With Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith on hand, leaders of Indiana’s corn and soybean lobbies signed letters of intent with officials from Taiwan on Thursday.
Gov. Mike Braun’s call for Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission applicants comes as Indiana ratepayers have seen a steep rise in electric bills and large power users like data centers flock to the Hoosier State.
Still, Trump administration officials have been pushing Indiana Republicans to call a special session focused on redistricting. Most notably, Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Indianapolis to speak with Braun.
Hospital leaders who spoke with Inside INdiana Business emphasized the bill wouldn’t increase funding, it would give hospitals access to funding that’s already been allocated.
Boston Consulting Group was hired in April to prepare a report that seeks to answer “whether data centers provide sufficient return on investment for Indiana.”
Since the start of the year, Morgan County officials have rezoned nearly 400 acres of farmland for light industrial use and approved a series of tax abatements to make way for the project.
Boston Consulting Group is researching the economics of data centers and is expected to produce a white paper report detailing the best way for the state to approach such proposals.
Over the next two years, Purdue will launch 15 new academic offerings spread between undergraduate and graduate degrees and a few certificate programs.
Nonprofit organizations in Indiana have spent two years preparing and were about to start putting up panels when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced via social media that the program is being shut down.
Surge Development withdrew its rezoning request this week after significant public opposition to the plan, much of it voiced at a public information meeting earlier this month.
Supporters hold up nuclear power as more efficient and cleaner, but say the cost to get that power connected to Indiana’s grid is too great to be borne by utility companies alone.
According to the Chronicle for Higher Education’s database from the summer of 2024, the raise brings Whitten to the fifth highest-paid university president in the Big Ten.
The bill would create a commission of five Indiana and five Illinois designees who would be authorized to talk about Illinois ceding counties to Indiana.
The Indiana Legislature would have to approve moving any existing gaming licenses or creating new ones.
The Environmental Protection Agency alleged the autoparts supplier sold devices which intentionally violated the federal Clean Air Act.
House Bill 1008 would create a commission to discuss how Indiana could “embrace” counties in Illinois who want to secede from their state.
Income taxes drove the overall increase, with collections up 4.7% more than the agency anticipated.
When the Trump administration announced tariffs on Feb. 1 for most Canadian, Mexican and Chinese goods, Hard Truth Distilling Co. co-owner Jeff McCabe was worried but said his Indiana whiskey producer will be fine.
Hoosier farmers are on edge as the bird flu—officially the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI—continues to menace big and small flocks alike three years into this outbreak.
Efforts to move the gaming license for one of Indiana’s underperforming casinos have stalled this year, but a newly filed bill seeks to carry momentum into future legislative sessions.
