NOV. 7-13, 2025
Energy startup First American Nuclear created megawatt buzz this week when it announced plans to spend $4 billion and create 5,000 jobs in Indiana in the coming decade. As Marek Mazurek reports, that’s exactly the kind of thing Republican lawmakers hoped for when they passed a package of nuclear energy-related provisions this spring. Also in this week’s issue, Taylor Wooten explains why the city is raising the cost of some residential building permits. And Daniel Bradley features the family restoring the 191-year-old Wilkinson-Hull House in Carmel.
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Indiana lawmakers’ nuclear energy push pays off earlier than expected
Energy startup First American Nuclear plans to spend $4 billion and create 5,000 jobs in Indiana in the coming decade as it pursues building a nuclear plant powered by small modular reactors.
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Homebuilders hope new fees yield quicker approvals
The Department of Business and Neighborhood Services will more than double the cost for some permits next year, including those for building a new home or commercial structure in Indianapolis.
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Hirons CEO talks crisis communications, female leadership and AI
Deana Haworth has been able to combine her passion for helping clients tell their stories with the entrepreneurial skills she learned watching and working with her parents.
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Carmel family restoring pre-Civil War home once marked for destruction
Matt and Erin Uber are restoring Carmel’s second-oldest house, the Wilkinson-Hull House—built in 1834 as a log cabin and expanded in 1853 with a brick, two-story Greek Revival-style addition.
Read MoreAI tools allow startups to drastically reduce their initial costs
Artificial intelligence is making it less expensive to start and operate a company—and potentially reducing these startups’ reliance on venture funding.
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Mark Montieth: Brushes with gamblers were losing propositions for Indy pro hoopers
If nobody bet on sports, Indianapolis might still have an NBA franchise named the Olympians. Then again, if nobody bet on sports, the city might not have the Indiana Pacers today.
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North-side retirement campus plans $102M expansion with new residential units, larger community center
The project is slated to include 69 luxury apartment units, 25 villa-style residences and indoor sports courts for pickleball.
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Zionsville Town Council OKs Henke’s plan for 360-home development
Councilors voted 7-0 in favor of the developer’s plan for Maple Lane Club of Bradley Ridge.
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Indiana General Assembly to convene for redistricting talks in December
House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Roderic Bray announced Monday that rather than hold a special session, the Indiana Legislature will convene for an early start to its regular session.
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Energy startup looks to develop first-in-nation nuclear reactor in Indiana
First American Nuclear, a 40-employee startup currently based in Washington, says its Indiana-based Closed-Fuel Cycle Nuclear Energy Park will be designed to reprocess and reuse spent nuclear fuel on-site.
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Corporate holiday party undergoes post-COVID evolution
The shift has fundamentally changed how event planners, caterers and venues think about the holiday season.
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Editorial: Thanks to the city, businesses and nonprofits for help in feeding hungry
The reduced SNAP benefits delay and delay in providing them—not to mention the 24,000 federal workers in Indiana who are going without paychecks—mean there will be families who need help.
Read MoreNate Feltman: George Will on executive power and civic responsibility
Liberty depends not only on laws but also on character. Integrity, prudence and accountability are essential—for leaders and citizens alike.
Read MoreWendy Noe: Shifts in Medicaid hurt women seeking help in recovery
Recovery programs like Dove House exist within an interconnected system of health, workforce and community outcomes. When access to one part of that system erodes, the others inevitably feel the impact.
Read MoreAndrew Peñalva: Workforce training efforts need corporations’ support
Let me be direct: Corporations cannot expect nonprofits to deliver ready-to-hire talent without investing in the organizations doing this work.
Read MoreSamantha Julka: Getting to ‘yes’ when different strategies want different things
Real progress happens when people align on a leader’s vision and are given the agency to execute the vision in a multitude of ways.
Read MorePete the Planner: You’ll know your appetite for risk when market falters
Part of what’s thrown off our sense of risk is how resilient the market’s been to bad news.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: There are no solutions in economics, just trade-offs
Progress in one dimension—whether in employment, nutrition or economic development—often creates new problems that we struggle to solve.
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La Tapatia to join Broad Ripple’s menu of Mexican restaurants
La Tapatia is scheduled to open Nov. 10 at 6283 N. College Ave., a 3,000-square-foot space north of the Turntable music venue.
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Indianapolis-based Audiochuck departing SiriusXM for new Tubi deal
Audiochuck, a Indianapolis-based company founded by Ashley Flowers that produces the chart-topping “Crime Junkie” podcast, plans to embrace streaming video in a new multiyear deal.
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Metrobloks seeks rezoning for $500M Martindale-Brightwood data center on 14 acres
The rezoning application to the Department of Metropolitan Development shows that Los Angeles-based Metrobloks intends to build two large buildings, a pocket park and a power substation on a 13.68-acre parcel.
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