This week on Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick 3/3/24
Indiana is working to closing the gap on the digital dive. We’ll look at how $1.5 billion in public-private funding is connecting unserved or underserved Hoosiers to the web.... Read More
Indiana is working to closing the gap on the digital dive. We’ll look at how $1.5 billion in public-private funding is connecting unserved or underserved Hoosiers to the web.... Read More
A Chicago-based environmental advocacy group is calling out what it says are serious defects in the air permit renewal for the BP Whiting Refinery. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is currently reviewing the refinery's permit.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Elevate Ventures on Friday released its annual report for 2023. CEO Christopher Day said that while investment numbers were down compared to the previous year, 2023 was a year of "tremendous growth" for the venture studio.... Read More
Munster-based Community Healthcare System this week announced a rebranding. Beginning July 1, the health system will be known as Powers Health, which it says marks a strategic evolution and unites the brand "under one clear and distinct identity."... Read More
The Indiana University Board of Trustees unanimously agreed Friday morning to not split the Kinsey Institute into a not-for-profit to satisfy a new state that lawmakers passed last year banning the institute from using state dollars... Read More
Senate Bill 146 would lower the minimum age of a teenager serving alcohol from 19 to 18, so long as they had a supervisor over the age of 21.... Read More
Indiana senators gave final approval Thursday for a literacy overhaul bill that will require reading-deficient third graders to be held back a year in school. Senate Bill 1, which seeks to remedy Indiana’s literacy “crisis” by requiring schools to...... Read More
The University of Saint Francis community can both support a new campus project and leave their mark through its new "Brick by Brick" fundraiser.... Read More
A not-for-profit center for entrepreneurship in Bloomington is piloting a new accelerator program designed to boost innovation and economic growth in the Indiana Uplands region. The Mill will launch the Indiana Uplands Accelerator, an eight-week program for...... Read More
The Indianapolis City Market is set to close at the end of the business day Friday to make way for a major redevelopment project that is expected to put the historic venue out of business for at least two years. Construction could last up to two years.... Read More
Indiana lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that expands the power of the state to verify voters' addresses and adds an additional residency requirement for first-time voters. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Mike Gaskill, called it a “common sense bill” that...... Read More
West Lafayette-based life sciences startup Amplified Sciences has secured more funding to further develop its pancreatic cancer diagnostic platform. The company has received two investments totaling $108,000 from the Flywheel Fund.... Read More
Warsaw-based not-for-profit health services provider Bowen Center plans to open four health clinics in the next few weeks in northeast Indiana, marking the latest expansions for the largest community health center in the state.... Read More
A local group led by a Terre Haute business owner is asking the community to get creative and submit their ideas for a chance to inspire the city's new flag. Our partners at WTWO-TV report Ethan Page and a group of community members have formed a...... Read More
The grants are awarded to support the needs of residents in the Central Indiana county, especially in arts and culture, community betterment, economic development, education, and human services.... Read More
A Lafayette-based organization that provides workforce development services for a 12-county region has a new leader. The Region 4 Workforce Board on Wednesday announced Gregg Notestine as its new CEO and executive director.... Read More
After a nearly five-month process, the town of Merrillville has approved a new town slogan. The Merrillville Town Council this week said residents overwhelmingly voted "Merrillville, The Heart of the Region" as the new slogan.... Read More
Preparations have begun for a major highway improvement project in Vanderburgh County. The Indiana Department of Transportation says it is investing about $150 million to make the Lloyd Expressway more efficient and safer for drivers to navigate.... Read More
An activist investor group is pushing for a shakeup of Elanco Animal Health Inc.’s board of directors and the removal of CEO Jeff Simmons, saying the Greenfield-based company has underperformed its peers and destroyed billions of dollars of shareholder value.... Read More
Indiana University trustees are expected to vote Friday on a plan meant to bring the school in compliance with a 2023 state law that bars it from using state funds to support the Kinsey Institute. But school officials have not revealed details about how...... Read More