Westfield football coach Gilbert announces mayoral bid
Jake Gilbert, head football coach at Westfield High School, has coached the Shamrocks since 2010 and was elected to the city council in 2019.
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Low-wage workers prop up nursing home industry, and they’re quitting in droves
The nursing home industry has lost more than 420,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic, reducing its workforce to the size it was 15 years ago. Meanwhile, the aging trend that the U.S. Census Bureau calls the “gray tsunami” looms ever closer.
Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday
An IRS worker shortage and an enormous workload from administering pandemic-related programs will combine to cause taxpayers pain this filing season.
Indiana to start accepting state tax returns on Monday
The Indiana Department of Revenue encourages taxpayers to use electronic filing, online payment and direct deposit to significantly improve the quality and speed of processing returns and refunds.
Indiana allowing sports wagers on 7 Winter Olympic events
The Indiana Gaming Commission said the state’s online and retail sports wagering operations could accept bets on alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, ice hockey, short-track speed skating and speed skating.
New COVID-19 cases reach all-time high in Indiana
The Indiana State Department of Health on Friday also reported 95 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the official pandemic death toll to 19,992. On a more positive note, statewide hospitalizations dropped by more than 100.
Airport program manager to head Indy procurement diversity office
David Fredricks, previously a supplier-diversity program manager for the Indianapolis Airport Authority, has been named director of the Office of Minority and Women Business Development.
Criminal case against former Celadon execs headed for court
A four-week fraud trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 22 for Celadon’s former president and chief operating officer, Eric Meek, 41, and its former chief financial officer, Bobby Peavler, 42.
CIB dips into reserves to manage through pandemic
Nearly two years into the pandemic, the agency that oversees the convention center, Lucas Oil Stadium and other sports venues has been able to pay its bills without layoffs or long-term facilities closures.
Key GOP senator proposes brief summer reprieve from sales tax
Senate Bill 325, authored by Republican Sen. Travis Holdman, chairman of the powerful Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, would make any retail item purchased July 15-31 exempt from Indiana’s 7% sales tax.
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
The study found vaccine effectiveness was best after three doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines in preventing COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care visits.
City pushes for more affordable housing in trio of development requests
The Department of Metropolitan Development is calling for proposals for vacant, city-owned sites in Martindale-Brightwood, in the Sherman Park area and on the near-west side of Indianapolis.
Shipping container boutique hotel planned for Haughville neighborhood
An Indianapolis company is building a boutique hotel using repurposed shipping containers to accommodate guests seeking unusual experiences in the heart of the city.
Real estate exec Woodard seeks adaptive reuse for old fan factory
Real estate executive Turner Woodard has closed on the acquisition of the former Horton Fan Factory in Carmel and plans to market it to an array of potential users.
Intel chooses Ohio for $20B chip facility amid global shortage
The Intel project is the largest single private-sector investment in Ohio’s history, state officials said. The facility is expected to create 3,000 company jobs and 7,000 construction jobs, while supporting tens of thousands of additional jobs for suppliers and partners.
State lawmakers spar with Marion County sheriff over funding control
An Indiana Senate bill sponsored by Indianapolis Republicans would prevent Democrat Sheriff Kerry Forestal from spending commissary fund money unless it is appropriated by the Indianapolis City-County Council.
Tech firm Ironclad lands $150M in investment, plans to grow Indianapolis office
Ironclad, which allows users to negotiate, sign and manage online contracts, established a local presence when it acquired Indianapolis-based PactSafe a year ago.
Indiana reports 137 more COVID-19 deaths as cases climb past 1.5M
COVID-19-related hospitalizations rose from 3,492 on Tuesday to 3,506 on Wednesday, the second-highest mark of all time.
Senate panel advances bill to set voluntary state standards for wind and solar projects
Indiana lawmakers are taking another stab at setting up statewide standards for large wind and solar projects, a year after a group of counties shot down an earlier effort.
Indiana lawmakers to weigh bill banning transgender athletes
The ACLU of Indiana said in a statement Thursday that the bill “sends trans youth the message that they’re not worthy of the same opportunities as their classmates.”