Profit from real estate deals helping Spartz fund congressional campaign
A campaign disclosure form and other public records show that Spartz and her husband, Jason Spartz, have largely made their money buying, selling, leasing and farming land.
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Indy Art & Seek project brings local art to neighborhoods citywide
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and the Arts Council of Indianapolis have teamed up with 72 local artists for a project that has put 107 pieces of art on temporary display all over town.
Kroger sales show virus-fueled grocery demand holding steady
The online grocery market is nearly five times larger than it was just a year ago, according to consultants Brick Meets Click and Mercatus, as consumers remain wary of entering stores.
State health department reports all-time highs in new cases, testing
The numbers in Indiana’s daily report were boosted by numerous previously unreported cases and tests from an additional facility that has been newly onboarded into the health department’s electronic reporting system.
CIB still seeing major losses, but anticipates August revenue bump
While the convention center began seeing some activity during July, those events had very little impact on the venue’s operating income for the month.
Consumer prices up 0.4% in August as used car prices surge
The Labor Department reported Friday that the August increase in the consumer price index reflected some moderation following big gains of 0.6% in both June and July.
Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online, survey says
Districts where the vast majority of students are white are more than three times as likely as school districts that enroll mostly students of color to be open for some in-person learning, according to an analysis conducted by The Associated Press and Chalkbeat.
Hc1 rolling out new tool to help colleges control COVID outbreaks
Indianapolis-based Hc1.com, which makes software that helps health care organizations interpret data to personalize care and control costs, said it thinks it has a solution that will help major U.S. colleges and universities control coronavirus outbreaks on campus.
Court blocks Trump order to exclude undocumented migrants from census
A special three-judge panel out of New York wrote that the president’s argument that undocumented immigrants should not be counted runs afoul of a statute saying apportionment must be based on everyone who is a resident of the United States.
Forbes: Colts rank as NFL’s 20th most valuable team
Forbes estimated the Dallas Cowboys are the NFL’s most valuable franchise, with a value of $5.7 billion, the 14th consecutive year they’ve held that distinction.
Fast-growing Sharpen Technologies secures $12M in growth capital
Sharpen Technologies, an Indianapolis-based developer of cloud-based customer service software, has now raised more than $40 million in venture and growth capital since its founding in 2011.
Weekly $300 jobless payments already on verge of running out
The nation’s unemployment safety net is looking increasingly shaky, with a $300-a-week federal jobless benefit from the Trump administration close to running out just weeks after it began.
Dem report says Medicare chief Verma used fed money to bolster image
A Health and Human Services Department official called the report on Seema Verma a “political smear” by “far left politicians.” Before she headed to Washington, Verma was a consultant to former Gov. Mike Pence and designed the Healthy Indiana Plan.
Court denies appeal by groups challenging limits to Indiana religious freedom law
The state appeals court ruling upheld a suburban Indianapolis county judge’s decision last year that the three groups failed to prove they had faced any harm because of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Justice Department charges 57 in alleged theft of $175M in pandemic relief funds
The Paycheck Protection Program has been a fraud concern from the moment it was rolled out in early April. Funds were disbursed with relatively little vetting, and businesses were allowed to self-certify their own eligibility.
Vaccine trial stopped after neurological symptoms detected
A woman who received an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed severe neurological symptoms that prompted a pause in testing, a spokesman for drugmaker AstraZeneca said Thursday.
U.S. health officials testing blood thinners in COVID-19 patients
Doctors increasingly are finding blood clots throughout the bodies of many people who died from COVID-19 along with signs of damage they do to kidneys, lungs, blood vessels, the heart and other organs.
Senate votes down McConnell-backed coronavirus bill on party lines
Democrats voted down the proposal because they said it was too small. Lawmakers from both major political parties did not close the door to future talks, but they also did not appear ready to relaunch negotiations.
WRTV sports veteran Dave Furst leaves station for IndyCar
The local ABC affiliate’s longtime sports director takes over Thursday as vice president of communications for the open-wheel racing series.
Indiana reports 764 more COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
The Indiana State Department of Health on Thursday reported the testing of 6,243 more individuals, the second-lowest daily testing number in three weeks.