Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jennifer McCormick on Monday denounced an ongoing high school diploma redesign as “dismantling” educational rigor in favor of filling positions at Hoosier companies facing worker shortages.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a South Bend native, said the nation has entered a “manufacturing renaissance.”
Comptroller Elise Nieshalla and Treasurer Daniel Elliott praised the pension system’s “speedy action” following 2023 legislation requiring divestment.
Agriinstitute, a Danville-based agricultural advocacy group, will host the Aug. 13 debate. It’s scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds’ Purdue Extension Building.
The agency will kick its pilot off Aug. 14 in Hancock County’s Interstate 70 construction zone and plans to add other sites to the program “over time,” it said.
DEI efforts remain popular with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and some prominent members of the Hoosier business community even as companies elsewhere back away from what has become a culture war flashpoint.
The consolidated city-county recorded a net loss of about 8,000 residents between 2020 and 2023, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Chief of Staff Aaron Atwell—who has also worked as DCS’ chief financial officer—has been offered a job as the chief financial officer of The Villages, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit child and family service provider.
The national “Internet for All” initiative, dubbed the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, or BEAD, program, was created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
About a dozen Hoosier communities will split $51 million in state funding for public infrastructure set to support construction of 2,400 homes.
President Joe Biden’s spring 2021 order, titled “Promoting access to voting,” mandates federal agencies to “consider ways” to encourage citizen participation in the electoral process.
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, which serves Indiana, 15 other states and a Canadian province, could face a capacity deficit as soon as next summer.
The lobbyist and former state lawmaker would succeed Anne Hathaway, who recently resigned after a 10-month stint chairing the party.
The Indiana Finance Authority, at Gov. Eric Holcomb’s behest, assumed control of an Indiana Economic Development Corp. water study connected to development of the controversial LEAP district.
So far, scores of dairy farm cows in 12 states—including Michigan and Ohio—have been infected with H5N1, also known as bird flu.
Property taxes again took center stage during tax reform discussions Tuesday—with farmers asking for a reprieve and local units of government seeking to head off significant cuts in revenue.
The Indiana Democratic Party hopes to break GOP supermajorities in the Legislature.
In the five years since lawmakers approved generous financial incentives specific to data centers, eight have located in Indiana. Four announcements have come in the last six months alone.
The lottery expects to have raked in an eye-popping $1.7 billion in revenue by July, which marks the end of its fiscal year. It will have have paid out $1.1 billion in prize expenses by then, according to preliminary and unaudited data.
Far-off dignitaries and business leaders will gather in Indianapolis this week for the state’s second Global Economic Summit, which begins Thursday.
