Indianapolis event-software firm plans to hire more than 100 workers
Socio is just two years old but already has hundreds of clients across six continents, including Google, Microsoft, PepsiCo and Hyundai.
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City panel OKs TIF-like districts to help Warfleigh, other flood-prone areas
The City-County Council’s public works committee voted unanimously Thursday night to move a proposal forward that would establish a so-called “flood control improvement district” in the Warfleigh neighborhood, plus parts of Broad Ripple and near Butler University.
Top Indiana CEOs drop $650K on PACs, races
An IBJ analysis of political giving this election by CEOs of Indiana’s biggest companies found 56 executives donated $650,000 to nearly 92 organizations and candidates seeking federal office.
Disease-diagnostics firm plans to invest $5.3M, hire up to 31 workers
MiraVista Diagnostics, which processes more than 100,000 fungal-infection tests annually, plans to double the size of its headquarters near Indianapolis International Airport.
Obama planning visit to Gary to rally for Democrats
The Indiana Democratic Party announced Wednesday morning that former President Barack Obama will be at the Genesis Convention Center to encourage people to vote early and recruit volunteers for Election Day.
Old Southside targeted for $4M city investment through Lift Indy program
The funds are expected to help the neighborhood and its partners invest in upgrades to the area’s local park and improve the infrastructure of South Meridian Street, as well as build several hundred new units of affordable housing.
Democrats blast text message with incorrect early-voting information
Indiana Democratic Party Chairman John Zody called a press conference Tuesday to condemn what he said is the spreading of false voting information. The conservative group blamed for the text denied involvement.
U.S. Senate candidates meet in relatively calm final debate
The candidates—Joe Donnelly, Mike Braun and Lucy Brenton—were asked about foreign policy, climate change, sexual assault and immigration, but health care seemed to be the main topic Donnelly and Braun wanted to address.
Indiana becomes epicenter of campaign battles over Trump trade policies
Tariffs are weighing heavily on the tossup U.S. Senate contest between Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly and Republican Mike Braun.
Indiana U.S. Senate candidates to face off in final debate
The race is one of the most closely watched in the United States and could determine which party controls the Senate next year.
Developer to revamp 50-year-old, south-side apartment complex
Birge & Held plans to rehabilitate the 304-unit community and target low- and moderate-income renters, who face a shortage of affordable housing.
Trump returning to Indiana two times before Election Day
President Donald Trump is expected to headline a rally Friday in a Marion County high school gymnasium. He also plans an appearance in Fort Wayne on Nov. 5.
Trump briefly campaigns for two of Indiana’s congressmen at FFA convention
During his remarks at the National FFA Convention and Expo at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday, President Donald Trump talked about the Pittsburgh shooting and trade deals, and brought two Indiana congressmen on stage.
Obscure state law could shake up the race for the IPS board
Less than two weeks before the election for Indianapolis Public Schools board, a little-known law could throw a wrench in the race for one candidate.
Indiana sees surge in early voting vs. 2014 midterm election
Early voting began Oct. 10 in Indiana, but not all early voting sites have opened in some counties.
House Ways & Means chair at home recovering from motorcycle accident
Rep. Tim Brown, R-Crawfordsville, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident Sept. 12 near the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan.
Trump says new proposal will slash some U.S. drug prices
President Donald Trump said he was “taking aim at the global freeloading that forces American consumers to subsidize lower prices in foreign countries through higher prices in our country.”
Trump focusing on drug prices, high among voters’ concerns
President Donald Trump is linking the drug prices Americans complain about to one of his longstanding grievances: foreign countries the president says are taking advantage of U.S. research breakthroughs.
Experts aren’t expecting watershed year for Hoosier Dems
But talk of a “blue wave” of support for Democratic candidates across the country this year has spread hope to even some of the reddest parts of Indiana.
Donnelly outraises Braun over first half of October
Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly raised more money than his opponent, Republican challenger Mike Braun, as the two campaigns hit the home stretch before the Nov. 6 general election.