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Committee Affirms Anti-ESG, Anti-China Pension Investing Bills
By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana senators on Wednesday said the state’s pension system should prioritize return on investment in one bill — not environmental and social concerns — even as they advanced another bill requiring the system to divest from China-related investments. Senate Bill 292 would require the Indiana Public Retirement System to make investment…
Read MorePurdue Launches New AI-Based Global Forest Mapping Project
Purdue University’s Jingjing Liang has received a two-year, $870,000 grant from the World Resources Institute to map global forest carbon accumulation rates. “To accurately capture the carbon accumulation rates of forested ecosystems across the world has always been a challenging task, mostly because doing so requires lots of ground-sourced data, and currently such data are…
Read MoreMore Than 50 Groups to Host Writing Workshops, Author Talks for Indiana Authors Awards Programs
Fifty-two organizations in more than 30 cities across the state will host Indiana authors during 2023 as part of a statewide speakers program and writing workshop program offered through the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards. Category winners and shortlisted authors from the 2022 awards season will visit communities virtually and in-person to provide…
Read MoreCongressman Jim Banks Clarifies Anti-Abortion ‘Travel Ban’ Stance
By Whitney Downard Third District Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Banks does want stronger anti-abortion laws but says he doesn’t believe measures banning travel from Indiana to abortion access states like Illinois is the answer. “Neither (conservative WOWO host) Pat Miller nor I were talking about travel bans,” Banks said Wednesday in an interview with the…
Read MoreRegistration Opens for the Ag Women Engage Conference
The 2023 Ag Women Engage Conference (formerly known as the Midwest Women in Agriculture Conference) begins on Feb. 22 at the new Terre Haute Convention Center. The conference includes two days of guest speakers, networking opportunities and breakout sessions addressing personal, family and farm issues affecting women, families and farm businesses. Brenda Mack, a fourth-generation…
Read MoreConductor Matthew Halls Will Lead the ISO and Pianist Joyce Yang
Pianist Joyce Yang’s wondrous poetic style is ideally suited for the brooding darkness of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24. Matthew Halls conducts Strauss’ symphonic poem Don Juan along with Beethoven’s short, spirited, yet compelling Eighth Symphony. Rounding out the program is Brink by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy. This work was commissioned by the ISO and…
Read MoreHHMS 6th Boys Basketball Win Husky Invite 2nd Year Straight
Local Students Make President’s, Dean’s Lists at Miami University
Miami University students who are ranked in the top three percent of undergraduate students within each division for the fall semester 2022-23 have been named to the President’s list recognizing academic excellence. Among those students who earned this prestigious honor are local students: Students who are ranked in the top twenty percent of undergraduate students…
Read MoreJensen Receives Endorsements from Community Leaders
More than 20 Noblesville and Hamilton County community leaders have endorsed incumbent Chris Jensen for reelection as Mayor of Noblesville. “I am thrilled to accept these endorsements and I am honored by their trust and support,” said Mayor Jensen. “We have made tremendous progress over the last 3 years, but we can’t take our foot…
Read MoreTwo New Courtrooms Open in Hamilton County
Two new courtrooms opened in the Hamilton County Judicial Center on Tuesday, January 24th. The new courtrooms will be used by Magistrates Chad Hill and Erin Weaver. Magistrates work for and with elected judges to handle a wide variety of cases, both civil and criminal. “The county continues to grow and continues to have more…
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