UPDATE: Third Democrat joins Indiana governor’s race, with GOP backer
First-term Sen. Eddie Melton of Gary joined the Indiana governor’s race Tuesday night in Gary with an introduction from the state’s Republican schools chief.
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Divided Supreme Court weighs LGBT people’s rights
A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday over whether a landmark civil rights law protects LGBT people from discrimination in employment.
Legacy project for 2021 NBA All-Star Game in Indy to focus on youth-oriented groups
Officials said the initiative will provide grants of up to $50,000 for 21 brick-and-mortar capital improvement projects that focus on health and wellness or education.
Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO says new gun policies cost company quarter-billion dollars
Even while the National Rifle Association, Republican lawmakers and critical customers have blasted CEO Ed Stack, he said the company’s entire firearms category is under “strategic review.”
North-side community development group searching for new CEO
Top executive Leigh Riley Evans plans to leave Mapleton Fall Creek Development Corp. later this fall after helping shepherd a $60 million project.
China criticizes U.S. tech curbs but trade talks going ahead
China demanded Washington, D.C., lift newly imposed sanctions on Chinese tech companies but said Tuesday that envoys will go ahead with a U.S. trip for trade talks despite the latest spike in tensions.
Indianapolis Zoo gets $4M grant to establish global center for species survival
Plans call for the Global Center for Species Survival to employ a team of nine experts who will be based in Indianapolis and work with more than 9,000 wildlife experts worldwide to save threatened species.
Two-block office project by Methodist finally moving forward
The 4.5-acre site catty-corner to the downtown hospital complex is earmarked for a 250,000-square-foot office building and seven-level parking structure, to be connected by a skybridge. It also would include a grocery store.
China halts NBA broadcasts as anger mounts over Hong Kong tweet
The move is the latest backlash over a tweet by a Houston Rockets executive last week that expressed support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters.
Bingham merging with Dentons, bringing biggest global law firm to Indiana
In a move that’s expected to transform the Indiana legal landscape, Bingham Greenebaum Doll has announced it will be combining with Dentons, the world’s largest law firm.
Area election preview: Early voting kicks off Tuesday
Residents in Marion County will be determining the next mayor of Indianapolis and 25 City-County Council races. Several races in Hamilton County are also contested.
U.S. signs limited deal with Japan on ag, digital trade
A deal should win back benefits American farmers lost when President Donald Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office.
Former BMV commissioner running for Congress
Kent Abernathy, a retired Army colonel and former Bureau of Motor Vehicles commissioner, announced his campaign Monday afternoon.
U.S. consumer borrowing shows $17.9B August increase
Consumer borrowing increased at a solid pace in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto and student loans in three years.
Goodbye to iTunes: Once-revolutionary app gone in Mac update
Sidelining the all-in-one iTunes in favor of separate apps for music, video and other services will let Apple build features for specific types of media and better promote its TV-streaming and music services to help offset slowing sales of iPhones.
Startups with female founders raise more venture cash, study says
In earlier rounds, mixed-gender teams do just as well as those without women, but the advantage grows in the later stages of fundraising, the study found.
Small businesses increasingly a target for cybercriminals
While businesses of all sizes are victims of cyberattacks, the smaller the companies, the more vulnerable they can be.
Local private equity firm raises $365M for investment fund
Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co. Inc. already has taken controlling stakes in five firms with money raised in its latest nine-figure investment pool.
Report links high rent burdens, homelessness in Indianapolis
Marion County has a much higher percentage of households than the rest of the state that rent their homes instead of owning them, according to a report issued this week by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.
Steve Braun suspends Congressional campaign for health reasons
Steve Braun, a former commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development and brother of U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, said he was “frustrated and disappointed to have to suspend my campaign at this critical juncture.”