Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Friday during his press briefing that cities, towns and counties will be eligible for a certain portion of the $300 million based on population.
In a new and lengthy executive order released Friday that goes into effect on Monday and lasts through May 23, numerous businesses will be able to reopen but with different levels of restrictions and in multiple stages.
If you’ve been tuning in to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s daily press briefings to hear updates on the coronavirus pandemic, you might have noticed Andy Rork in the corner of your screen.
Across Indiana, local health departments have been scrambling to keep up with the job of tracking, one patient at a time, the spread of the virus that has already claimed the lives of more than 900 Hoosiers.
Advocates agree that the federal and state moratoriums are helpful, but say renters will need more help long term. Even one missed rent payment can put low-income residents so far behind they can’t recover.
Waiters wearing plastic gloves and masks. Disposable menus. Family-only tables. Booth dividers. Eateries in several states are reopening under heavy restrictions.
NBA and NFL teams will face a considerable financial hit if they are forced to play with no fans in the stands, but, thanks to their lucrative TV contracts, it won’t knock them into the red.
Manufacturing giant 3M Co. alleges a Nevada company and its representatives tried to “perpetrate a false and deceptive price-gouging scheme” by offering to sell the state of Indiana respirators for $285 million to $14.25 billion.
A company official said it’s “preposterous” to think the company would reopen its malls, especially those in its home state, while stay-at-home orders are still in place.
Any easing of Indiana’s statewide stay-at-home order won’t limit the authority of city or county officials from imposing tighter restrictions in their attempts to slow the coronavirus, the governor said Thursday.
A survey of about 350 members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses found 59% want state and local governments to lift stay-at-home orders immediately and let companies reopen.
Gov. Eric Holcomb recommended that Hoosiers concerned about returning to work go to their employer “and try to work these things through and make sure they understand and realize where you’re coming from.”
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s chief of staff, Thomas Cook, said Thursday morning that Castleton Square Mall, Circle Centre and the Fashion Mall at Keystone won’t likely be allowed to reopen Saturday under Marion County orders.
There are growing worries among school officials that fewer students will return this fall. And in a state where funding is doled out per student, a drop in enrollment would mean an immediate financial hit to schools.
By outsourcing the job to Virginia-based Maximus Inc., Indiana health officials hope to take the burden off of local health departments for the time-consuming job of contacting all COVID patients and learning who they might have exposed.
Woody Myers on Wednesday released a plan that includes establishing a state-funded stimulus program for small businesses, creating a small business recovery task force and launching a “Buy Indiana First” campaign.
The Indiana State Department of Health on Tuesday announced it has reached an agreement with a subsidiary of United Health Group to open 20 testing sites around the state in the next week and 50 sites by mid-May.
The 49 Simon Property Group shopping centers that CNBC says are slated to reopen by Monday represent about one-quarter of the company’s U.S. properties.
