MARCH 14-20, 2025
The new Cadillac Formula One team that will be headquartered in Fishers could bring with it more high-tech companies to take root in the city that has made the business of technology a focus for more than a decade. Also in this week’s paper, Susan Orr details dozens of lawsuits filed against a pair of brothers involving more than 200 residential properties around Indianapolis. And Daniel Bradley explains how Noblesville officials are trying to make the city’s downtown more pedestrian-friendly.
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F1 headquarters is ‘dynamic opportunity’ for Fishers
The new Cadillac Formula One team that will be headquartered in Fishers could bring with it more opportunities for high-tech companies to take root in the city that has made the business of technology a focus for more than a decade.
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Local brothers named in dozens of lawsuits over real estate deals
More than 200 residential properties around Indianapolis are connected to at least one of the more than two dozen active lawsuits that investors, lenders and contractors have filed against brothers Jeremy and Joshua Tucker.
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Q&A with the head of Lilly manufacturing, who meticulously tracks gains in work, life
“People come together, operators, with their supervisors at 6 a.m. every morning, and they talk about what issues they have and how they propose to solve it. Those get escalated through all levels of management.”
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Rootstock Hospitality Group grows portfolio with Aberdeen Social House
For Andrew Vudis and Ryan Craig, former Ruth’s Chris Steak House executives who established Rootstock Hospitality Group in 2017, Aberdeen Social House represents a bold culinary statement.
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Noblesville aims to create pedestrian-focused downtown
Downtown Noblesville is no stranger to construction, as any resident or business owner in the area can attest. And one of the largest projects yet is expected to begin next year.
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Mark Montieth: Hobbled in college, Robbie Hummel could make Final Four as a star broadcaster
He will have worked 84 games by the time his broadcasting season ends, which is about 35 more than the industry norm for elite announcers.
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Council committee recommends $66M in bonds for Old City Hall redevelopment
The $249 million plan calls for rehabilitating the 116-year-old former municipal building at 202 Alabama St. and building a 387-foot tower with 186 apartments, 23 condominiums and 156 hotel rooms.
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Ray Skillman planning to relocate west-side Indy dealerships to Whitestown
Indianapolis-based Ray Skillman Auto Group has submitted plans to the town of Whitestown to build its first car dealerships in the northern suburbs.
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Hubler Automotive Group acquires Beck Toyota dealership
The Beck dealership began selling vehicles near the intersection of U.S. 31 South and Stop 11 Road in 1986.
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Mark Cuban to headline Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Indianapolis
A program of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, the event is an annual convening of business and investment leaders from around the world.
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MIBOR opposes Fishers plan to cap single-family rentals in city
Chris Pryor, chief advocacy officer for the MIBOR Realtor Association, said organization leadership is concerned that the proposed ordinance would restrict property rights, limit housing options in Fishers and interfere with the free market.
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Pet perks: More employers offering pet insurance, letting pups come to the office
The rise of pet insurance and pet-friendly workplaces comes amid wider societal changes with health benefits experts citing people waiting longer to have children and increasingly treating pets as part of the family.
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Editorial: Backlog in testing rape kits must be eliminated now
The House has taken steps to eliminate the backlog in rape kits that need processing. We urge the Senate and Gov. Mike Braun’s administration to finish the job.
Read MoreLesley Weidenbener: Learning from R2-D2 and C-3PO
I was thinking about Star Wars as I prepared for a conversation with robot expert Sooyeon Jeong, a Purdue University professor who is studying how to use artificial intelligence to ensure that robots can better communicate with humans.
Read MoreKymyona Burk: How Indiana became a leader in early literacy policy
Alabama, Indiana and South Carolina have built a better foundation for students to learn how to read than most of the country. But this extraordinary feat didn’t happen overnight.
Read MoreE.L. ‘Mick’ McDaniel: How clean-energy tax credits fuel jobs and innovation
Over the past five years, the solar industry has experienced a manufacturing boom, with new factories being announced almost daily.
Read MoreRep. Greg Porter: Let’s make non-opioid alternatives available to Hoosiers
The opioid epidemic has already cost us too many lives, and by adopting HB 1358, we can give health care providers more tools to treat pain without relying on opioids.
Read MoreCaitlin Krouse: Paid family leave is prescription for a healthier Indiana
Paid leave helps balance work and caregiving responsibilities without sacrificing one for the other.
Read MoreTamara Winfrey-Harris: We can build a better future for Hoosier women
Women in our community are vulnerable. Women in central Indiana are wrangling with systemic challenges that will not let them reach their full potential. But change is possible, and the power lies in our hands.
Read MorePete the planner: Don’t fret about swooning stocks—the market rewards patience
Whether it was 9/11, the housing market meltdown of 2008 or the COVID market crash (which lasted only 148 days), world events have a way of convincing us that the isolated dynamics of the time will lead to unprecedented market peril.
Read MoreSamantha Julka: In a changing climate, follow the woolly mammoths
I wonder if the parallels are true and whether what we learn from history could be foreshadowing for today.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Arguments supporting tariffs fail to account for what happens next
The government does not add to prosperity, upward mobility and economic security by forcing citizens to buy high-cost domestic goods instead of low-cost foreign goods.
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Homebuilder preparing for town house project near Nickel Plate Trail in Fishers
Nickel Row will consist of 35 town houses along the Nickel Plate Trail, south of East 116th Street.
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Chicago-based venture firm adds Indianapolis-based partner
Chicago-based M25, a venture firm that invests in early-stage Midwestern tech startups, has named local entrepreneur Brian Powers as its Indianapolis-based venture partner.
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Indianapolis Pizza Festival to debut this summer on Monument Circle
TikTok food critic Tommy Barrett wants to find the best pizza in Indiana during a summer festival on Monument Circle.
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Sen. Gary Byrne: School board elections are already partisan
School boards are one of the most important elected offices in our state.
Read MoreTerry Spradlin: SBA 287 puts politics over Indiana students
Contrary to claims, most boards do not operate on a political basis.
Read MoreClaire Fiddian-Green: The movie ‘Hoosiers’ highlights important life lessons
It adeptly conveys valuable life lessons that still ring true today.
Read MoreJim Shella: The media, social media and Jim Banks
Numerous reports of the hacking were made to Meta by me and by friends and family, and there was no response.
Read MorePierre Atlas: Trump abandons our allies, American global leadership
If Ukraine falls, who will be next?
Read MoreRep. Ed DeLaney: Trump, Indiana Republicans are dealing with amnesia
We are forgetting why we have federalism and how it must work.
Read MoreGeorge Hornedo: Rebuilding democratic power in Indiana
The next generation of leaders must step up—not just to win races but to build an infrastructure that lasts.
Read MoreCurt Smith: Braun shaping government into frugal, effective asset
All signs at this early stage suggest Braun has assembled a capable team of leaders to guide state government.
Read MoreAbdul-Hakim Shabazz: So what exactly is a Marion County Republican?
I like to think of myself as a moderate-conservative Republican who has voted for Democrats and Libertarians in the past.
Read MoreDana Black: Democrats must refocus on being out in the community
We don’t need to invent anything new; rather, we need to offer support and show up as Democrats where service is needed.
Read MoreDeborah Daniels: Trump’s approach to cuts has not been constructive
While the concepts might have merit, the execution has been abysmal.
Read MoreDr. Richard Feldman: A reminder about the impact of vaccines
We’re at a dangerous tipping point.
Read MoreBrad Rateike: Your employees are not you, and that’s a good thing
Instead of expecting my colleagues to send ideas to me, maybe I need to invert the pyramid.
Read MoreBrad Rateike: Please just wave when someone allows you to merge
I think a lot about ‘I see you’ in my daily life and wonder if I do a good job at that.
Read MoreBrian Schutt: Focus on home, hope and help in talent development
Entrepreneurs are adaptive and resilient.
Read MoreJennifer Wagner Chartier: Strategies for dealing with difficult people, times
We can’t take action if we’re consumed by distraction.
Read MoreShariq Siddiqui: Which nonprofits should get Muslim zakat?
Zakat can be collected by institutions, but due to distrust in institutions, zakat has become more individual than communal.
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