NEWS
Lilly Endowment grant to fund institute’s Indiana Youth Worker Well-Being Project
A $20 million Lilly Endowment grant to the Indiana Youth Institute will fund the newly established Indiana Youth Worker Well-Being Project. The project is a statewide effort created by the Indiana Afterschool Network, the Indiana Youth Institute, and others [...]
U.S. Secretary of State praises Carmel roundabouts
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken references Carmel in a nice shout out at the U.S. Conference of Mayors U.S. Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. Carmel received praised for its roundabouts that secretary Blinken suggests [...]
NFIB congratulates Rep. Houchin
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), launches new digital advertisements congratulating U.S. Rep. Erin Houchin (R) in CD 09 – a small business owner and NFIB member – on her recent election to Congress. She is one of [...]
Maine ticket pulls FY 2023’s second-largest jackpot
The second-largest Mega Millions jackpot of Fiscal Year 2023, $1.35 billion, was won by a single ticket in Maine Friday, January 13 (the sixth Friday the 13th jackpot hit in multistate draw game history) after 25 drawings passing without [...]
Four Winds Casino South Bend sets new hotel opening date
Four Winds Casino South Bend now offers a hard opening date for the property’s new 23-story hotel, as well as its Ribbon Town Conference and Event Center with 25,000 square feet of flexible space. The 317-room hotel received its [...]
Rep. Borders eyes state-sponsored autism-Covid research
Rep. Bruce Borders (R) will be pushing for a state study of whether autism is caused by the Covid vaccine. He tells a Crackerbarrel session in Vigo County Saturday that his grandson, who turns 13 in February, was hospitalized [...]
Sumner signals Whitestown Town Council run
Tanya Sumner (R), the former WRTV-TV Indianapolis and WFIE-TV Evansville reporter (as Tanya Jourdain) who performed a brief stint as press secretary and strategic coordinator for U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R), files for Whitestown Town Council. She spent almost [...]
IDOE launches Indiana GPS updates
The Indiana Department of Education deploys the first round of enhancements to its new Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed Dashboard (Indiana GPS). The most recent enhancements allow users “to drill down into longitudinal and disaggregated data, showing data over [...]
Griffith Town Council delays hearing for GPS contractor
The Griffith Town Council delayed a hearing with Performance Services, a Griffith Public Schools contractor, on allegations that the company failed to obtain town-required permits for work at the public schools and used unlicensed subcontractors on some jobs, the [...]
AG Rokita critical of governor’s education funding push
In a distinct minority at the State House on the issue of increasing state funding for education: Attorney General Todd Rokita (R). He tweets after the Governor’s State of the State address push for more dollars for the classroom: [...]