Bill Taft: Economic development efforts miss smaller areas
Researchers agree that education and quality of life are the two best places to invest funds to turn around shrinking communities.
Researchers agree that education and quality of life are the two best places to invest funds to turn around shrinking communities.
The budget approved last week increases the tax by $2 per pack and imposes similar increases on other tobacco products, including vaping products.
Public health is an area where the state has repeatedly failed to make progress. We believe that’s changing, and we urge lawmakers to give the programs time to take root and produce results.•
The new complex spans two buildings that can separate, grind down and sanitize plastic waste and then shape it into recyclable food-grade containers such as milk jugs or water bottles.
Supply-chain giant GXO Logistics is planning to spend $11.7 million to grow operations at a massive facility where it handles returns for Nike Inc.
The guidance, issued this week, escalates the role that the new efficiency group, known as DOGE, plays in EPA operations.
Potential rollbacks of Biden-era policies that incentivized electric vehicle production and ownership have stirred apprehension among some local economic development officials across the state.
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The company works with teams in NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA and other racing circuits to create vehicular transports for competition vehicles.
So far, seven national legal disputes have been settled that benefit Indiana, with money coming in each year to support treatment and prevention programs and other efforts in the state.
The state has spent more than $690 million so far establishing the LEAP Research and Innovation District. Outgoing economic leaders say the project is a huge success, but some political leaders are cautious.
The 92-apartment development, which would feature one- to three-bedroom units, would consist of market rate and reduced-income housing, with the latter meant to serve homeless veterans.
The plan is meant to streamline discussions among the city, existing businesses and companies considering Indianapolis for expansion or relocation.
The Lebanon City Council on Monday night approved the creation of a tax-increment financing district and performance-based incentives to try to secure a deal with the parent of Facebook and Instagram.
Across Indianapolis city-county government, 166 employees earn less than $18 an hour, the benchmark that some groups consider a living wage, including the city’s economic development arm.
The last time world CO2 levels consistently exceeded today’s 420 ppm was about 14 million years ago during the middle Miocene, after which the Earth slowly cooled toward a series of ice ages.
The South Bend-based developer plans to convert the 12-story Angi Inc. headquarters on East Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis into a 180-unit apartment building.
Jennifer McCormick, the Democratic candidate for governor, released a set of economic development policy goals Thursday morning that call for “reform and increased transparency” in the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
PhysioLogic Devices Inc. will change its name to Portal Diabetes Inc. following the company’s move. It plans to employ up to 35 full-time employees by 2028 with an average salary of $135,265 each.
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday evening voted to approve two tweaked proposals: one that increases long-stagnant countywide elected official pay and the other requiring councilors to fill out more in-depth, publicly available disclosure forms.