NEWS
Toll prices to Chicago going up
Effective July 1, ITR Concessions Co. LLC, the operator for the Indiana Toll Road lease, is raising tolls for travel on I-90 from the Ohio state line to the Chicago Skyway from $12.30 to $13.50 for a typical two-axle [...]
Study: State legislatures becoming more polarized
There’s an interesting new study authored by a trio of Stanford University researchers on “Polarization and State Legislative Elections” that should start you thinking – or confirm your suspicions. Here’s the abstract, complete with the spoiler: U.S. state legislatures [...]
Black students call out Monroe County Community School Corp.
A group of current and former Black students called out racial discrimination in the Monroe County Community School Corporation during a May 24 MCCSC Board of School Trustees meeting, Indiana Public Media reports. “The students shared personal experiences with [...]
MGT Consulting Group to continue overseeing Gary schools
Gary Community Schools will continue to be managed by MGT Consulting Group after the state board charged with overseeing the Gary school district votes May 26 to extend its management contract with MGT. You’ll remember that the legislature assumed [...]
Report finds candidates who push election denial are winning primaries
Something to watch locally: the Brennan Center for Justice issues a new report, Financing of Races for Offices that Oversee Elections: May 2022 that finds “Candidates who push election denial are winning primaries and leading fundraising in races for [...]
Indianapolis International Airport site of baby formula shipment
Indiana earns some international props for its logistics networks when Indianapolis International Airport was the destination for a U.S. military flight conveying 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula manufactured in Switzerland from Ramstein [...]
Plans for Illinois casino still a go
A state court judge in Illinois denied a request for a temporary restraining order sought by a neighboring property owner that would have blocked the City of Danville, Illinois, from issuing building permits for the construction of the planned [...]
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians again partner with country club for Four Winds Invitational
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and its casinos, including Four Winds Casino South Bend, again partner with South Bend Country Club for the11th edition of the Four Winds Invitational. The 2022 event will be held in South Bend [...]
Ertel transitions to Gov’s workforce cabinet
Whitney Ertel will serve as the new executive director of the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet effective May 31. Most recently Ertel served as the chief business officer and chief communications officer for the Department of Workforce Development where she helped [...]
Ag land values jump 23% in last year
Agricultural land values for the five-state Seventh Federal Reserve District to which Indiana belongs jump by almost one quarter (23) percent in the first quarter of 2022 from the prior year quarter, continuing the recent streak of sharp year-over-year [...]