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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Educator, wife, mom: those are all words Natasha Baker would use to describe herself. A new one has been added to the list after last week’s election: Senator-elect of District 22. Right now, she’s using her background as an educator to teach constituents about...
INDIANAPOLIS — A water main break triggered a closure of South East Street in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday. According to Citizens Energy Group, the break occurred in the northbound lanes of South East Street between Georgia and Washington streets. Traffic on northbound East Street was restricted while crews worked to resolve the issue. Water in […]
Garten is poised to replace the outgoing Senate leader, State Sen. Rod Bray (R-Martinsville), next week. However, it's unclear if his re-election bid was successful.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO) — Indiana Governor Mike Braun is highlighting a state workforce training program that is helping utility workers earn higher wages while giving businesses tools to retain skilled employees. The Power Up Employer Training Grant, launched last year, allows participating businesses to receive reimbursements of up to...
Indiana Governor Mike Braun continues to accelerate housing affordability and availability through the Indiana Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative (READI). In Southeast Indiana, local and regional officials earlier this week broke ground on Lighthouse Landing, a new riverfront residential development in Aurora that will create more opportunities for Hoosiers in Dearborn County and the surrounding region.
If a pipe bursts this winter, you’ll want to know exactly where your master shutoff valve is. Hoosiers who find it now, before the first hard freeze, save themselves a frantic search later. Here are the things Indiana homeowners should do before the first hard freeze. 1. Unhooking Your...
Chain O’Lakes, Ouabache and Pokagon will be closed to the public during controlled deer management hunts.
STATEWIDE — Indiana is making progress in helping students prepare for their careers, according to a new Strada Education report. Officials said the Hoosier state is one of five states to reach the advanced level in career coaching for bachelor’s students. “There’s a lot of emphasis from a policy standpoint with Secretary of Education Katie […]
In preparation for winter preparedness week, INDOT West Central announced it has equipped over 150 trucks, 280 drivers, and 24,000 tons of salt to maintain 144 regional snow routes.
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Political maneuverings by Indiana leaders could raise costs for AES Indiana and the electricity customers they seek to aid, the utility’s representatives are warning in testimony to state regulators. They maintain that neither a BlackRock-backed buyout of parent company AES nor a Google data center planned for central Indiana will impact a […]
A Marion County judge dismissed a class action lawsuit Nov. 12 against Martin University, though students may be able to file another legal claim against the college. The civil lawsuit was filed in April by a group of former staff and students, as well as the Martin University Alumni Association. In the complaint, university community members claimed the school failed in its duties to provide educational training and services as promised.
Indiana has a brand new political party after election day. The Lincoln Party, championed by secretary of state candidate Greg Ballard, won nearly 4% of the vote, granting them ballot access for the next four years. Party leadership says they will run high-quality candidates in races they feel can be...
The holiday season is getting brighter at the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center. Christmas Nights of Lights, presented by Fifth Third Bank, is open nightly through Dec. 31, 2026, with more than one million LED lights synchronized to holiday music. Families drive the 2.1-mile route at their own pace and take in the sights and sounds of Christmas from the comfort of their own vehicle.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A major road construction project on Indy’s south side has hit a snag and people who live nearby want to know why. In September 2024, the City of Indianapolis announced a “road diet” project for Madison Avenue, which will shrink the number of lanes and add new curbs and sidewalks. But nearly two […]
Indiana’s leaders love to celebrate big economic development announcements. Billions in corporate investments, thousands of promised jobs, and ambitious construction timelines make for impressive headlines. But what happens when the rush to deliver those projects comes at the expense of the Hoosiers who already live and work in these communities?
Indiana Democrats won local, state and federal offices on a platform of affordability, anti-corruption and populism. Stock market investors seem to think they are going to bring down the hammer on data centers. If the Republicans who survived are smart, they will join Democrats. Democrats would be wise to avoid the low-hanging fruit, though, which is to eliminate state and local tax breaks for data centers. That would not stop Big Tech, and it might leave local governments with fewer benefits than they could have negotiated because of our convoluted tax system. The state’s sales and use tax exemptions originated from bipartisan legislation passed in 2019, which also authorized local governments to give personal property tax breaks to data centers. The goal was to compete with other states, such as Illinois, that were passing similar legislation in a race to the bottom to attract development. Indiana's economic development regime has been a failure in many respects, but the tax incentives in this case had an unexpected benefit. Better planning could make those incentives incredibly valuable to taxpayers. Tax breaks give rural communities leverage The state has a huge budget surplus and wastes its money on plenty of things . I'm
The president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum says the facility has “pretty much shattered every metric” for attendance since a $64 million renovation, and he extended a personal invitation to Clinton, Carroll and Boone County listeners to come see it for themselves. Michael Good joined WILO’s Party...
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis crime podcaster has his Facebook back following an investigation by Indiana’s I-Team. “See, here’s my page,” Marc Hoover said, the voice and creator behind Catch My Killer, a podcast about unsolved murders and missing people. “It’s back.” His “Catch My Killer” podcast has half a million downloads, and Hoover has spent years […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Helping Veterans and Families of Indiana (HVAF) is coming back stronger after a fire displaced dozen. “I had pretty much given up on myself, and I had nowhere to turn and they took me with arms wide open,” said Army veteran, Matthew King. As an American flag waves in the wind, Army veteran […]
