The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding $280,000 in grants to nonprofit arts organizations and cultural programming providers throughout Indiana. The funding is being awarded to 15 organizations as part of the NEA’s first round of fiscal 2023 grants.... Read More
Indianapolis-based MakeMyMove, which offers a platform and services that help communities attract remote workers, says more than two dozen Indiana communities have taken advantage of state funds to help recruit out-of-state workers... Read More
Johnston Quick Mix Inc. was born from the anticipated boom in demand for concrete following the passage of the federal infrastructure bill in 2021. The company spent most of 2022 relocating from Indianapolis to begin full operations in Lebanon in 2023.... Read More
Indianapolis-based The Speak Easy on Thursday announced Chelsea Marburger as the nonprofit coworking space's new executive director. Marburger most recently served as senior manager of entrepreneurial programming at venture capital firm Elevate Ventures.... Read More
Columbus Regional Health this week opened a new general surgery practice. The health system said the practice will include providers and surgical services that were previously available through Southern Indiana Surgery, an independent surgical practice.... Read More
Vincennes University has hired Mark Zimmerman to the role of dean of students. VU says Zimmerman, who most recently served as a master sergeant for the Illinois State Police, brings a variety of experience in higher education to the position.... Read More
Little more than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Indiana’s high court heard arguments in the case challenging the near-total abortion ban enacted in the state after the federal justices ended the federal right to an abortion.... Read More
Fort Benjamin Harrison has gone from a key Army base during World Wars I and II to an emerging live, work, and play destination. Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier has perspective on a transformation being fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in investment.... Read More
The new CEO of United Way of Allen County says as he works to better familiarize himself with the community, he is focused on helping the organization with its strategic shift in priorities. Robert Haworth began his tenure earlier this month. ... Read More
The IU Angel Network, Indiana University’s early-stage venture and angel investment arm, is investing in HotMic, an interactive streaming platform designed for watch parties, live shopping, esports and other virtual events. The Chicago-based company, founded by Sean Longworth, will receive $250,000 from the network.... Read More
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a $3.5 million grant from Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. that will allow the school to expand offerings of its AskRose Homework Help program. RHIT says the funding will allow it to add more resources to help middle and high school students, including historically underserved students, with their math and science homework.... Read More
A study conducted by the Indiana Department of Transportation indicates the Terre Haute Regional Airport has a $273 million economic impact, according to our partners at WTWO-TV. The 2022 Indiana State Aviation economic impact study ranks Terre Haute number one among general aviation airports in the state.... Read More
Marian University’s Ancilla College has appointed Dr. Natalie Tucker, current department head of agriculture, as the new MUAC dean of academics. Tucker will succeed current dean of academics, Dr. Gay Lynn Crossley, who will return to the university’s Indianapolis campus to serve in the office of the provost.... Read More
The leader of Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) is challenging city officials, businesspeople and civic leaders to take a hard look at the future of downtown Indianapolis. CEO Jeff Simmons said he has had conversations with Mayor Joe Hogsett and...... Read More
Indiana Senate Republicans want to see if the state can ditch its individual income tax, and one influential economic policy group thinks the change couldn’t come sooner. For another, it’s a matter of how the state replaces the revenue source.... Read More
The fate of Indiana’s Republican-backed abortion ban on Thursday goes before the state Supreme Court as it hears arguments on whether it violates privacy protections under the state constitution.... Read More
A new study conducted by Purdue University shows the economic impact of Indiana's horse racing and breeding industry has more than doubled over the past decade. The university said the industry generated a total of $1.44 billion in economic activity in 2021. ... Read More
The Tom Wood Group in Carmel this week announced a rebranding of its commercial equipment financing business. The company said the change from Quality Leasing Co. Inc. to Quality Equipment Finance was inspired by a sustained period of record growth.... Read More
Columbia City-based Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. is expanding its operations with a new office in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The company says the office will focus on cropland, ranchland, recreational land, farm machinery and other assets.... Read More
It has no employees, no higher-education accreditation and only about $40,000 in the bank. But a group of physicians and business leaders, many with ties to DePauw University in Greencastle, is quietly drawing up plans to establish a medical school in Indiana with a focus on global health.... Read More
