CDFI Friendly Bloomington, or CFB, says the grant from the Treasury’s Department’s CDFI Fund will help provide financing for projects in low-income and underserved areas of the 13-county southwest Indiana region. ... Read More
The facility is designed to convert organic waste into renewable natural gas, as well as compost products and biochar, which is used to enhance the quality of degraded soils.... Read More
In the spring of 2020, voters in South Bend passed a $220 million property tax referendum to fund a series of facilities upgrades and teacher raises for the South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC). The construction of a career center was included ...... Read More
Greg Deason, a longtime executive at Purdue Research Foundation, was named the nonprofit group's next COO. He will join CEO Chad Pittman as new leadership for the PRF.... Read More
The Indiana State Teachers Association, which represents roughly 40,000 Hoosier educators, released a priority agenda on Tuesday—just weeks before state lawmakers are set to return to the Statehouse.... Read More
A Carmel-based nonprofit organization that manages the power grid in Indiana and 14 other states is meeting this week to approve electric substation and transmission projects across the central U.S. worth nearly $22 billion.... Read More
After almost a decade building and leading the South Bend-Elkhart Regional Partnership, Regina Emberton was tapped to lead ChoiceLight Inc., a nonprofit providing access to an extensive dark fiberoptic network across Elkhart, Marshall, and St. Joseph counties.... Read More
Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn't do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement.... Read More
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, up from a yearly figure of 2.6% in October. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices increased 3.3%, the same as in the previous month.... Read More
Kim Dodson, CEO of The Arc of Indiana, says the move has been anticipated for some time and is in line with efforts that the state of Indiana has already implemented.... Read More
Kroger and Albertsons in 2022 proposed what would be the largest grocery store merger in U.S. history. But the Federal Trade Commission sued earlier this year, seeking to block the $24.6 billion deal.... Read More
The Farmers and Merchants Bank this week announced the promotion of Donald Blume to president. Blume most recently served as the bank's executive vice president, as well as bank director for parent The Farmers and Merchants Bancorp.... Read More
Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun named regional power grid leader Suzanne Jaworowski to serve as his secretary of energy and natural resources, his transition team announced Tuesday morning.... Read More
New Jersey-based private security company Securitas is expanding its northern Indiana operations. The company announced this week that it aims to add nearly 170 security professionals in New Carlisle by the end of the year.... Read More
The 2025 salary ordinance adopted by the city council last week includes a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for non-union city employees. Fire department administration will get a 3.8% increase to match their employees' raises, under their union contract.... Read More
The study aims to better understand Indiana’s deer population during times of disease outbreak to create predictable population maps for the species. An often-fatal disease for deer called EHD impacted nearly 500 deer in Indiana last year.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Overdose Lifeline has distributed one million naloxone kits across Indiana since March 2020. The organization works with around 200 partners that distribute the kits as well as making them available through NaloxBoxes and vending machines.... Read More
The Westfield City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a 91-page agreement that sets the terms for Grand Park Sports & Entertainment to take over the 10-year-old sports campus.... Read More
The insurance coverage of hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers could be at risk should the federal government seek to reduce its share of Medicaid costs under the incoming Trump administration. ... Read More
In a packed union hall outside Detroit, a worker shifts the conversation from policy to the personal, quizzing Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on his knowledge of Michigan, the state Buttigieg only recently started calling home.... Read More
