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Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indiana in early March, dozens of relief funds have been created to help individuals, organizations and businesses hardest hit by the restrictions put in place [...]

Samm Quinn A new effort to improve a four-acre parcel in Zionsville's downtown core is meeting opposition from neighbors and residents, the same parties who have blocked similar proposals for [...]

Had you stood at the corner of Audubon Road and Bonna Avenue one rainy day in April 1865, you'd have been in mourning. On this spot, at mile marker 183 [...]

INDIANA IS IN A RACE TO grow an educated workforce and attract good jobs over the long haul. To win, it must make higher education more affordable, do a better [...]

Carmel-based Old Town Cos. is planning a $25 million mixed-use project with residential and retail elements for downtown Westfield, marking the first major private development to be announced adjacent to [...]

TIPPECANOE COUNTY A $6 million, 55,000-square-foot facility for Cook Biotech Inc. is going up in the Purdue Research Park, reports Mike Brooks, president of Greater Lafayette Progress Inc. It's adjacent [...]

The tumult in central Indiana's printing industry continues. Ropkey Graphics, which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and changed ownership, has bought SPG Graphics Inc., the area's seventh-largest commercial printer. [...]

While investment in new facilities may not have been as robust in the last year as previous years, many of the state's industries recommitted to their workforce by investing in [...]

To get a high-tech business art the ground, it takes plenty of know-how and a good bit of money. That's why it's a good idea for tech entrepreneurs to make [...]

MADISON COUNTY Along with two new industries and a sizable expansion at another, Madison County is. reaping the economic benefits of growing industrial parks, reports John Hagen, executive director of [...]

Central Indiana's tight labor market has taken a toll on St. Vincent Hospital and Health Services so far this fiscal year, said President Marsha Casey. Money is flowing into the [...]

Although the spigot of bank financing has slowed to a trickle, money to fund commercial development projects remains available from alternative sources. Just ask David Amick, executive director of Premier [...]

Indiana, known as the 'Crossroads of America', revealed plans to increase its share of the global logistics market through the renovation of its international airport and the development of its highways, tunnels and waterfront ports. Plans for an intermodal rail facility and economic development organization 'Conexus Indiana' are also discussed.

Seldom is being average something to strive for, but with regard to Indiana's school funding formula and how it affects my school district and many others throughout the state, just [...]

A work-force training fund is giving small-business owners their first real shot at competing equally with larger companies for millions of dollars in employee training grants. Passed by the Indiana [...]

A bill on its way to the U.S. Senate would benefit smaller manufacturers by letting them double the amount they can borrow through a federal lending program. The bill, which [...]

Thanks to hefty investments by local corporate giants, the Central Indiana Life Sciences Initiative has raised more than $70 million for Indiana Future Fund I, its new venture capital fund. [...]

Every year, the Indiana Department of Revenue processes nearly 3 million individual income tax returns. Each return filed on paper costs $1.25 to process. Electronic returns cost 10 cents to [...]

Boeing Co. is searching for a new site to build a $900 million airplane assembly plant. Southern Indiana is one of several sites being considered by the aircraft manufacturer, which will use the new facility to build its new 7E7 Dreamliner aircraft.

One new plant has begun operations and another has been announced in Knox County. FIA Corp., a division of Japan's Futaba, built a $10 million, 125,000-square foot facility in the [...]

Economic-development activity is picking up in Sullivan County, thanks to a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment. It's already funded the $500,000 Sullivan County Learning Center, which began offering business [...]

The big news in Greene County is the successful launch of Winalta USA in Linton, which began manufactured- and modular-home production last July and is now ramping up for full-scale [...]

Prove you've opened your local phone markets to competition, Congress told the monopolistic Bells with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and you'll be able to enter the long-distance market. Seven [...]

The good trend continues in Indiana stocks. As the broad market persisted in a bear trend through the second half of 2002 and into the first quarter of 2003, the [...]

In 1994, when the Indianapolis Business Journal published the first Indiana 100 supplement focusing on the largest public and private companies in the state, local business leaders were lauding Indiana's [...]

In the midst of the difficult economy, some Indiana companies have managed to prosper and grow. Some succeed by being in relatively recession-proof industries, others gain by adjusting their focus [...]

Across northwest Indiana, most eyes have been on the steel industry, which has been buffeted by foreign competition and a series of bankruptcies that began a consolidation that continues today. [...]

Gov. Mike Pence followed his campaign playbook in his first State of the State address by keeping a lid on social issues and pushing economic proposals designed to play to [...]

On any given day in Indianapolis, hundreds of people will volunteer their time tutoring children, stocking food pantry shelves, raising funds and providing leadership for not-for-profit organizations that are making [...]

Shelby County has been locking up nearly three-fourths of its economic development funds the last 16 years. But the end is in sight. By July 2009, the county will have [...]

Indiana has a rich history of entrepreneurship and innovation. From Colonel Eli Lilly, who created one of the world's great pharmaceutical companies, to Elwood Haynes, whose backyard tinkering produced the [...]

Be who you are. Conversely, don't try to be somebody you're not. Focus on what you do best, and you'll succeed. When we think of people who excel at anything [...]

The Ports of Indiana recently took advantage of state legislation that makes it more a player in statewide economic development. Ports officials Aug. 31 approved providing $11 million in real [...]

Indiana has produced more than its share of individuals who have helped shape American history--from Wilbur Wright, who helped mankind take to the air, to astronaut Gus Grissom, one of [...]

Like Dr. Robert Atkins, the people at Evansville-based Carbolite Foods were probably a bit ahead of their time. The controversial diet guru, who died earlier this year, began promoting his [...]

Over the years, the components of the Dow Jones industrial average have changed. The last few changes have seen old-line, dividend-paying stocks go out, and New Economy stocks added. Because [...]

PASSENGERS Indianapolis International Airport thousand 4/02 559.7 4/03 576.6 Source: BAA - Indianapolis Note: Table made from bar graph HOTEL-ROOM SALES IN INDIANAPOLIS Revenue per available room April 2002 $44 [...]

Indiana's economic development officials could rejoice last week given the good news of a couple of high-profile job-creation announcements. The nature of the deals projected to add more than 800 [...]

Auto-parts maker Curtis-Maruyasu America began production in Santa Claus in October and has 50 employees on the job making brake and fuel assemblies for Toyota. The company occupies a 42,000-square-foot [...]

Home to the Toyota plant pretty much says it all about this area's economic health, according to Holderread at the Evansville Regional Economic Development Corp., which also works with Gibson [...]

Employment at Jasper Engines & Transmissions is up by 600 over last year to 1,600, reports Nancy Eckerle, director of the Jasper Chamber of Commerce. Other top employers report healthy [...]

An $18 million plant investment and nearly 400 new jobs at Evansville-headquartered Berry Plastics Corp.--which now employs more than 1,000-headline the news in Vanderburgh County, says Jim Holderread, deputy director [...]

The best-case scenario doesn't look good for independent colleges in Indiana. With the state facing a deficit of nearly $1 billion, legislators are considering a budget request that would slash [...]

The Indiana economy propelled into the future by tobacco money? Even though tobacco-settlement checks have been arriving at the state treasury for a few years now, the idea of hitching [...]