Safety Management Group acquires Trinity Safety Group
The combination of the two Indianapolis-based firms is expected to to result in increased job opportunities for environmental, health and safety professionals.
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Cannabis consumption lounge to open in Fountain Square
WildEye Cannabis, dedicated to the consumption of cannabidiols, is scheduled to open Friday in Fountain Square.
Inflation takes March tumble at wholesale level
The U.S. government said plunging energy prices pulled the producer price index down 0.5% in March from February. It marks the biggest decrease in producer prices in three years.
Wetlands protections remain intact after pushback from environmental groups
Indiana lawmakers removed controversial language from a bill that would have effectively stripped protections for certain wetlands, but Republican leadership in both the House and Senate expressed support for reviving the language.
U.S. traffic deaths dropped slightly in 2022, but remain high
Pedestrian and cyclist fatalities increased, as did the number of deaths involving unbelted passengers, alcohol-impaired driving, speeding and trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds.
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes into test flight
The company plans to use Starship to send people and cargo to the moon and, eventually, Mars. NASA has reserved a Starship for its next moonwalking team, and rich tourists are already booking lunar flybys.
21st Century Scholar enrollment, military tax exemption bills head to governor
Lawmakers are still hashing out other proposals to require financial literacy education and decrease health care costs
Homebuilder proposes 220 new houses along 96th Street in Fishers
The 109-acre Flat Fork development would be divided into eastern and western parcels with 96 lots on 46 acres in one section and 124 lots on 59 acres in the other.
Partner in planned Indianapolis battery plant facing financial distress
In June, Slovakian startup InoBat announced it was partnering with New York City-based Ideanomics to build the research, development and manufacturing facility. But Ideanomics now says it’s not sure it will be in business in a year.
State letting AES Indiana discharge toxic water into White River, group says
An Indiana environmental group says the utility is pumping more than 1 million gallons of contaminated water a day into the river from coal ash ponds at its Eagle Valley Generating Station in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.
As U.S. sports betting booms, online casino gambling slow to expand
While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino wagering along with it.
Concert livestreaming platform Mandolin to cease operations
Conceptualized through venture studio High Alpha, Mandolin emerged during the pandemic as a successful concert livestreaming platform.
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill
The court extended women’s access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication’s Food and Drug Administration approval continues.
Amazon HQ2 was thought up pre-pandemic, but the world is hybrid now
Amazon first announced its plans for its second headquarters in fall 2018, but the pandemic has thrown them into disarray as white-collar workers traded their commutes for their living rooms.
Wes Montgomery Park scoring $2.6M basketball pavilion
The park, named after the Indianapolis-born jazz guitarist, will soon be home to the city parks system’s first covered outdoor basketball courts.
Westfield-based ag-tech firm Taranis names new CEO
Westfield-based agricultural technology company Taranis Inc. on Tuesday announced the promotion of Opher Flohr to chief executive, succeeding Bar Veinstein.
When managers try to be therapists, worker mental health can suffer
While workplaces usually have basic guidelines for managers on how to address issues such as like worker anxiety and depression, few have guardrails in place so they know what not to say.
Indiana revenue forecast exceeds projections as recession fears wane
State lawmakers have $1.5 billion more to work with than expected in the next two-year budget, according to revenue figures released by the Indiana State Budget Agency on Wednesday. But it’s unclear where that money will be directed.
Elevance Health tops 1Q forecasts on Medicaid growth
Company shares tumbled 5% at the start of trading Wednesday after Elevance also announced an updated 2023 forecast that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
Senate’s $43.3B state budget advances to conference committee, where negotiations will continue
The proposed version of the budget doesn’t include any expansion of school vouchers, which House Speaker Todd Huston has personally pushed for, nor does it finalize funding for mental health and public health commitments.