NEWS
Musgrave holds fundraiser kickoff
Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave (R), a former commissioner of the Department of Local Government Finance where she helped lead the Daniels Administration property tax overhaul, held a kickoff fundraiser the week of September 30 for her open Evansville [...]
West Side Nut Club returns with half-pot raffle
The West Side Nut Club in Evansville returns during the first week of October with the popular half-pot raffle at the 101st West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The 2021 half-pot jackpot was a record-breaking $1,515,260, which topped the [...]
Oyster joins Ice Miller’s Public Affairs Practice Group
Matt Oyster joins Ice Miller LLP’s Public Affairs Practice Group in an of counsel capacity, based in the firm’s Columbus, Ohio, office where he will specialize in gaming, liquor, and cannabis legal matters throughout the country. He joins the [...]
Penn named FSSA director
At the Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning, Courtney Penn becomes director. She has been OECOSL’s director of child care licensing, and has worked in direct child care services as a Head Start [...]
Indiana native named comms director for Michigan governor
Hoosier native and Indiana University alum Sara Broadwater is the communications director for Michigan gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon (R-MI), who is challenging the incumbent Democratic governor. Broadwater has served as communications director for Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch (R) and [...]
HSE teachers get a pay bump
Hamilton Southeastern Schools (HSE) teachers will receive a pay raise retroactive to July 1, 2022, and the entry-level salary for starting teachers will increase under a new agreement ratified by a vote of the teaching staff, the community news [...]
Salesforce grants IPS $1 million
Salesforce grants $1 million to Indianapolis Public Schools as part of nationwide series of grants worth $25 million intended to address students’ social, emotional and mental health. Expect IPS to use the money to create sensory-friendly environments for struggling [...]
Eldridge named Marion County Democratic Party chair
Marion County Clerk Myla Eldridge (D) is the new Marion County Democratic Party chair, easily defeating Ashley Greene-Hogue, Karla Nowlin, and Rosemary Turentine in a Tuesday caucus historic for the fact that it featured four Black female candidates. Eldridge [...]
Dems eye Carmel mayoral position
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard (R) reveals he will not seek an eighth term in 2023, and, as we’ve told you, there has been a cadre of hopefuls jockeying for position who will now be making their plans clear . [...]
Gordon Ramsay steakhouse coming to Caesars Southern Indiana
Michelin-starred chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay will be opening his upscale steakhouse concept Gordon Ramsay Steak at Caesars Southern Indiana in Elizabeth late this year. The fine dining destination will feature a menu created by Chef Ramsay that [...]