Indiana's unemployment rate remained at 2.8% in September, unchanged from the previous month. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says the state gained 10,500 private sector jobs last month.... Read More
Health economic researchers from the University of California, Berkeley on Thursday shared their analysis of Indiana’s healthcare markets — determining that the concentration of insurers and hospitals has contributed to higher costs over the last decade.... Read More
West Lafayette-based venture studio DIAL Ventures has launched its first startup. Croft says its Software-as-a-Service platform streamlines the H-2A visa process, which allows farmers to legally hire migrant workers for seasonal labor.... Read More
A coalition of partners in northeast Indiana has created the Parkview Opportunity Scholars award, a program that will give Fort Wayne high school seniors the opportunity to complete a college degree and launch their careers with Parkview Health. ... Read More
Butler University marked the grand opening of its new Esports Park on Thursday with a big announcement. The university says the facility, plans for which were first announced in 2019, will host the 2023 Big East Esports championships next March.... Read More
Former President George W. Bush will join Purdue University President Mitch Daniels for the final Presidential Lecture Series event of Daniels’ tenure. The discussion will focus on leadership in challenging times and the responsibilities of being informed.... Read More
A new $30 million sports and rec park, bold downtown development plans, and the transformation of an old windshield wiper factory into a distillery are in the works in Valparaiso. Mayor Matt Murphy has more on the major projects expected to transform the city.... Read More
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana is searching for its next group of Indy's Best and Brightest.... Read More
Richmond-based Reid Health broke ground this week on $100 million hospital campus in Connersville. The health system says the project, which will include a two-story, 177,000-square-foot outpatient facility, is set to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2024.... Read More
A state panel tasked with charting Indiana’s energy future on Wednesday approved recommendations that at times pit budget-friendliness and reliability against a shift toward alternative fuel sources that is already in progress.... Read More
A building in downtown New Castle has been given new life by providing local entrepreneurs a temporary brick-and-mortar space. Local businesses can set up in the Popped space for up to a week, and the building is already booked through the rest of the year.... Read More
Mishawaka-based Franciscan Health has awarded grants to 57 nonprofits in its service area through its Social Impact Partnership Program, which represents an investment of $450,000. ... Read More
After scouring the countryside for the past five years looking for vintage advertising signs and other memorabilia, the owners of Crawfordsville-based Route 32 Auctions and the Indy Advertising Show have changed direction.... Read More
Thousands of immigrant children who came through legal channels to Indiana — roughly 17% — don’t have insurance coverage and the Indiana Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana voted Wednesday to do something about it.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Steel Dynamics Inc. (Nasdaq: STLD) is reporting third quarter net income of $914 million, down from $991 million during the same period last year.... Read More
Lafayette-based STEM Education Works is partnering with the Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center at Purdue University to establish a new Design and Innovation Studio at Endress+Hauser's Greenwood campus.... Read More
Local restaurateur Scott Wise and his wife, Amy Wise, filed for personal bankruptcy protection earlier this month, following an unsuccessful attempt to work through financial issues related to the failure of the Scotty’s Brewhouse restaurant chain.... Read More
A cavernous, vacant manufacturing plant in St. Joseph County that at one time produced General Motors (NYSE: GM) Hummer H2 SUVs, and an assortment of other autos and vans over the past two decades, could once again start producing vehicles. ... Read More
A newly-released fiscal study of the state’s near-total abortion ban shows Indiana will need to spend almost $44 million in Fiscal Year 2023 to cover additional costs related to births and lawsuits.... Read More
The Northwest Indiana Forum and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. have approved nearly $3.2 million in Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative funding for six projects. The projects represent more than $11 million in total investment.... Read More
