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Editorial: Business community is right to rise up against legislative interference in Indy

February 12, 2021

We believe in local control. We expect Republicans to believe in local control, too. And so it’s baffling to us that some of the General Assembly’s most conservative lawmakers are leading the efforts to interfere in the way Indianapolis officials govern their city.

Indiana Secretary of State Lawson announces resignation

February 15, 2021 | IBJ Staff and Associated Press

Connie Lawson, 71, is the longest-serving secretary of state in Indiana history. She said she was stepping down to focus on her health and family.

Lawmakers advance bill to prevent governor, commission from election changes

February 15, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

Senate Bill 353 would give only the Indiana General Assembly the authority to change the date, time or place of an election.

Indiana should see some economic recovery this year, economist says

February 17, 2021 | Susan Orr

Indiana’s economy should start to recover this year from the damage of COVID-19, but the economy likely won’t fully rebound until late 2022 or early 2023, a Ball State University economist says.

AG Rokita declined to sign bipartisan letter condemning Capitol attack

February 17, 2021 | Dave Stafford / The Indiana Lawyer and Lindsey Erdody

Separately, Indiana’s attorney general is facing calls for records surrounding his decision to remain employed as an adviser to a private company while also holding statewide elected office.

House votes to override governor’s veto of landlord-tenant bill, allowing it to become law

February 17, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

Senate Enrolled Act 148 prevents all local governments from regulating any aspect of landlord-tenant relationships and blocks tenant protections that the city of Indianapolis had put in place last spring.

Snowstorm disrupts COVID-19 vaccine clinics, delays expansion to 60-64 age group

February 17, 2021 | John Russell

Indiana health officials said Wednesday they hope to begin offering vaccines sometime next week to the 60-64 age group, which comprises about 432,000 Hoosiers.

House passes pregnancy accommodations bill that lacks requirements

February 18, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

House Bill 1309, authored by Rep. Karen Engleman, R-Georgetown, will allow employees to request accommodations from their employer—something pregnant workers are already permitted to do.

Indiana voucher plan could take 1/3 of school-funding boost

February 18, 2021 | Associated Press

Republicans tout their proposal as giving parents more choices over how to educate their children, while Democrats and other opponents argue that it further drains funding from traditional school districts.

Governor signs bill for Indiana COVID-19 lawsuit shield

February 18, 2021 | Associated Press

Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law.

House OKs $36B two-year budget with more money for school vouchers, higher cigarette tax

February 22, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

The budget, which takes effect in July, would make a handful of one-time investments in small businesses, regional projects, student learning loss, health initiatives, broadband and police training, and it would significantly increase funding for the private school voucher program.

COVID-19 deaths surpass 500,000 in United States

February 22, 2021 | Associated Press

The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has reached a staggering number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined.

Senate OKs bill to limit governor’s emergency orders to 60 days

February 23, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

Republican legislative leaders have generally praised Gov. Erric Holcomb’s handling of the pandemic, but they also say lawmakers should be able to provide input in the decisions when an emergency continues for an extended period of time.

Holcomb extends county-by-county restrictions amid improving COVID-19 conditions

February 24, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive order outlining pandemic-related capacity restrictions based on a county-by-county system will continue through March, as will the public health emergency.

Finding consensus, struggling with conflict at legislative halfway mark

February 26, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

General Assembly has avoided COVID outbreak, but debated the budget and gubernatorial powers as tempers flared over racial issues.

Digital marketing firm plans 224 jobs in Indy, just months after acquiring local startup SmarterHQ

March 2, 2021 | IBJ Staff

Wunderkind Corp., a digital marketing company that was known as BounceX until last year, said it would co-locate its operations with SmarterHQ, which continues to maintain its own branding, at 9102 N. Meridian St.

Holcomb joins 21 governors in opposing state-allocation formula in stimulus package

March 2, 2021 | Lindsey Erdody

The governors issued a statement criticizing President Joe Biden’s plan to allocate most of the aid to states based on the unemployment rate, rather than total population. Indiana would receive $881 million more if previous allocation methods were used.

Hoosiers 50-54 now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines

March 3, 2021 | IBJ Staff

The decision comes one day after the state opened up vaccinations to the 55-59 age group.

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