State Comptroller Tera Klutz to step down
State Comptroller Tera Klutz announced Thursday that she would be retiring from her position on Dec. 1 after 20 years in public service. She has more than three years left in her term.... Read More
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Solar energy company plans $35M plant, 240 new jobs in Indy
Bila Solar plans to establish its U.S. headquarters and a manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, creating more than 240 jobs in the process. The company said it would spend more than $35 million to renovate and equip an existing space just south of downtown.... Read More
Indiana State Fair attendance up slightly from a year ago
Attendance at the Indiana State Fair picked up slightly this year in its third year under a “post-pandemic” format that added an 18th day to the schedule. Fair officials announced Thursday that attendance for this year’s event came in at 840,414.... Read More
Former Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers enters race for governor
Ending weeks of speculation, former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers filed formal paperwork Thursday to launch his campaign for governor. Chambers joins at least four candidates in the Republican primary who have a head start in fundraising.... Read More
Logistics firm to close Plainfield operations, idling nearly 250 workers
Texas-based logistics firm Alan Ritchey Inc. plans to shut down operations in Plainfield that will put 242 employees out of work by mid-October, according to a filing with state workforce officials.... Read More
Residents push back on West Terre Haute carbon capture project
Residents are pushing back against plans for a pair of underground carbon dioxide storage wells in western Indiana. Wabash Carbon Services, is seeking permits to build two wells in Vermillion and Vigo counties to store CO2 produced in fertilizer production.... Read More
Indianapolis chemical maker closing 159-worker plant
Aurorium, which traces its roots to Reilly Industries, is closing a facility at a site that has been home to a chemical manufacturing plant since 1921.... Read More
Ex-employee of Carmel firm sentenced for embezzlement
A former accounting employee for a Carmel-based travel insurance business has been sentenced to almost five years in federal prison after admitting to embezzling more than $2 million from her employer.... Read More
OurBus calls off Indianapolis-Chicago bus service
New York City-based transportation startup OurBus, which began offering a daily route from Indianapolis to Chicago in mid-2019, has stopped offering the service, the company confirmed Wednesday.... Read More
Longtime Indianapolis business leader Jerry Semler dies at 86
Jerry D. Semler, who spent almost a quarter-century in executive leadership at American United Life Insurance Co. and served as a board director for a multitude of central Indiana civic, business, charitable and arts organizations, died Monday at age 86.... Read More