UAW members at Allison Transmission gear up for strike if contract talks don’t progress
The 1,500 members of UAW Local 933 are making plans to walk out at Allison Transmission if the company doesn’t meet the union’s demands.
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Indianapolis-based Market Wagon acquires St. Louis company
Indianapolis-based Market Wagon, which offers home delivery of food and artisan items, has grown its customer base in the St. Louis area with the purchase of Find Your Farmer Inc.
U.S. national debt eclipses $34 trillion for first time
The new milestone comes as lawmakers brace for fiscal showdowns over spending levels in the new year.
Warren Buffett, Phil Knight among top charity donors of 2023
The 2023 list of gifts from individuals or their foundations totaled more than $3.5 billion. Four universities received big gifts, along with four scientific research institutes and a health care system.
Snug bar is Irvington’s new cozy castle of Irish whiskey
Irish whiskey is represented in more than 90 bottles of different brands displayed at Snug, which opens Tuesday.
City hopes to start Union Station overpass rehabs this year, land new tenant for Grand Hall
Each street running below the overpasses—including adjacent stretches in the open air—would undergo improvements, to cut down on vehicle parking, increase pedestrian access and pay homage to historical and cultural milestones in the city’s history.
Electric vehicle models eligible for $7,500 tax credit cut to 13
Narrower criteria reduced the number of qualifying models to 13 from about two dozen, according to federal data. The new rules exclude from the tax credit vehicles that use battery components made by Chinese manufacturers.
Child care legislation coming, but costs make passage iffy
Indiana lawmakers expect to file and advance significant child care legislation during the upcoming session, after years of advocacy from Hoosier parents, child care providers and worker-strapped businesses.
IBJ Podcast: Statehouse reporters preview the upcoming legislative session
Managing Editor Greg Weaver talks with two Statehouse reporters—IBJ’s Peter Blanchard and State Affairs’ Kaitlin Lange—about what to expect at the Legislature in the coming weeks.
Five things to know about the new FAFSA form for college aid
The redesigned form is a product of two bipartisan laws passed three years ago to streamline the application process and increase access to grant and scholarship money.
Millennials find way to buy houses: Living with mom and dad
Hunkering down with family offers breathing room to save for a home. The trade-off comes down to temporarily relinquishing a measure of independence to achieve a milestone increasingly out of reach for people their age.
Chief Justice Roberts casts wary eye on artificial intelligence in federal courts
Chief Justice John Roberts turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies.
After landmark legislation, Indiana Republican leaders call for short, ‘fine-tuning’ session
The General Assembly beginning Jan. 8 must adjourn by March 14 and will be closed to items with a fiscal impact.
Gil de Ferran, Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 56
Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida.
Departing City-County Council VP Zach Adamson reflects on 12-year run
In an interview with IBJ, the outgoing council vice president reflected on his time as the first openly gay leader to hold countywide office in Indianapolis and on his efforts to improve landlord accountability, animal welfare and environmental protection.
Carmel planning $13M expansion of Monon Greenway
The expansion will widen the Monon Greenway from 14 feet to 140 feet between Walnut Street and City Center Drive.
IBJ’s 10 most-read stories of 2023 include reports about ‘Good Bones,’ Circle Centre
Two stories about Two Chicks and a Hammer—the company behind “Good Bones”—made the list: one about the house-flipping show ending after eight seasons and the other about the closing of its Bates-Hendricks shop.
Year in review: Influential people who died in 2023
Henry Kissinger, Rosalynn Carter, Dianne Feinstein, Sandra Day O’Connor, Tina Turner, Suzanne Somers, Matthew Perry, Raquel Welch, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Belafonte and Norman Lear were among the long list of notable deaths over the past year.
Solar eclipse activities planned around Indianapolis and beyond in 2024
Communities and groups are planning events large and small for the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse, with a path of totality that will briefly plunge the Indianapolis area and much of the rest of the state into darkness.