Indiana death toll from COVID-19 climbs past 13,000
The state said more than 2.13 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Sunday. More than 2.43 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
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Union leaders decry Indiana’s high rate of worker deaths
Critics are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average.
Explainer: Did U.S. hiring slow in April because of a ‘labor shortage’?
To nearly everyone’s surprise, employers in April added a comparatively paltry 266,000 jobs, down drastically from a gain of 770,000 in March, which itself was revised down from an initially much higher figure of 916,000.
Children’s Museum CEO retiring, passing top spot to longtime staffer
Jennifer Pace Robinson, a 29-year veteran of the institution, was chosen unanimously by the museum’s board of trustees to take over the world’s largest children’s museum.
Major U.S. pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
The attack on the company, which says it delivers roughly 45% of fuel consumed on the East Coast, underscores again the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to damaging cyberattacks that threaten to impede operations.
Critics say Indiana COVID-19 law allows nursing home neglect
Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that weren’t caused by the pandemic.
COVID-19 cases climb by 1,056, deaths by 8 in Indiana
The state said more than 2.11 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Saturday at 5 a.m. More than 2.43 million had received the first dose of a two-dose vaccination.
GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work
An unexpected slowdown in hiring nationwide has prompted some Republican governors to start slashing jobless benefits. On Friday, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said he would consider whether the state should continue to participate in federal pandemic unemployment programs.
Holcomb to reinstate job-seeking rule for unemployed, study whether to ax federal benefit
Unemployed Hoosiers are currently receiving $300 per week from the federal government in addition to state benefits. The federal program also expanded who is eligible for unemployment.
U.S. consumer borrowing posts another strong showing in March
U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a strong $25.8 billion in March, the second-straight month of sizable gains.
Indiana health officials plead with Legislature not to overturn Holcomb veto
If lawmakers override Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto, any local orders to wear masks, set permitted capacity in bars and restaurants, or attendance caps at events would be swept away immediately, the health officials said.
Mickey Kim: Mr. Spock would find ‘SPAC-mania’ totally illogical
Unlike regular companies, SPACs are “shell companies” with no commercial operations at the time of their IPO.
Patrick Cross: Health and life sciences trends for 2021 and beyond
Emerging from the pandemic, health and life sciences companies have a unique opportunity to leverage lessons learned for the benefit of the patients they serve.
In a lockdown, Roche pushes ahead with new, different diagnostic tests
Matthew Sause took the helm of the 4,500-person Roche Diagnostics’ North American operations in Indianapolis in November 2019—just four months before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic and much of the planet went into lockdown.
Bohanon & Curott: Taxing capital gains like job income is bad idea
Taxing dividends and capital gains encourages too much consumption and too little savings, which is to the long-term detriment of households and the larger economy.
IBJ Life Sciences Panel: The ‘virtual world has made us faster’
This is a partial transcript of IBJ’s annual Life Sciences Power Panel, which took place virtually on April 30 with four of Indy’s biosciences leaders: 16 Tech CEO Bob Coy, GenePace Laboratories founder Sanjay Malkani, Elanco Animal Health CEO Jeff Simmons and Indiana University School of Medicine geneticist Tatiana Foroud.
Indianapolis-area employers reluctant to require employee vaccinations
Companies are offering plenty of incentives to encourage their workers to get COVID vaccinations, but few, if any, are requiring the shots as a condition for coming back to work—or, in the case of new hires, for getting a job offer.
Labor-starved restaurants, bars add bonuses, increased wages to the menu
Local restaurant owners battling a nationwide labor shortage are using alternative recruiting techniques and financial incentives to try to staff a returning dinner rush.
