BP Whiting Refinery to Make Job Cuts
The BP Whiting Refinery is planning to cut an unspecified number of jobs. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the London-based energy company made the decision after a $16.8 billion... Read More
Mary Roberts
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Salesforce Grants $20M to Help Schools Reopen
San Francisco-based Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) is launching Work.com for Schools, an effort to help schools make data-driven decisions on when and how to return to campus safely as well as facilitate comm... Read More
South Bend to Receive $7M for Revolving Loan Fund
The U.S. Economic Development Administration announced Friday that the city of South Bend will receive $7.7 million to administer a new Revolving Loan Fund to make loans to small businesses impacted b... Read More
OneZone Partners with Indiana Chamber on Mentoring Effort
OneZone, a Hamilton County chamber of commerce serving the central Indiana business community as a commerce connector, is partnering with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce to help employers attract, ret... Read More
WHIN Launching First Aerostat for Broadband
The Wabash Heartland Innovation Network is planning the launch of an RTO Wireless AeroSite, home base of the first telecommunications aerostat to be deployed in the United States for rural broadband. ... Read More
Pitch Contest Open for the Formerly Incarcerated
The Indy Chamber’s ReEntry Entrepreneurship Development Initiative is planning its third public pitch competition for formerly-incarcerated entrepreneurs in central Indiana. The organization says REDi... Read More
Hoosier School Districts to Use Clean Air Tech
A Purdue University-affiliated LED lighting manufacturer has created new technology to help protect schools against the COVID-19 pandemic. Energy Harness Corp., which has an office in the Purdue Resea... Read More
College Completion Trends Improve, Though Gaps Remain
Indiana’s new 2020 College Completion Report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education shows college graduation rates for the state are improving. However, the commission says the report shows... Read More
University of Evansville Reschedules Commencement
University of Evansville President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz has announced the school's decision to postpone the 2020 commencement that was scheduled for September 19 until May of 2021. The universi... Read More
Housing Authority Awarded $7M HUD Grant
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority was awarded a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. to support affordable rental housing. The IHCDA says t... Read More