Apartment, retail project planned on Indiana Avenue by Walker Center
Documents filed with the city show that the apartments would range from studios to three-bedroom units, along with a handful of co-dwelling units.
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Demand for robot cooks rises as food-service kitchens combat COVID-19
Robots that can cook—from flipping burgers to baking bread—are becoming more popular as virus-wary kitchens try to put some distance between workers and customers.
Spiking cost of gasoline pushed June consumer prices up 0.6%
Some economists said the June rise in prices would ease concerns that the country could be in danger of slipping into a destabilizing period of deflation, something not seen in the United States since the Great Depression.
U.S. carries out the first federal execution in 17 years after Supreme Court approval
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, of Yukon, Oklahoma, professed his innocence just before he was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
Westfield tightens oversight of Grand Park after council member questions contracts
The Westfield City Council on Monday eliminated Grand Park admission fees for city residents and imposed new oversight of park contracts after a council member alleged the group in charge of baseball operations had diverted almost a half-million dollars from the city.
EPA rejects tougher air quality standards, says 2015 limits are sufficient
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said national average ozone concentrations have dropped 25% in recent decades, mainly due to reductions in pollutants that contribute to the formation of smog.
Federal government pushing for COVID-19 therapeutics by early fall
New treatment options for COVID-19 could arrive months before a vaccine, senior Trump administration officials said at a briefing Monday, and will still be needed even after a vaccine is developed.
Council seeks ‘Black Lives Matter’ message on Indiana Avenue, commission on Black males
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday passed a resolution to paint a message on Indiana Avenue condemning racism and inequality. It also proposed the creation of the Indianapolis Commission on African American Males.
New York & Co. parent files for bankruptcy, might close all stores
Established in 1918, RTW Retailwinds operates nearly 400 locations in 32 states, including four in Indiana.
More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule
The lawsuit challenges a recently announced directive saying international students cannot stay in the United States if they take all their classes online this fall.
Public transit systems sparkle, but does cleaning decrease COVID-19 risk?
Transit officials are studying more advanced methods that might someday automatically disinfect transit systems around the clock.
Stew joint with deep roots in Indy closes after 109 years
Founded by two brothers from Macedonia, John’s Famous Stew became an Indianapolis institution for its devotion to meat-and-potatoes fare.
Indy Eleven first pro team in state to get back into action during pandemic
The Indy Eleven soccer team got back into action Saturday, opening its 2020 home season before a thinned-out crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Indiana reports increase of 425 COVID-19 cases, two more deaths
The Indiana State Health Department on Monday reported 114 new cases and 25 more deaths at nursing homes over the past week.
Era of free news for Facebook, Google could soon be over
A regulator will this month publish draft rules forcing the two U.S. tech giants to share revenue generated from news with the original publishers. Should others follow, it would chip away at two of the most wildly successful business models of the 21st century.
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.
UPDATE: Washington’s NFL team drops Redskins name after 87 years
Arguably the most polarizing name in North American professional sports is gone at a time of reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the United States.
Washington Township calls off in-person instruction for start of new school year
Washington Township will only offer virtual instruction when school begins this year, a shift in course for the Indianapolis district that had planned to open in-person and full-time with an online option.
Longtime Children’s Choir executive director to leave post
Don Steffy, executive director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, plans to step down at the end of the year after 14 years in the position, the ICC announced Monday.
IBJ Podcast: When will office workers return to downtown Indy?
IBJ reporters Samm Quinn and Anthony Schoettle spent a week talking with the leaders of downtown companies and learned that many are delaying plans to bring workers back to the office.