Toyota’s production facility in Princeton, Indiana, is operated through its Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana subsidiary, which is the 15th-largest employer in the state.
The project in the recently formed Riverside Education Innovation District centers on the renovation of the Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, which closed in 2020.
School systems are unable to draw down funding, jeopardizing summer programs, hiring and early-year planning for the 2025–26 school year. Indiana stands to lose out on about $100 million.
State government officials rescinded 8,486 hybrid remote work agreements Tuesday as part of Gov. Mike Braun’s push to return state employees to the office.
The program, which is funded by the U.S. government but administered by states, earmarks at least 10 percent of the federal funding for transportation infrastructure to women- and minority-owned contracting firms.
A coalition of ranking Indiana University alumni voiced “alarm and anger” Wednesday to new state policy that gives decision-making power over the board of trustee’s membership to the governor.
Projects are in the pipeline, the climate is ripe, and our state’s chief executive has a lifetime of business experience and success from which to draw. The wind is at our backs, but our commitment must be unwavering.
Among the bills sent to Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday was a Senate Republican priority measure to increase transparency—and scrutiny—of state government contracts.
The new budget proposal provides more funding for operations and business-promotion support for the Indiana Economic Development Corp., but cuts five funds and programs totaling $35 million.
Baked in the 21-page measure are new rules for contacts awarded by state agencies—including a ban on non-public, no-bid deals—and steeper expectations for vendors paid with taxpayer dollars.
Legislative leaders have made clear that they intend to act on Gov. Mike Braun’s central campaign promise to provide property tax relief. However, with less than a month left to pass a solution, leaders have yet to announce agreement on an approach.
The district’s finances face heightened uncertainty as Indiana lawmakers advance bills that cap property tax revenue and require IPS to share local property tax revenue with charter schools.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30% of private-sector workers do not have access to a defined-contribution retirement plan through their employer.
The governor is right to emphasize nuclear energy, in particular. Despite our industrial heritage and demand for abundant, reliable energy, Indiana has no nuclear generation.
Ahead of its annual State of Tourism event, Visit Indy detailed the city’s record-breaking 2024 and announced new additions to the convention roster expected to bring thousands more visitors to the Circle City.
