Indianapolis Business Journal

Oct. 18-24, 2024

More than 150 employees of the city of Indianapolis make less per year than the amount of money that city recognizes as the benchmark for a living wage. That’s $18 per hour. Only recently did the city raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour. As Taylor Wooten reports, one city-county councilor is raising an alarm about adequately compensating some of the city workers who have the most interactions with residents. Also in this week’s issue, Cate Charron profiles the candidates for Indiana governor: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick, the state’s former superintendent of public instruction. And Daniel Bradley examines plans for a $110 million housing and retail development that Whitestown officials believe represents a big step toward improving the town’s amenity base and quality of life.

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Made in Indiana: German-inspired wines by Winzerwald Winery

History: Dan and Donna Adams established Winzerwald Winery in June 2002 on a picturesque hill overlooking Interstate 64 in the southern Indiana uplands. Dan’s great-great grandfather Jakob Loesch was a winemaker and cooper (wine barrel craftsman) in Germany. Donna’s dad, Frank Mittelstadt, was a home winemaker where Donna grew up near Madison, Wisconsin. The couple […]

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Former state Sen. Dennis Neary dies at 80

Dennis Patrick Neary, who served four terms in the Indiana Senate before becoming the longtime director of legislative affairs for the Indiana Health Care Association, died Monday at his home in Carmel, according to his family.

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