Indiana’s private school voucher program grew by 20% in the 2022-23 school year — the largest increase in the number of students in nearly 10 years, according to a new report.... Read More
The Labor Department's producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 1.1% last month from May 2022, it said Wednesday, the smallest year-over-year gain since December 2020.... Read More
North Carolina-based Nucor Corp. announced Wednesday it will invest $115 million to build a utility structures manufacturing facility in Crawfordsville and create up to 200 jobs by the end of 2027. The plant will be built adjacent to Nucor's sheet steel mill.... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees plan to vote on a binding contract with Purdue University at its board meeting Wednesday, marking the next step in the rebranding of IUPUI.... Read More
Texas-based Heidelberg Materials North America celebrated the opening of an over $600 million cement plant Tuesday in Mitchell, which will serve as a Midwest powerhouse dealing with the shortage head-on. It will produce 2.4 million tons of cement annually, tripling its previous output and making it the second largest facility in North America. ... Read More
The Muncie-based Ball Brothers Foundation is awarding $3 million in grants in support of more than two dozen projects. Among the biggest grants is $500,000 toward the new YMCA of Muncie facility planned for the campus of Muncie Central High School.... Read More
Valparaiso-based HealthLinc announced Tuesday that Beth Wrobel will retire at the end of the year after 21 years. The federally qualified health center said during Wrobel's tenure, the organization has significantly grown its footprint across northern Indiana.... Read More
Sports betting in Indiana saw a nearly 12% drop in May compared to the previous month with a total of $284 million in wagers. May's total was also 8.1% lower than the same month last year.... Read More
The $60 million Fishers Community Center would offer a dog park, indoor playground, gymnasium and an aquatics facility. City officials expect to break ground this fall and open the community center in the spring of 2025.... Read More
Brownsburg resident Darwin McCallian, an Indiana State University alumnus, has made a $1.2 million donation to the university’s Scott College of Business. The university said the gift will primarily focus on attracting influential leaders and faculty.... Read More
An Indiana state lawmaker isn’t facing any immediate legislative discipline after pleading guilty to drunken driving charges for crashing his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and driving away.... Read More
Hammond Academy of Science and Technology (HAST) has received a land grant from Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance. Dr. Sean Egan, the outgoing principal at HAST, helped secure the land plot. ... Read More
New Hampshire-based Proterial Cable America Inc. is providing more information on its decision to lay off 109 employees in New Albany. The manufacturer told IIB on Tuesday it is ending production in Indiana and expanding its manufacturing operations in Mexico.... Read More
A member of the Vigo County Commissioners is asking the Vigo County Council to table a proposal that would provide funding for Indiana State University's Early Childhood Learning program. ... Read More
Netherlands-based NewCold, an advanced cold storage logistics company, is planning a $150 million expansion of its 380,000-square-foot facility at Lebanon Business Park.... Read More
St. Louis-based Bunge Ltd.—which is spending $550 million to build a soybean processing plant in Shelby County—announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Viterra in a deal valued at about $18 billion to create a global agricultural giant.... Read More
Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high.... Read More
Officials in Evansville are hoping to breathe new life into a nearly century-old building in the city's downtown. The Hulman Building is a 10-story commercial building that exemplifies the Art Deco style, according to Indiana Landmarks. ... Read More
"There are old-growth forests all over, but this is an old-growth forest in an urban location, which is unheard of."... Read More
A more than $3 billion electric vehicle battery cell plant is coming to St. Joseph County. General Motors and South Korea-based Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they have selected New Carlisle to build the plant and will create 1,700 manufacturing jobs.... Read More
