FEB. 13-19, 2026
Indianapolis-based mall giant Simon Property Group bettered Wall Street expectations in 2025, thanks to increases in the rent it charges retailers and higher sales figures across its 254 propoerties. Mickey Shuey digs into Simon’s strategy. Also in this week’s issue, Taylor Wooten reports on the likelihood that state legislators will pare down Indiana’s township government model. And in IBJ’s Q&A feature, Jill Ehnes describes her rise to president of Delta Faucet.
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Simon Property Group’s investments pay off
The real estate investment trust bettered Wall Street expectations in 2025, thanks to increases in the rent it charges retailers and the increasing numbers of shoppers and higher sales figures across its 254 properties.
Read MoreFishers company sued over bonds for unfinished West Virginia mine project
More than 2-1/2 years later, the project is far from completed, the subsidiary that was overseeing it has been spun off, and the companies are mired in a lawsuit.
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Results-oriented approach led President Jill Ehnes up Delta Faucet ladder
Ehnes talked to IBJ about how she advanced through Delta to lead the company, her favorite products and technologies, and her leadership style.
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Bill would give local governments slice of data centers’ tax break
House Bill 1333 would require data center developers that receive sales tax exemptions to give 1% of the abatement to local governments.
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Indiana will likely finally consolidate townships. But how?
Critics say the township model is outdated and inefficient and adds an unnecessary layer of government. Legislation from both chambers of the Indiana Statehouse would pare down township government.
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Mark Montieth: The Pacers’ history of eleventh-hour trades has been a mixed bag
In the NBA, the February trade deadline makes things happen.
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Indiana’s largest hospital systems hit state-imposed price targets in recent years, report says
House Enrolled Act 1004, passed in 2023, required the Indiana Department of Insurance to contract with a third party to calculate how Indiana’s nonprofit hospital systems’ commercial prices compared to Medicare reimbursements over time.
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Rental ordinances in Fishers, Carmel come under threat from state lawmakers
Language buried in a bill about local finances would override ordinances in Carmel and Fishers and prevent other local governments from restricting or banning rental properties.
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More Indiana college degree programs in jeopardy
Indiana lawmakers on Monday revisited a controversial provision in Senate Bill 199 that would require state officials to scrutinize and potentially eliminate certain low-wage college degree programs offered at Indiana’s public institutions.
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Defense Department turns to startup to meet growing quantum computing needs
Lafayette-based Quantum Research Sciences develops software for quantum computers so large they fill up a room, just like the IBM mainframes from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Nationalize our elections? No, that’s a terrible idea. Here’s why.
Having states administer elections divides power among people and parties. It assures that not everyone who oversees voting comes from the same background or culture or religion or politician persuasion.
Read MoreMitch Frazier: Stories connect product makers, product users
In every county in the state, there is a story to be told about people building great products. Let’s work together to identify and craft those stories.
Read MoreKatie Jenner: It’s time to end the social media experiment on kids
An entire generation of Hoosier children is bearing the weight of the largest unregulated experiment ever conducted on young minds, and the discussion our state is having today on this issue is long overdue.
Read MoreTrish Demeter: Lawmakers can encourage advanced power production
It is tough to build new energy projects because businesses view the state’s permitting system as a huge risk. They face patchwork regulations that vary from county to county, long delays in processing applications and arbitrary restrictions when they try to invest in Indiana’s critical energy supply.
Read MoreMichelle Cirocco: An untapped talent pipeline is hiding behind prison walls
Second-chance hiring is often framed around rehabilitation and social responsibility. While important, that framing obscures the core business logic: In a tight labor market, artificial barriers to employment hurt companies more than candidates.
Read MoreRonak Shah: Opt-outs show facilities plan should be scrapped
The transportation plan is popular, simpler and has needed minimal amendment. Let’s give that a shot.
Read MoreJalene Hahn: Don’t leave yourself open to retirement tax surprises
For those who have accumulated multimillion-dollar accounts, the saved funds bring significant, often overlooked, tax and logistical challenges in retirement.
Read MoreTiffany Sauder: Without priorities, your goals will stay in the future
Because there is never enough time to do everything.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Talk to the Hand: Learned formula determines negligence
Economists studying tort law consider how liability rules shape behavior, risk-taking and social well-being.
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Cadillac F1 unveils black and white design for race cars
CEO Dan Towriss called the design — unveiled in a Super Bowl ad — “bold, modern and unmistakably American.”
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Riverview Health names Arkansas hospital executive as new CEO
The new hire will replace interim CEO John Bowen on April 1.
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Whiskey company to open tasting room along East 46th Street
Circle City Whiskey Co. plans to open a tasting room in March near the intersection of East 46th Street and the Nickel Plate Trail.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Hess to step down from med school after 13 years of growth, patient impact
As only the second outsider in 100 years to be named dean of the IU School of Medicine, Hess got busy when he arrived in 2013, traveling to all corners of the state, learning about the culture and building relationships.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Once reluctant, Mills led Community transformation
Mills came to Community in 1985 from Ernst & Young to serve as controller at Community Hospital North.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: CICOA program aims to keep seniors out of hospital
CICOA’s community health care workers intervene to help keep such obstacles from derailing a patient’s recovery and forcing them back into a hospital.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: IU mobile lung cancer screening saving lives
The effort launched in 2023 after IU Health leaders identified lung cancer screening as a major gap in preventive care, particularly outside large urban centers.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Program preps schools for student cardiac arrest
Kean first encountered Project ADAM while training in Wisconsin, where the national program was founded.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Program helps kids learn to use their wheelchairs
What emerged was a four-session program offered on consecutive Saturdays each April to train kids on how to use wheelchairs in challenging real-world environments.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Nurse finds her calling in educating others
Bringing the simulator to Franciscan is another in a long line of achievements Harrell has racked up during more than 20 years in the medical field.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Hancock Health is ‘exactly the right place’ for leader
The Greenfield-based organization with one hospital will mark its 75th anniversary in September. Long has been president and CEO nearly 12 years.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Doctor gives children with neurofibromatosis new treatment options
Dr. D. Wade Clapp bridges lab innovation and clinical practice in his twin roles as chair of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and physician-in-chief at Riley Hospital for Children.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Community offers melanoma patients new hope
Community Health Network began treating patients with a new treatment, called TIL therapy, last September and remains the only certified center in Indiana to offer the treatment.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Psychologist helps student athletes at Arsenal Tech
Elaine Gilbert leads the eight-week Mental Resiliency Training Program, which teaches skills such as coping and emotional regulation to help athletes manage stress, build resilience and enhance their focus.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Providing compassionate mental-health assistance
Hancock County’s Mobile Response Team was founded in 2022 as a collaboration between Community Health Network, Hancock Health and local law enforcement.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Providing care for the whole person
Licensed behavioral health consultants—psychologists, social workers, etc.—at The Jane Pauley Community Health Center provide support for patients experiencing mental-health challenges that are affecting their physical health.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Police chief and pup bring smiles to IU Health
Shannon Trump, chief of police for IU Health’s Department of Public Safety, helped bring K9 Elliott to the hospital system.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Physician assistant has provided care to burn victims for 30 years
Madeline Zieger, a physician assistant, has been working for IU Health Medical Group in the burn centers at both Riley Hospital for Children and Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital for more than 30 years.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Eskenazi pharmacist helps patients manage opioid prescriptions
Michelle Brown is the health care system’s first pharmacy specialist with a concentration in pain and opioid stewardship.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Doctor is on cutting edge of brain, spine disorders
Dr. Andrew DeNardo’s goals are to “provide compassionate and cutting-edge care and bring innovative products to advance that care.”
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Doctor makes future bright for sick kids
Riley Children Health’s Dr. Riad Lutfi is credited with transforming the way the hospital cares for its most complex and vulnerable patients.
Read More2026 Excellence in Health Care: Doctor guides patients, families through death
Dr. Claire Willard is the medical director of Eskenazi Health Palliative Care. She sees patients with serious illness during hospitalizations, as well as follow-ups in outpatient settings.
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2026 Excellence in Health Care: Volunteer educates families on safe infant sleep
Terri Reed meets directly with parents in hospital rooms, shortly after the arrival of their child, to discuss safe sleep practices.
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