Pandemic shutdown helps local garden centers blossom
Stay-at-home orders led central Indiana homeowners to spend money on their outdoor living spaces, even after a slow start to spring.
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Governor’s race not top of mind in Black community
Democrat Woody Myers is the state’s first Black gubernatorial nominee from either major political party, but Black community leaders say his campaign is getting lost in the barrage of news about COVID-19 and protests over police brutality and racial inequity.
Developers push into Westfield along Carmel’s northern border
Over the past decade, developers have proposed nearly a dozen new subdivisions within a couple of miles of the 146th Street and Towne Road intersection.
Arbor Homes to purchase 135 acres in Westfield, develop 325 houses
Henke Development Group plans to sell Arbor Homes a part of its over 800-acre Chatham Hills development in Westfield so that it may be developed as a separate neighborhood called Monon Corner.
Statewide philanthropy organization launches leadership training program
The John M. Mutz Philanthropic Leadership Institute is designed to build the pipeline of diverse talent in philanthropy so the sector will have strong leaders for years to come.
FFA cancels national convention in Indy as downtown reels from tourism drought
The agriculture-education group cited lingering concerns over the coronavirus pandemic for scuttling the four-day event, which last year brought more than 68,000 people downtown.
UPDATE: Indy 500 to run with stands at 50% capacity, IMS officials say
About 175,000 tickets—most of them renewals—have been sold for the race, IMS confirmed to IBJ. Ticket requests are still being accepted, going into a queue for fulfillment after existing ticketholders have been accommodated.
Indiana reports increase of 485 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths
Worldwide coronavirus cases are closing in on 10 million with nearly 500,000 deaths.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
In the brief, Solicitor General Noel Francisco argued that all of the Affordable Care Act should be struck down because one of its core provisions, the individual mandate, is unconstitutional, rendering the rest of the law invalid as well.
Meat shortages reopen costly path to small U.S. slaughterhouses
Congress is considering amending laws to make it easier for smaller processors to sell products. But while new, smaller slaughterhouses could be the antidote to industry concentration, they don’t offer a quick, or inexpensive, fix.
U.S. consumer spending up 8.2%, partly erasing record plunge
Friday’s Commerce Department report showed that Americans stepped up their spending in May despite a 4.2% decline in personal income.
Hoosier startup’s computerized vegetable-growing machine taking root
While Heliponix’s in-home computerized vegetable-growing machine has always seemed like a great idea, the coronavirus pandemic might be the push to get the wider public to realize what the company’s two young founders have been espousing since they germinated the startup as Purdue University seniors in the fall of 2016.
Indiana’s summer food program expands to meet increased needs during the pandemic
More than 800 school and community sites across Indiana are offering summer meals this year to meet an uptick in demand as families continue to face financial difficulties amid the coronavirus.
Indianapolis office manager lands 37-month sentence for embezzlement
A controller and office manager who worked for a local business consulting firm used the stolen funds to pay for a new Honda CRV, platinum jewelry and at least eight trips to a resort in Aruba.
Trump wants federal hiring to focus on skills over degrees
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Friday to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree, administration and industry officials say.
U.S. health officials estimate 20M Americans have had coronavirus
Twenty million infections means that about 6% of the nation’s 331 million people have been infected.
IBJ wins 10 national awards for business coverage including Penske purchase of IMS
The judges commended IBJ’s “expansive content that reaches into the corners of transportation, technology, sports, health, higher education, civic affairs, state government and more.”
Audit: U.S. sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
The errors occurred mainly because of a lag in reporting data on who is deceased. It’s a lapse that tax experts say is almost inevitable.
Banks lead gains for stocks on Wall Street in jumpy trading
Financial companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street on Thursday as traders welcomed news that the Federal Reserve and other regulators are removing some limits on the ability of banks to make investments.
Fans to be allowed to attend the Kentucky Derby, with restrictions
Churchill Downs will institute a number of operating procedures for the Kentucky Derby, which has been moved to Sept. 5 because of the pandemic.