2021 Year in Review: Supply-chain problems proved an ongoing challenge
From automobiles to canned goods, certain items have been in short supply, and for a variety of reasons.
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2021 Year in Review: Lessonly, KAR among tech dealmakers
Indiana’s tech sector hit a red-hot cycle of mergers and acquisitions, pushing the number of deals well past marks set in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by the end of 2021’s third quarter. Experts said the M&A activity spoke to how the state’s tech sector had matured, as well as the gobs of cash burning holes in investors’ pockets.
2021 Newsmaker: Alan Bacon, Mali Simone Jeffers, GangGang co-founders
Mali Simone Jeffers and Alan Bacon had the idea for cultural startup GangGang just more than a year ago, while sitting together one night on their couch: Why not incubate the creative economy and culture like you might a technology company or sector, while promoting equity along the way?
2021 Newsmaker: Robert Laikin, entrepreneur, investor
What drives Laikin is the urge to find the next important thing and get enough people excited to put their money in a deal. He wants them to dream big with him.
2021 Newsmaker: John Kite, Kite Realty Group Trust CEO and chairman
Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust announced in July that it would merge with Oak Brook, Illinois-based Retail Properties of America Inc. in an all-stock deal worth $2.8 billion.
2021 Newsmaker: Darrianne Christian, Newfields board chair
The board at Newfields chose Christian to serve as the chair and lead the arts campus out of a race-related controversy that led to the resignation of its former president.
2021 Newsmaker: Eric Tobias, Scott Dorsey, Mike Fitzgerald, Kristian Andersen; High Alpha partners
The pandemic has not slowed Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha—and in fact, the move to remote work and increasing dependence on technology has probably sped up its activity.
2021 Newsmaker: Pamela Whitten, Indiana University president
The IU board of trustees announced in April that Whitten—then the president of Kennesaw State University in Georgia—would take over as president on July 1.
2021 Year in Review: Former employee kills eight at FedEx facility
The mass shooting at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis International Airport in April made national headlines and reignited debate over a state law designed to keep firearms out of the hands of those who pose a danger to themselves or others.
2021 Year in Review: GOP splinters over emergency powers law
A family feud broke out among Indiana Republicans this year when Gov. Eric Holcomb sued the Indiana General Assembly’s legislative leaders in his own party. He did so to challenge the constitutionality of a new law that weakens his emergency powers and was enacted by fellow Republicans over the governor’s veto.
2021 Year in Review: Scandal rocks casino project
Troubled Indianapolis-based casino company Spectacle Entertainment was at the center of multiple controversies in 2021, from its top executive being forced out to losing stakes in two new casino projects.
2021 Year in Review: Republic Airways to move HQ, training facilities
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. announced Sept. 21 that it will move its corporate headquarters to Carmel and consolidate its training programs there as part of a mixed-use development project.
2021 Year in Review: Leonard, Curry among 2021 deaths
Indianapolis lost several influential business, media, political and civic figures this year, including some of the biggest names in local sports history.
2021 Year in Review: Top headlines by the month
Real estate deals, police-reform legislation, a name change for the fieldhouse and more news from 2021.
Cook Medical builds Indy factory using only contractors with diverse owners
Hiring 100% diverse contractors to build a $15 million medical-device manufacturing facility was considered difficult, if not impossible, by many in the construction industry.
Editorial: Cook Medical’s diversity commitment should be lesson for corporate Indiana
Raising up minority-owned businesses is America’s greatest hope in closing the nation’s economic racial divide and building more wealth in minority communities.
Nate Feltman: 2021 newsmakers push Indiana forward
In the latest issue of IBJ, we highlight the newsmakers of 2021: individuals who had a significant impact in our community as nominated by our readers and IBJ staffers.
Diane Janowiak: Right test, right time could help alleviate hospital readmissions
Health care systems remain under pressure to reduce readmissions. One way to do that is to analyze lab data from across the system to identify room for improvement.
Maureen Weber: A diverse pipeline begins with investing in early-learning programs
Far too many Black and Hispanic students are falling behind in K-12 education, receiving waiver diplomas, not pursuing post-secondary education and failing to complete post-secondary degrees.
Letter: State officials are failing us
The governor on down is willing to let the disaster unfold and get worse. The economy and financial gain is the mantra for state government officials.