The president and CEO of the AAA Hoosier Motor Club will retire in July, the organization announced Wednesday. Kirk Hendrix has led the club for the past 10 years, and a search has begun to find his successor.... Read More
Louisville-based Farm Credit Mid-America has announced it will return $230 million in cash patronage to eligible customers this month. The farmer-owned and led cooperative, which serves producers in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, says it was the largest amount ever distributed by the organization.... Read More
The executive director of the Economic Development Corp. of Greensburg/Decatur County says Honda Motor Co.’s (NYSE: HMC) announcement on Tuesday that it intends to move production of the Accord sedan to Indiana sends a strong signal of stability for the plant and its workers... Read More
An Indianapolis nonprofit has won the $100,000 grand prize in the inaugural Mapt Solutions Transformation Challenge. Happy Hollow Children's Camp, which operates an overnight camp in Brown County, says it will use the funding to re-establish its vision.... Read More
The Vigo County Council on Tuesday voted to table a request for $500,000 in funding for a multi-million-dollar project in Terre Haute. The move came at the request of the CEO of Mental Health America of West Central Indiana, which is leading the effort. ... Read More
Wholesale price increases in the United States slowed sharply last month as food and energy costs declined, a sign that inflationary pressures may be easing as the Federal Reserve considers whether to keep raising interest rates to fight higher prices.... Read More
Indiana’s leading “school choice” advocates are mobilizing families at Hoosier private schools and ramping up lobbying efforts to expand the state’s voucher program. The latest push includes a statewide poll and events intended to sway state budget writers.... Read More
The IU School of Medicine has terminated a research project involving surgery on live pigs after officials discovered the laboratory workers were using expired surgical supplies. It was unclear exactly what the medical school was researching under the project.... Read More
Grace College in Kosciusko County has developed a new, accelerated path to help people who already hold a bachelor’s degree to earn an elementary education teaching license. The school says its Transition to Teaching Elementary program is in response to a growing number of teaching vacancies across the U.S.... Read More
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the U.S., but more than half of the cases are undiagnosed. An Indianapolis startup has its sights set on commercializing high-tech contact lenses that could diagnose glaucoma and delay its progression. ... Read More
Honda Motor Co. is moving production of the Accord sedan to its plant in Greensburg by 2025, the automaker announced Tuesday. The move comes as Honda prepares for the production of battery electric vehicles and components.... Read More
A southern Indiana chemical plant released an orangish cloud of nitrogen oxide Tuesday, prompting officials to close nearby roads and issue shelter-in-place orders until the cloud dissipated.... Read More
The IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame launched 28 startup companies last year. Additionally, the center said the university's active startups raised more than $86 million in investment funding, a nearly 60% increase over the previous year.... Read More
The Indy Chamber has launched the search for its next president and chief executive officer, six months after former CEO Michael Huber stepped down. Last fall, Huber accepted a position with Indiana University to serve as vice president for university relations.... Read More
A collaboration of three Indianapolis-based organizations has received a $300,000 grant to help establish apprenticeships for Black adults who want to work in Indiana’s technology industry. The grant came from the Indianapolis African American Quality of Life Initiative to fund a two-year pilot program to help fill the state’s talent pipeline.... Read More
Nearly 300 employees at Rockwell Automation in Whitestown will be affected when the company’s contract with a Switzerland-based logistics company ends in May, but they are likely to have an option to continue working at the facility.... Read More
The town of Yorktown has received a nearly $240,000 grant from the state’s Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative to help advance the next phase of a downtown redevelopment project. The money helped pay for a 0.10-acre parcel, which gives the town complete ownership of a half-square block.... Read More
An Indy-area development firm plans to build a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial building on farmland in southeastern Marion County. Carmel-based Becknell Industrial is under contract to acquire nearly 199 acres between two parcels along the southwest edge of Interstate 74 and west of Carroll Road.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has announced a partnership with two other schools to support the country's growing semiconductor industry. Through the HIVE program, the partners aim to update semiconductor manufacturing and microelectronics curricula.... Read More
Ivy Tech Community College Madison and Hanover College have announced a partnership that will allow students to simultaneously earn an associate degree in nursing at Ivy Tech, while also pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing at Hanover.... Read More
