Indiana is once again among the top states in the U.S. for its tax system. The Washington D.C.-based Tax Foundation's 2022 State Business Tax Climate Index ranks Indiana ninth for its overall tax climate and No. 1 in the Midwest.... Read More
Plainfield-based MD Logistics is mourning the loss of one of its co-founders. Mark Sell, who had previously served as the company's chief executive officer and was most recently its executive advisor, has died after a brief battle with cancer.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has paused the distribution of COVID-19 antibody therapies developed by Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY), as well as one from another pharmaceutical company. The agency cites new data that shows the therapies are unlikely to be effective against the Omicron variant.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded more than $241 million in grant funding for 25 projects, including one in Indiana, to improve port facilities. The funding includes $1.6 million for the Ohio River Pier Project in Tell City.... Read More
New research conducted by Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs examined clinician burnout in healthcare and how it can be addressed... Read More
The boom in U.S. recreational vehicle sales has resulted in the highest-ever annual production mark for the industry that’s centered in northern Indiana.... Read More
All lanes are now open on the new I-69 in Martinsville. The Indiana Department of Transportation says I-69 Finish Line contractors opened 17 miles of free-flow highway to southbound traffic.... Read More
The Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County has awarded more than $475,000 to New Hope for Families. The foundation says the funding will support the nonprofit's Growing New Hope capital campaign.... Read More
The legal status of the organization that operates the South Shore Line in northwest Indiana has been decided thanks to a ruling from the Indiana Supreme Court. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the decision was brought on as a result of legal action against the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District.... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted an Emergency Use Authorization for a COVID-19 At-Home Test developed by Roche Diagnostics. The company says the test will be available across the country beginning in January.... Read More
A former northwestern Indiana mayor is being allowed to stay out of prison while he appeals his conviction on bribery and tax evasion charges.... Read More
The president and general manager of the South Shore Line in northwest Indiana says the Double Track project for the rail line will unlock the potential to access the Chicago market after decades of planning. ... Read More
Elkhart-based ITR Concession Co. is launching a network of smart parking signage for freight and truck drivers who use the Indiana Toll Road. The company says the signage, which will rely on a mix of sensors and cameras, will provide commercial drivers an approximate count of the available parking spaces along the roadway.... Read More
Elkhart-based Thor Industries Inc. (NYSE: THO) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a vehicle technology company based in Germany. Thor says the partners will focus on the continued joint development of a high-voltage electric drive system for towable recreational vehicles.... Read More
The board of directors for Evansville-based Escalade Inc. (Nasdaq: ESCA) has selected Walter Glazer as the company's next chief executive officer. Glazer, who has served in the role on an interim basis since February, has been a member of the Escalade board since 2015.... Read More
An Indiana agency quietly launched a worker training program aimed at high-tech fields amid uncertainty about the effort eight months after it was pumped up with $75 million in federal COVID-19 relief money.... Read More
South Bend-based Lock Joint Tube is planning to grow its existing facility in Texas with a $21 million expansion project. The steel tubing manufacturer, which also has locations in Ohio and Tennessee, says it plans to create more than 30 jobs.... Read More
It’s full steam ahead for two major commuter rail improvement projects in northwest Indiana. Mike Noland has an update on the South Shore Line’s double tracking project from Gary to Michigan City and the 8.5-mile extension of the West Lake Corridor from Hammond to Dyer.... Read More
The chief executive officer of One Southern Indiana says Wednesday's announcement from Louisiana-based Sazerac Co. speaks to the business environment in the region and throughout the entire state. ... Read More
An Illinois man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $145,000 in restitution by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jon DeGuilio. Daniel Urquiza was sentenced following his guilty plea earlier this year for evading assessment of federal income taxes in Hammond.... Read More
