NEWS
Boyd Gaming plays down Four Winds concerns
Boyd Gaming Corporation downplays any concerns about the expansion of the Four Winds Casino South Bend cutting into its business at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City. On the company’s third quarter earnings conference call Tuesday, President and CEO [...]
Dr. McCormick for governor?
Dr. Jennifer McCormick, the former state superintendent of public instruction elected as a Republican but now billing herself as a Democrat, has been popping up well outside both her home territory and the Indianapolis metro on the Democrats’ “Contract [...]
House Dems seek contributions beyond dues commitments from members
House Democratic leaders are seeking contributions beyond dues commitments from their members (Frontline Democrats, such as U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan (D) are exempt from the call). Leaders are now pushing for members to kick in as much as 10% [...]
South Ripley School Corporation awaits new, interesting bus
South Ripley School Corporation is awaiting delivery of a new school bus . . . but it won’t be what you typically expect. Superintendent Rob Moorhead mentions the bus will feature school district colors and logos. “The outside of [...]
Rep. Banks’ path forward
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R) has a palatable path forward should he not win the House Republican whip post in the next session, reports Punchbowl News: “[I]f Banks doesn’t become majority whip, he has a few fallback options. Banks [...]
Dr. Monroe: Indiana can learn from NASA
Dr. Judy Monroe, a former Indiana state health commissioner who co-chairs the Governor’s Public Health Commission, writes a piece for STAT News about how public health agencies can learn from NASA about regaining the public’s trust. Dr. Monroe, president [...]
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 [...]