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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By city’s own standards, pay rate fails to measure up
Across Indianapolis city-county government, 166 employees earn less than $18 an hour, the benchmark that some groups consider a living wage, including the city’s economic development arm.
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Workhorse Braun leans into his business expertise
After his successful long-shot U.S. Senate campaign in 2018, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is returning home to Indiana—and he hopes to swap the title before his name for governor.
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Educator McCormick touts optimism and opportunity
Jennifer McCormick hasn’t shied away from talking about her decision to flip from identifying as a Republican to a Democrat following her time as state superintendent of public instruction from 2017 to 2021.
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Whitestown looks to proposed $110M project as next step for town
Indianapolis-based New City Development is formulating plans for Padgett Commons, which would be built on 40 acres of undeveloped property east of I-65 near the intersection of East County Road 550 South and Perry Worth Road.
Read MorePurdue preparing for SK Hynix arrival
The university’s leaders are hard at work laying the groundwork to make South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix’s U.S. expansion in West Lafayette a success.
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Mark Montieth: Pacers season looks promising as long as history doesn’t repeat itself
Now, finally, they are poised to escape rebuilding purgatory and embark on an era of consistent excellence such as the franchise enjoyed from 1994-2000, when it reached the conference finals five times in a seven-year span.
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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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With long slate of local projects, construction firm Skender moves offices to fit growing workforce
Skender’s focus on health care, office and municipal projects has reaped millions of square feet of work for the firm in central Indiana since opening its first local office in 2020.
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Ascension St. Vincent set to open new $200M Women and Infants Hospital
Ascension St. Vincent provided a sneak peak Monday of its Women and Infants Hospital, a $200 million project with 30 maternity suites and 109 neonatal intensive care unit rooms.
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Carmel-based investment firm closes on $250M fund
CID Capital recently closed on its fourth investment fund, which brought in $250 million—significantly more than the $200 million the firm had been targeting.
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Indiana-based Do It Best inks agreement to acquire True Value assets
Chicago-based True Value, which has hardware stores throughout Indiana, on Monday began voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, with the goal of selling its business operations to Do It Best Corp.
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Noblesville City Council OKs $250M development near Morse Reservoir with 650 homes
Indianapolis-based developer LOR Corp. plans to build the 175-acre Morse Village on the north side of Noblesville at the intersection of East 206th Street and Hague Road.
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Two former IU men’s basketball players sue university, alleging sexual abuse by former team doctor
The putative lawsuit is seeking class-action status and unspecified money damages on behalf of all players who experienced abuse during their time at Indiana University.
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Banks see the ‘mass affluent’ as hot prospects worth enticing offers
A dramatic shift in cash offers—one-time cash incentives banks offer to new customers—is an example of how keen banks are to land the mass affluent
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Editorial: Time to vote has arrived again, so do your part at the ballot box
Even in presidential election years like this one—when voter buzz is at its peak—Indiana still routinely has some of the lowest voter turnout rates in the nation.
Read MoreGreg Weaver: Retaining state justices is the right thing to do
The selection process for the Indiana Supreme Court is nothing like the political circus that surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court, and Hoosiers should want to keep it that way to maintain appellate courts that are as apolitical as possible.
Read MoreTom Coverdale: Making it possible for Hoosiers to age their way
There are many programs available to assist caregivers and their loved ones, but these programs are of no use if no one knows about them.
Read MoreTim George: The creative economy: Indiana’s missing link
Arts and cultural industries added $9.3 billion to the state’s economy in 2022. That sounds like a lot … and it is. But it’s also just 2% of Indiana’s gross state product.
Read MorePete the Planner: Should you refinance your car loan? Probably not.
Car loans aren’t like those big, long mortgages where you save tens of thousands by shaving off a percentage point or two.
Read MoreSamantha Julka: Leaders, read the room literally before taking action
From an academic perspective, what happened was that the leaders failed to understand the cultural human factors associated with the built environment.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Prejudice hurts both people and the economy
One reason many American workers were worse off was because Chinese labor filled market niches that made American workers more productive.
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Central Indiana existing-home sales rise for third time in past six months
Declining mortgage rates and more inventory led to a positive month for existing-home sales in central Indiana in September, according to the latest data from the MIBOR Realtor Association.
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Community Health planning major expansion of north side cancer center
The Indianapolis-based hospital system wants to add 34,645 square feet to its MD Anderson Cancer Center at 7979 Shadeland Ave., on the Community Hospital North campus.
Read MoreFormer 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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Indiana Farm Bureau names taxes, local water rights as 2025 legislative priorities
The state’s largest agricultural lobbyist group announced its legislative priorities Thursday morning.
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