The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute in Indianapolis, along with inaugural sponsor Roche Diagnostics, has launched the new Quantum Leap Award. The award will provide $50,000, mentorship services and rent-free lab space at the institute.... Read More
The Evansville Wartime Museum is crowdfunding $50,000 to purchase and install a wheelchair lift to make it more accessible to residents. The new lift will make the second floor available to patrons and aims to completed by December.... Read More
Landmark Recovery, a substance use disorder services provider headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, said it is transitioning many of its treatment facilities to become gender-specific after piloting the effort at two Indiana locations.... Read More
Phoenix, Arizona-based bakery brand Café Valley plans to invest more than $5 million to add new high-speed production equipment at its Marion bakery facility. The expansion, which will support the company's new mini cupcake product line, will create 83 jobs.... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jardiance, developed by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., to lower blood sugar along with diet and exercise in children ages 10 and up with type 2 diabetes. ... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb selected Daniel Shackle Wednesday to serve as the new commissioner of the Department of Local Government Finance, starting Monday. The previous commissioner, Wesley Bennett, was named by the governor to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.... Read More
Mercury Broadband will provide high-speed internet to 17,000 residential households and businesses through its $2 million investment to open a service center in Crawfordsville. ... Read More
Purdue University and Indianapolis-based venture studio High Alpha announced a joint partnership Thursday that will place students and startups under one roof and bolster the university’s presence in downtown Indianapolis.... Read More
By 2025, new teachers will be required to demonstrate their proficiency in the science of reading — a term for a wide body of research that emphasizes phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and phonemic awareness in reading instruction. And programs risk losing their right to call themselves “accredited” if their curriculums aren’t based in reading science by 2024. ... Read More
A report by USA Today ranked Indiana University athletics 13th nationally in total revenue with $166.7 million in 2022. The analysis breaks down the annual NCAA Membership Financial Report, compiling revenue and expenses from 232 schools across the nation. ... Read More
Officials in Mishawaka will join Noblesville-based Card & Associates on Thursday to break ground on a $38 million youth athletics facility. The city says the project enhance the quality of life in Mishawaka by creating a major youth sports destination.... Read More
Kokomo-based Haynes International Inc. said all of its manufacturing operations are back up and running after a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The company said there is no evidence that any customer or employee information was accessed during the breach.... Read More
Ohio-based Van Wert Federal Savings Bank will be expanding into Indiana and open a new Fort Wayne location serving as a branch and commercial banking operations center. ... Read More
The humane society's new 25,000-square-foot site will house twice as many cats and dogs and include various new amenities, according to our partners at WPTA-TV. The new facility will have indoor and outdoor training areas, cat adoption suites, an education center, bark parks and pet friendly walking trails.... Read More
Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance Inc. and Chicago-based Rush University System for Health plan to expand residents' ability to receive vascular surgery. ... Read More
The state attorney general’s office filed to appeal a superior court judge’s decision to grant class action certification to a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on the basis of the state’s controversial religious freedom law.... Read More
Community leaders in Terre Haute await the completion of a new casino they say will boost the region's economic development and falls in line with a variety of projects supporting the local economy, pulling more investors and visitors to Vigo County.... Read More
Indiana is one of two Midwestern states in the running for a potential $50 billion semiconductor plant, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corp. The IEDC is courting a $3.2 billion data center project that could result in 250 high-wage jobs.... Read More
Personal finance website WalletHub has released its 2023 list of the "Best- & Worst-Run Cities," and Fort Wayne is once again in the top 10. The list compared nearly 150 cities across several categories, including financial stability, education and health.... Read More
EnerDel Inc., an Anderson-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer that has had financial ups and downs for two decades, laid off nearly all of its workers on Monday, according to former employees of the company and posts on social media.... Read More
