Six of Indiana’s U.S. representatives filed legislation Tuesday to help veterans regain their GI Bill education benefits after the closure of ITT Technical Institute.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence wants the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to reinstate GI Benefits for students who enrolled in ITT Technical Institute, but that may not be legally possible.
Attendance was down about 13 percent from when Crooked Stick last hosted the tournament in 2012, but this year’s event was plagued by rainy, stormy weather that delayed rounds during the first three days of play.
Storms and heavy rain caused a 3-1/2-hour delay and changed Crooked Stick Golf Club's greens from fast and firm to soft and accessible Thursday during the first round of the BMW Championship in Carmel.
The question that dragged down ITT Educational Services—whether its expensive diplomas were leaving students awash in debt while failing to properly prepare them for gainful employment—will continue to hang over other players in the for-profit education industry.
For years, the cities and towns in Boone and Hamilton counties have invested in trail systems; now they are adding other bike-friendly elements, like dedicated bike lanes, bike routes and loops, and bike-share programs.
The closure of ITT’s 136 campuses threatens to throw some 29,000 indebted students off their educational tracks, and to saddle taxpayers with nearly a half-billion dollars in losses.
The Indianapolis-based brewery announced plans for a $5 million craft distillery and tap room in Carmel’s Midtown development, which is between City Center and the Arts & Design District.
Two employees who were terminated Tuesday as part of mass layoff by ITT Educational Services have filed a lawsuit claiming the Carmel-based firm violated federal law by failing to provide 60-days notice. The suit seeks class-action status for as many as 8,000 employees.
Lebanon attorney Kent Frandsen, co-chair of the BMW Championship, has volunteered in some capacity for 10 national championships at the Pete Dye-designed course.
In a move to create a stronger identity, Franciscan Alliance will become Franciscan Health, and will stop using the names of St. Francis, St. James, St. Anthony and other familiar saints at its hospitals, the company announced Tuesday.
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. announced Tuesday morning that it will permanently “discontinue academic operations” at all ITT Technical Institutes campuses. The company blamed the closure on “inappropriate and unconstitutional” federal sanctions.
St. Vincent Health announced last month it would build eight micro-hospitals—or “emergency hospitals,” as the organization calls them. Other area hospitals are watching the experiment.
Moriden America makes cargo systems and interior trim for the auto industry and plans to ramp up production to meet demand from a Subaru assembly plant in Lafayette.
