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In the interim, longtime employee Emily Davenport will serve as president. ... Read More

In his State of the State address Tuesday night, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a major boost to the state's Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative. Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. is awarding $250 million to support READI 2.0.... Read More

After several months of due diligence and approvals from their respective boards, members of Indianapolis-based Co-Alliance Cooperative and Ceres Solutions Cooperative in Crawfordsville have approved a merger to create Keystone Cooperative, effective March 1.... Read More

Armed with a fresh $43 million in investment funding—by far, the largest in the company’s eight-year history—Zionsville-based water management software firm 120Water says it is poised to take advantage of the huge opportunities it sees ahead.... Read More

Allen County business and government leaders are celebrating a year that brought over $770 million in new private investments to the county as well as population retention and growth. ... Read More

A House committee on Tuesday advanced a bill letting beer wholesalers sell liquor-based ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, over the protests of liquor industry representatives.... Read More

Fort Wayne portfolio company Allied Payment Network has new investors in New York-based RF Investment Partners and Michigan-based Plymouth Growth — a move expected to double Allied's year-over-year revenue growth and increase the number of transactions by 40%.... Read More

Just under a year ago, the city of South Bend launched an initiative to help businesses looking to hire highly skilled international employees. In the first year, the city awarded $24,000 in reimbursement costs for six applications from four companies.... Read More

Last November, Gina Leichty became the first women elected mayor of the city of Goshen. Leichty spoke with IIB about the move into the mayoral office, the challenges she hopes to tackle and what it means to be first woman to lead the nearly 200-year-old city. ... Read More

In his eighth and final State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb called for commitments to improving third grade reading levels, expanding the childcare workforce and building greater awareness of the state’s jobs programs.... Read More

A judge Monday dismissed a University of Notre Dame professor's defamation lawsuit against a student-run publication over news coverage of her abortion-rights advocacy.... Read More

EcoVantage, a manufacturer of thermally modified wood products headquartered in the DeKalb County town of St. Joe, is under new ownership. Minnesota-based Arbor Wood Co. has acquired EcoVantage, though financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.... Read More

With the new clinic, the university said more senior psychology faculty will be added and the number of clinical psychology graduate students will triple. ... Read More

As debate heats up among Indiana policymakers over how to address Indiana’s literacy “crisis,” a new statewide dashboard gives a more detailed look at where additional reading supports are needed most. State education officials said the new tool will help...... Read More

Bloomington-based CarDon & Associates plans to more than double the number of units and add new amenities at its Westfield senior living community Copper Trace in a $8.6 million expansion, the management company announced Tuesday. ... Read More

Pence, the older brother of former Vice President and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is currently serving his third term representing Indiana’s 6th Congressional District.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. is awarding $100 million in grants to the Purdue Research Foundation, the university announced Tuesday. Purdue says the grants represent the largest gift in the university's history.... Read More

White is DePauw's 21st president as well as the first woman and person of color to hold the position. She joined the university as president in 2020.... Read More

The projects called Gramercy/Carmel Marketplace and Valentina were originally introduced to the city council in November. At that time, council members voted to delay discussion on the projects until Monday’s meeting due to the size of the developments and because construction would take up to a decade.... Read More

Indiana’s House Republican caucus — 70 strong — will prioritize legislation boosting retirement benefits for public employees and banning antisemitism in public educational institutions, alongside bills on job training and administrative law.... Read More