday afternoon at the Zeta Phi Beta Inc. Grand Boule conference in downtown Indianapolis. In a 15-minute speech to the historically black sorority, Harris largely referred to herself and her campaign as “the future” […]... Read More
Closing the fiscal year this week, Indiana budget leaders say the state government’s finances are in a healthy spot despite posting its lowest reserves since the pandemic, an issue exacerbated by a $1 billion Medicaid shortfall discovered last December. ... Read More
Several Indiana delegates to the Democratic National Convention say they plan to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee after President Joe Biden announced this weekend that he is withdrawing from the race.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will be able to use the money to expand registered apprenticeships in K-12 education, transportation, clean energy, supply chain, hospitality, care economy and other public sector occupations.... Read More
State and corporate leaders believe a tech park taking shape on the western edge of downtown could be a launchpad for health sciences innovation and commercialization as part of the state’s ambitious economic development portfolio.... Read More
The ticket for the Indiana Democratic Party is set after the party’s delegates confirmed Terry Goodin as their lieutenant governor candidate Saturday evening to run alongside gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick this November.... Read More
The SEMIEXPO In The Heartland is scheduled for April 1-2, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center. SEMI Americas, an international semiconductor member association and part of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, will host the conference.... Read More
Two years after the federal CHIPS and Science Act became law, its goal of fueling domestic innovation and high-tech manufacturing in microelectronics, biotechnology, AI and more is starting to move from concept into action in Indiana and nationwide.... Read More
A developer is suing the city of Lebanon for more than $25 million, accusing its leaders of acting in bad faith and torpedoing plans for a technology park to instead focus efforts—and water capacity—on the LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District.... Read More
