2022 Newsmaker: Superintendent lays out changes, tax hike for IPS
Johnson’s Rebuilding Stronger plan has caused quite a stir, largely because of its sweeping scope.
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Hillenbrand agrees to sell storied Batesville Casket Co. for $761M
The company announced the deal Thursday morning, a move that would result in the selling off of the business and brand that served as the roots for the larger Hillenbrand company in Batesville starting in 1884 and would grow to become the nation’s largest casket maker.
Q&A with Jason Foltz, a farmer plowing new ground with historic building
Foltz and his friend Rob Nolley purchased Blessing’s Opera House, a four-story building built in 1869 on Shelbyville’s Public Square, and are developing one of its floors into an event center.
Holcomb leads Indiana delegation to Taiwan, South Korea in search of high-tech investments
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s visit will tout the Hoosier state as a key place for Asian companies to invest and manufacture computer chips and electric vehicle batteries.
Q&A with Justin Groff, owner of Just-IN-Time Lawn Care & Landscaping
Justin Groff started mowing lawns at 9. Now, he’s made a business out of it.
New PAC aims to ‘recenter’ Indiana politics
The new Recenter Indiana PAC says it will support candidates, regardless of political party, who believe in bipartisanship, commit to problem-solving through reliable information and civil conversation, champion equality and reject violence.
Holcomb, associates attacked as too moderate as GOP prepares to nominate candidates
One mailing calls Secretary of State Holli Sullivan a “puppet” of Gov. Eric Holcomb and criticizes him for vetoing a bill banning transgender girls from K-12 girl sports and imposing an “authoritarian lockdown” during the pandemic.
2022 Innovation Issue: Heritage readies for battery recycling demand
Ohio-based Retriev Technologies and Michigan-based Battery Solutions recently joined Heritage’s battery recycling group.
Q&A: Restaurateur makes everything ‘just peachy’
Just months before the pandemic, Charity Elliott decided to launch her own restaurant, Just Peachy Cafe, in her hometown of Shelbyville. And with the help of her retired mom, husband Chad and sons Gavin and Garett, the restaurant has grown a loyal following in Indy’s southern suburbs.
Q&A with Cory O’Sullivan, who has spun a hobby into a business
With the increasing resurgence of vinyl sales, Electric Key Records has grown into a full-fledged business of its own in a downtown Franklin storefront at 65 E. Jefferson St.
Q&A with Jonna Asher, making crafty sales at holiday fairs
Not only is Asher a retailer, but she’s a retailer who specializes in personalized Christmas ornaments at ShopMetamora.com and at her physical store that bears the same name in Metamora in southeastern Indiana.
IU to pay McRobbie additional $582,000 for consulting services
Documents obtained from IU by a law professor indicate trustees initially approached then-IU President Michael McRobbie about extending his contract six months in case a search for a new president lasted beyond his retirement date.
Holcomb joins 4 governors to create regional charging network for electric vehicles
Gov. Eric Holcomb joined the governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin to sign a compact that focuses on making it easier for drivers to find charging stations for their electric vehicles along key corridors in the five-state region.
Q&A with Travis Zinger, owner of Big Mouth Biscuits
He launched Big Mouth Biscuits at Indy’s Kitchen, a culinary incubator at 2442 Central Ave., on April Fool’s Day. Now he and business partner Clint Rollins are preparing to open their first stand-alone location at City Market by Thanksgiving while also continuing to operate at Indy’s Kitchen.
Pences’ $1.93M house near Zionsville reflects former VP’s growing wealth potential
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have purchased a 7-bedroom, 7½-bathroom house near Zionsville for $1.93 million, a clear sign that national office and the spotlight it brings have financially elevated the couple after years of modest living.
Q&A with Phillip Terry, who is helping UIndy students learn business
Phillip Terry, who led Monarch Beverage Co. for 30 years, is now lending his business expertise to University of Indianapolis students and alumni through the school’s new Executive in Residence program.
UPDATE: Indiana’s GOP family feud widens as AG enters fracas over governor’s powers
Gov. Eric Holcomb on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Indiana General Assembly and legislative leaders of his own party, challenging the constitutionality of a new law that weakens his emergency powers and was enacted by fellow Republicans over the governor’s veto.
Aging water systems, increasing demand require heavy investment
For nearly a decade, voices across Indiana have raised warning flags about the need to repair the state’s aging water-utility systems and make plans to meet the growing water demand.
Picture yourself at the Final Four—as a cardboard cutout
The NCAA is giving fans an opportunity to buy cardboard cutouts of themselves to be sent to the games at a cost of $100 apiece, with a portion of the purchase price going to the United Way of Central Indiana’s COVID-19 relief effort.
Industrial-solar-farm boom hits Hoosier backlash
Thousands of acres of farmland are being developed or eyed for massive solar farms that would install hundreds of thousands of solar panels as far as the eye can see. And not everyone is pleased.