JetBlue, Spirit end $3.8B merger plan after federal judge blocks deal
Spirit CEO Ted Christie said he was disappointed that the airlines could not combine and create a new challenger to the nation’s four biggest airlines.
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Supreme Court rejects state attempts to ban Trump from ballots over Capitol attack
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.
Fever, other WNBA teams see ticket sales jump after Caitlin Clark says she’ll enter draft
Getting University of Iowa star Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft as expected would be a boost to Indiana Fever, which was second-to-last in WNBA home-game attendance last season.
Monroe County hires yet another election supervisor, hoping she’ll stay
The Indiana county lost its top election official nearly every other month since its longtime supervisor resigned over a vote-counting mistake in the 2022 election.
After loss in court, NCAA pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals
The move comes a week after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in an antitrust suit that challenges NCAA rules against recruiting inducements, saying they inhibit athletes’ ability to cash in on their celebrity and fame.
Pato O’Ward signs 2-year extension with McLaren’s IndyCar team
The 24-year-old Mexican driver is entering his fifth full season in IndyCar, all with Arrow McLaren, and late last year was named McLaren’s reserve driver for its Formula 1 team.
Indiana Legislature approves bill adding additional verification steps to voter registration
The bill’s Republican sponsor state Sen. Mike Gaskill called it a “commonsense bill” that adds protections against fraud, but voting advocates have blasted the changes as new hurdles for people seeking to legally cast their ballots.
EPA delays rules for existing natural gas power plants until after November election
In a turnaround from previous plans, the agency said it will review standards for existing gas plants and expand the rules to include more pollutants.
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge increases by most in a year
January’s month-to-month price increase will likely underscore the concern expressed recently by Federal Reserve officials about the risk of cutting interest rates too soon this year.
McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November after record run
The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history.
After years of inflation, Americans finally seeing price slowdown on vehicles
Though inventories of new autos are still well below the roughly 4 million level that prevailed before the pandemic, analysts and dealers say the rising availability suggests that 2024 will be the most affordable year of the past five in which to buy a new car or truck.
4Q economy gets a slight downgrade from government’s initial estimate
U.S. growth has now topped 2% for six straight quarters, defying fears that high interest rates would tip the world’s largest economy into a recession.
Consumer confidence slips as anxiety over potential recession surprisingly reappears
The decline in the consumer confidence index comes after three straight months of improvement.
NASCAR teams hire top antitrust attorney over revenue dispute
Negotiations on a new revenue-sharing model have deteriorated, but The teams do not want to create a breakaway series of their own, citing the demise of CART when Tony George took the Indianapolis 500 away and formed a rival league.
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry says he has late-stage stomach cancer
Henry, 72, was elected to his fifth term as mayor of the city of about 270,000 residents in November.
Supreme Court casts doubt on GOP-led states’ efforts to regulate social media platforms
In nearly four hours of arguments, several justices questioned aspects of laws adopted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in Florida and Texas in 2021. But they seemed wary of a broad ruling.
U.S. sues to block $25B merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons
The Federal Trade Commission said the deal would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices for millions of Americans.
Sideways landing cuts moon mission short
A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission shortened after it tumbled over near the south pole of the moon.
AT&T to give $5 credit to customers hit by cellphone network outage
Indianapolis was one of the top nine markets affected by the AT&T outages, according to outage tracker Downdetector.
Judge hands NCAA another loss, says compensation rules likely violate antitrust law, harm athletes
The Indianapolis-based NCAA said turning rules supported by its members “upside down” will only make an already chaotic situation worse and lessen protections keeping athletes from being exploited.