Butler grad donating $12M for women’s sports, leadership funds
The donation is the largest gift to Butler University’s athletic department and the largest known estate commitment in the school’s history.
The donation is the largest gift to Butler University’s athletic department and the largest known estate commitment in the school’s history.
An Indianapolis-based economic development nonprofit is working with the leaders of Marvella, a $98 million Indiana sports and leadership campus aimed at girls and women.
Heads of federal agencies are under increasing pressure from the Trump administration to slash the size of their staff after early indications of the deferred resignation program show officials still short of realizing their goal of 2% to 5% reduction.
Republicans and Democrats testified the bill would decrease local governments’ revenues significantly and affect the quality of some public services.
Indiana farming groups argued that additional oversight requirements will come at a cost to producers.
Immigration-related executive orders issued by both President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Braun have prompted at least one Indiana organization to adjust its day-to-day operations.
Downtown Indy Inc. and the nine-member Downtown Economic Enhancement District Board of Directors have proposed a $4.53 million budget for 2025.
The eight cabinet secretaries serving under Gov. Mike Braun will each take home $275,000 annually for their new positions.
In years past, the IU School of Medicine touted the virtual conference and its leadership in LGBTQ+ issues.
Two of Indiana’s top research universities are partaking in a four-way alliance that organizers that allows members to work on microelectronics projects using one another’s facilities and resources.
Leaders for the town, a suburban enclave of just under 3 square miles that straddles the line between Marion and Hancock counties, want to separate from Indianapolis government.
But it’s not the best solution. What the Hogsett administration would most like to see—and IBJ has endorsed—is a change in a state road-funding formula that currently favors rural communities over urban and suburban ones.
The proposed Indiana Office of School Safety was pitched by lawmakers Thursday as a cost-effective, “one-stop shop” for state and local officials to collaborate on school safety initiatives.
The House Ways and Means Committee began budget hearings with members of Braun’s cabinet this week. The House will amend its version of the budget into HB 1001 closer to the session’s halfway point in February.
House and Senate Republicans rank this session’s top priorities as tax reform and health care reform—and several bills key to achieving their vision had their first hearings this week.
Elevate Ventures, the creator of the annual Rally innovation conference, says now that the event is in its third year the time was right to launch a host committee that will oversee event planning.
Westfield officials hope a proposed $50 million hotel by South Korean-based Lotte Hotels & Resorts could provide an opening for more business with the country. City officials are planning an economic development trip to Asia in March to explore the possibilities.
On Wednesday, most of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus boycotted the event, instead opting to host their own rally.
The Trump administration withdrew the order a day after a federal judge in Washington temporarily halted its implementation until Feb. 3.
Although the White House’s planned federal funding freeze was temporarily paused by a judge late Tuesday afternoon and rescinded Wednesday, it’s already delaying some central Indiana-based projects.