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Foundations step in to offer $37M lifeline to public media

August 19, 2025 | The Washington Post

President Donald Trump’s rescissions bill eliminated $1.1 billion in federal funding from PBS and NPR stations over the next two years.

Indiana stood to get $130M for solar projects. The EPA canceled the program.

August 19, 2025 | Marek Mazurek

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.

IEDC deems Elevate Ventures, affiliates in breach of all active loans

August 18, 2025 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The warning comes after the venture development firm defaulted on an angel investment program.

Barb Cutillo: Leaders, it’s time to let go of being the hero

August 15, 2025 | Barb Cutillo

In today’s world, rapid changes have created a tremendous amount of uncertainty for organizations and individuals alike—both in the United States and globally.

Butler University is latest small school to launch engineering program

August 15, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The Butler take on those in-demand degree programs focuses on critical thinking, communication skills and ethical decision-making, department Chair Jeff Carvell said.

Judge strikes down Trump administration guidance against diversity programs at schools and colleges

August 14, 2025 | Associated Press

The guidance has been on hold since April when three federal judges blocked various portions of the Education Department’s anti-DEI measures.

Social Security’s 90th anniversary marked by funding threats, privatization talk

August 14, 2025 | Associated Press

Trump and other Republicans have said they will not cut Social Security benefits, yet the program remains far from the sound economic system that FDR envisioned 90 years ago.

Appeals court says Trump officials can withhold billions in foreign aid

August 14, 2025 | The Washington Post

The panel majority, which included judges appointed by Republicans George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump, found international aid groups did not have standing to bring a lawsuit.

Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism

August 13, 2025 | Associated Press

E.J. Antoni’s selection threatens to bring a new level of politicization to what has long been a nonpartisan agency widely accepted as a producer of reliable measures of the nation’s economic health

Braun noncommittal on early redistricting; decision to depend on Texas action, Indiana lawmakers

August 12, 2025

House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate Pro Tem Rodric Bray have declined to comment on redistricting thus far.

Firm tied to Trump Jr. debuts direct sales product for pharma companies

August 11, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Eli Lilly and Co. has already launched LillyDirect service, which CEO David Ricks says jibes with the administration’s demand for direct sales. Lilly is working with Truepill and Amazon.com Inc.’s pharmacy unit on its platform.

Hogsett’s proposed $1.7 billion 2026 budget constrained by state-level cuts, union contracts

August 11, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The Hogsett administration said the mayor has no plans to seek a tax increase in 2026. That’s despite the fact that the city’s 2026 tax revenue is now expected to be $43 million short of earlier expectations.

Indiana Chamber releases scorecard ranking lawmakers on 2025 votes

August 11, 2025 | Niki Kelly, Indiana Capital Chronicle

More than 50 lawmakers earned a perfect mark—all Republicans who generally align with the right-leaning business organization.

Indy embraces new tech to better manage traffic

August 8, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The department has contracted with two companies to provide technology that will help it monitor intersections.

Indianapolis-based software firm Metaimpact lands $5M investment

August 8, 2025 | Susan Orr

Metaimpact, a software company led by longtime local tech executive Scott McCorkle, has now raised $45 million since its launch in December 2018.

Jim Shella: Media bends, breaks when confronted by money, power

August 8, 2025 | Jim Shella / Special to IBJ

I’m not sure public broadcasting in Indiana will be able to overcome the whims of Donald Trump.

Third of Indiana counties lack voucher-accepting private schools

August 7, 2025 | Aleksandra Appleton, Chalkbeat Indiana

Voucher use has surged in recent years as Indiana lawmakers loosened eligibility requirements, but the lack of rural private schools that accept them means many students miss out.

EPA cancels $7B Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy

August 7, 2025 | Associated Press

Only $53 million of the $7 billion awarded has been spent, according to a tally by the research firm Atlas Public Policy. Several grant recipients this week said their programs were in planning phases.

Trump seeks to change how census collects data, wants to exclude illegal immigrants