A Pew Research Center report released earlier this year shows there has been little progress in increasing the share of Black graduates from a college-level STEM program over the past decade.
One of the downsides of handing out awards to central Indiana leaders as we like doing at IBJ is that we are simultaneously saying no to even more people who have been nominated.
While Indiana is making significant investments in solar energy, the state still relies on coal for half of its energy needs and is the Midwest’s biggest emitter of carbon per capita.
Docket, which launched in 2019, wrapped up its operations in September after the meetings-platform company Zoom hired its team. In 2020, Docket had won Zoom’s annual “Whale Watch” competition, scoring a $1.25 million venture investment as a result.
Raising Cane’s filed a lawsuit against the Indiana shopping center’s owner, Schottenstein Property Group, alleging fraud and saying the would-be landlord failed to disclose the existence of the chicken ban.
Purdue University has rehired Dan Hasler to coordinate the school’s expansion in Indianapolis following an August decision to split IUPUI into separate Indiana University and Purdue operations.
The decision could pit her against incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett in the Democratic primary next year. Hogsett expects to announce whether he’ll seek a third term in the coming weeks.
Inadequate communication and complexity make for a vicious cycle. As new programs are created to help make student debt more manageable, each program adds complexity to the system.
Five of 20 downtown hotel projects announced before the pandemic have opened. But few of the remaining 15 have made substantive progress, despite a strong rebound in the district’s hotel occupancy rates.
A former IndyGo bus could start a second life by the end of the year—distributing fresh food, providing nutrition education and troubleshooting problems Indianapolis residents have applying for food stamps.
Payne, who spearheaded development of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and recently refocused the community foundation on equity and inclusion issues, led CICF, affiliates and its individual funds through significant growth.
It has been well-documented in studies and books like “Voice and Equality” that people with lower incomes are less likely to vote, or they vote at lower rates.
