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Lilly Endowment Inc. will give $20 million to an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne to develop workforce-training initiatives, the Indianapolis-based endowment announced today. The aim of the program, dubbed Talent Opportunity Success, is to better prepare northeast Indiana’s workforce for job opportunities in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. […]

Indianapolis-based shopping center operator Simon Property Group Inc. today said it has closed the equity and debt offerings it announced last week, netting $1.2 billion. In total, the company sold 17.25 million shares of its common stock at $31.50 per share. Its operating partnership completed its offering of $650 million in 10.35-percent senior unsecured notes […]

Columbus Regional Hospital, which was badly damaged by flooding last year, has applied for federal funding toward its $108 million expansion plans. Hospital officials had planned to break ground last fall on construction of a project that included a five-story pavilion, some 60 private patient rooms and an expanded emergency department. Those plans, however, were […]

Purdue University officials are weighing the idea of boosting enrollment in the school’s veterinary programs to help meet the nation’s growing need for more veterinarians in key public health jobs. The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report last month that there is a lack of government-employed veterinarians in food inspection, pathology and other […]

Purdue University officials are weighing the idea of boosting enrollment in the school’s veterinary programs to help meet the nation’s growing need for more veterinarians in key public health jobs. The U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a report last month that there is a lack of government-employed veterinarians in food inspection, pathology and other […]

Legislative efforts to ban smoking in public places statewide may be up in smoke. Indiana lawmakers are clashing over whether they should try to pass a watered-down bill or sacrifice this year’s proposal in hopes of passing a stricter rule later. The Democrat-controlled House approved legislation last month that would ban smoking in some places […]