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IDEM helps schools celebrate Earth Day
To help Indiana schools celebrate Earth Day 2023, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is again offering free hands-on classroom presentations, in addition to virtual webinar presentations, to elementary students across the state. Classroom Earth Day presentations on air, [...]
Report: Indiana lags in clean energy jobs since Inflation Reduction Act’s passage
A new report from Climate Power, a group that advocates for policies to combat climate change, looks at public announcements from the private sector since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and finds that Indiana is in line [...]
Former Trump press assistant, Disney star joins Doden’s team
Caroline Sunshine joins the Eric Doden (R) for governor campaign as press secretary and communications director. The former Disney movie star was a Trump Administration press assistant who also interned for the office of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R), [...]
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians ups TV spots ahead of hotel opening
As the Four Winds Casino South Bend prepares for the March 1 opening of its new 23-story hotel, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is airing a strong flight of television spots promoting the venue and hotel in the [...]
Terre Haute Casino Resort drops “Queen” from name
In what it frames as a means to “streamline branding efforts,” Churchill Downs Incorporated decides to modify the name of its Queen of Terre Haute Casino Resort development simply to Terre Haute Casino Resort. The reference to “Queen” will [...]
IURC approves 5.5% decrease for Duke Energy customers
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approves a 5.5% rate decrease for Duke Energy customers for the January-March quarter, which would not quite compensate for the 7.2% 2022 fourth quarter rate hike. Duke also seeks IURC approval for another 16% [...]
State policy expert: Tax cuts a mistake
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Budget hosted a recent media call to express concern about what Bloomberg describes as “the 25 state governments looking at income tax cuts,” in [...]
Jay School Corp. board OKs $6.1 M capital improvement project
The Jay School Corporation School Board votes unanimously to move forward, by recommendation of superintendent Jeremy Gulley, on a $6.1 million capital improvement project involving the construction of a “cleathouse,” installation of synthetic turf at Harold E. Schutz Memorial [...]
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 [...]