The latest report from the Indiana State Budget Agency reported general fund revenues for January totaled $1,496.5 million, which is $39.1 million or 2.5 percent below state estimates from a December 2018 revised revenue forecast. January’s revenue totals also were $108.5 million or down 6.8 percent when compared to January 2018, according to the state. […]
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Cincinnati, Ohio-based First Financial announced Feb. 5 that Chief Banking Officer Tony Stollings is retiring from the company. Stollings has been part of the bank’s leadership team for more than 12 years. First Financial hired Andy Hauck as commercial banking executive and Cathy Myers as consumer banking executive. Stollings will work with Hauck, Myers and
The Dunes Arts Foundation in Michigan City recently elected four new members to its board of directors. New board members include Clarence Hulse, executive director of the Economic Development Corp., Michigan City; Kathleen Dolio-Thorson, founder and president of KDT Designs; Elise Kermani, artistic director of MiShinnah Productions; and Dale Maher, realtor with Line Mullins Realty.
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Michael Gruszyk, a veteran retail industry executive and 1985 graduate of Valparaiso University, has committed $1.3 million to fund an endowed professorship and a scholarship in the university’s College of Business. The university in a statement said the funds will be divided between the Michael Gruszyk Endowed Professorship in Business and the Michael Gruszyk Endowed
The second annual diaper drive by Franciscan Health employees and Region businesses and organizations, collected 20,000 diapers, which were distributed to local organizations, providing help to more than 1,000 families. “The diaper drive is something we host every October during Diaper Insecurity Month to make sure that families receive this need prior to the holidays,”
A Northwest Indiana attorney is among the several state board appoints and reappointments recently announced by the office of Gov. Eric Holcomb. Sandra O’Brien, Valparaiso, attorney with Mindel & Associates, will join the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board. Her term expires Jan. 1, 2023. Other board appointments: Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities Terms expiring April
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Indiana officials say 2018 was a record year for small business growth in the state. The Indiana Small Business Development Center and Indiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center helped launch 318 small businesses and secure $86.3 million in government contracts for Indiana businesses, respectively, in 2018, according to the state. Together, the Indiana SBDC and Indiana
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The Indiana State Department of Agriculture recently promoted Ross Newton to deputy director and hired Amanda Williams as field auditor, both within the Indiana Grain Buyers and Warehouse Licensing Agency. Newton grew up on a beef cattle farm, and was the Indiana FFA reporter from 2011–2012, as well as a 10-year 4-H member. In 2016,
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