Strack & Van Til recently put an exclamation point on an important campaign that ran during the month of April to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at all Strack & Van Til, Ultra Foods and Town and Country stores. Leaders from St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Miller Coors and...
Patrice A. Harris, M.D., a psychiatrist from Atlanta, GA., was elected as the new president-elect of the American Medical Association (AMA) by physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago on June 12.
Dr. Harris has diverse experience as a private practicing physician, public...
Don’t let one of those be you, look into Indiana free file for 2020
Choosing to pay for something instead of getting it for free – who does that? Well, last year 1.9 million Hoosiers may have, by not taking advantage of the Indiana free file (INfreefile) program to file...
The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), operator of the South Shore Line railroad, recently announced that it is able to begin the design and engineering phase of the West Lake Corridor Project after receiving approval to enter the New Starts Engineering phase of the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA)...
DOR improves process to expedite business closures
The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) has made the process of closing a business account easier on Hoosiers.
Until now, DOR required businesses to provide certain documents to verify the closure of a business, such as bank records or proof of dissolution. This extra step...
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), will host the Courage and Vision: Champions of Civil Rights Awards Dinner on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in celebration of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of African Americans who were enslaved.
Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of Gary, Indiana, will deliver the keynote address. “As...
And Health Care Service Corporation paid no taxes last year.
By Mary Papenfuss, Huffington Post
The Chicago-based company that operates a lucrative network of Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans made out like gangbusters with President Donald Trump’s tax law. Even though it paid no taxes last year, it collected...
The Carmeuse Sustainability Award for 2019 was awarded to the Carmeuse Buffington, Ind., operation. The site won this year’s award for its outstanding sustainability efforts in a global competition of nearly 60 sustainability programs completed by Carmeuse sites.
A 15-person committee judged each site’s sustainability program in a quantitative and...
Powers & Sons recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in the building and construction business during an extravagant event on September 15, 2017 at the Adler Planetarium. The gala, which was attended by more than 300 guests, began with a cocktail reception with seating areas decorated with time period themes...
By Charlene Crowell
NNPA Columnist
Despite consensus by economists that the economic recovery is well underway, many of America’s working poor, under-employed and unemployed people continue to struggle financially. Adding insult to injury, these financially vulnerable households face debt collectors who harass and sue them on incomplete and/or inaccurate information. In...
