Purdue startup’s food safety tool gains traction with Ag-Celerator grant
OmniVis has developed a hand-held device to rapidly detect pathogens in food, water and the agriculture production chain.
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Westfield Mayor Andy Cook says he will not seek fifth term
The Hamilton County community had just more than 21,000 residents when Cook was sworn in as its first mayor in 2008, the year Westfield moved from a town to a city. Today, its population tops 50,000.
Local accounting firm Somerset acquired by two out-of-state players
Somerset CPAs and Advisors, the fifth-largest accounting firm in Indianapolis, is now owned by CBIZ Inc., a financial firm based in Cleveland, and affiliated accounting firm Mayer Hoffman McCann PC.
Justice Department, Pence discussing consensual FBI search of Carmel home
The search follows revelations last week that the former vice president handed over to the FBI “a small number” of documents bearing classified markings that his lawyers discovered at his Carmel residence.
Bad-landlords measure gets unanimous Senate committee support
A measure allowing utility companies to ask courts to appoint receivers over certain landlords behind on their utility bills passed unanimously out of an Indiana Senate committee Thursday.
New partnership brings Harvard, UPenn classes to IPS students
IPS is the first district in the state to partner with the National Education Equity Lab to allow Crispus Attucks High School students to enroll in college-level courses at the country’s top universities.
Two rivals from factory floors facing off in race to lead UAW
In the first-ever direct election of a UAW president in the union’s 88-year history, Ray Curry, who started on the assembly line at a truck plant in North Carolina, faces Shawn Fain, 54, who began as an electrician at a Chrysler metal casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana.
Art & Soul storyteller spotlights ‘Grandmothers’ tales
Long-running playwright Crystal V. Rhodes portrays women as unstoppable forces of endurance, resilience and creativity.
Shabazz stands by ‘self-cleaning oven’ column as he launches mayoral campaign
After filing to run for Indianapolis mayor Thursday, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz defended a column in which he proposed that the city let “bad guys” commit homicide against each other as a way to rid the city of criminals.
NBA 2K League exits Indianapolis in favor 2023 season in Washington, D.C.
After a 2022 season in Indianapolis, the league and its 24 teams will migrate to Washington, D.C., ahead of its upcoming season.
Doc B’s Restaurant opens at Fashion Mall at Keystone
The 5,600-square-foot restaurant at 8702 Keystone Crossing is Doc B’s first location in Indiana.
U.S. filings for jobless aid lowest since April
The job market has withstood aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as the Fed attempts to cool the economy and bring down inflation.
Education bills seeking to overhaul school curriculum advance in Indiana legislature
State lawmakers in House and Senate education committees collectively took up more than a dozen bills on Wednesday. Most of those measures advanced or are scheduled for committee votes next week.
Indiana Wesleyan names Qualls executive director of Eleven Fifty Academy
Tech entrepreneur John Qualls has been serving as Eleven Fifty Academy’s interim executive director since December, when Indiana Wesleyan acquired the struggling coding school.
Hamilton County planning new 911 communications center in Noblesville
Plans call for newly constructed 50,000-square-foot facility to house a dispatch center, emergency management center and a child care facility for Hamilton County employees.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz announces run for Indianapolis mayor
After several months of speculation and consideration, Shabazz said Thursday that he planned to file paperwork with the Marion County Clerk’s Office later in the day to make his candidacy official.
Lawmakers move revolving fund for housing forward without price tag
Lawmakers opted not the include an explicit price tag for a program designed to incentivize affordable housing construction throughout the state before passing the bill through the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.
Indiana’s plan to ‘reinvent high school’ moves forward
The bill would allow students to meet graduation requirements through career experience and give students state-funded scholarship accounts to spend on workforce training outside their schools.
Funding-boost bill for Indiana public health program advances
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box, several medical organizations and business groups urged lawmakers to support the plan, pointing to Indiana’s poor national rankings in areas such as smoking, obesity and life expectancy.
Ten states mull cross-border rules to tackle teacher shortage
The Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact would effectively allow teaching licenses to be viable across members of the compact, cutting through the current 50-state patchwork of disparate requirements.