The Indianapolis City County Council approved its 2026 budget Monday night. It is the largest to date, at $1.7 billion. That is despite losses in funds after state lawmakers’ cut property taxes earlier this year.

Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith posted and deleted critical social media posts about the incident.

Starbucks union workers rallied outside of a store in downtown Indianapolis Thursday as part of a national push for fair labor contracts. Union members are demanding better wages and benefits and increased hours.

The Vision for the Prison event will invite community members beyond the fence of the historic women’s prison site to take part in clean-up efforts and see plans for the area.

Elanco Animal Health opened its new global headquarters Wednesday. State and local leaders attended a ribbon-cutting event and said the project could be a catalyst for the health industry and innovation in Indiana.

The Aces held off Indiana 107-98 in overtime in Game 5 of the semifinals. Indiana, despite being decimated by injuries, made Las Vegas work for the win. Kelsey Mitchell, who scored 15 points, left the game with a leg injury. The Aces took the lead early in overtime and didn’t give it up. The second-seeded Aces, who won the league title in 2022 and 2023, will host the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury on Friday.

About 24,000 civilians in Indiana work for the federal government in areas such as law enforcement, federal courts, the postal service, transportation security and veterans affairs.

President Donald Trump took a sudden interest Friday in the decades-old mystery surrounding pilot Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, ordering the release of any classified documents. Trump’s interest comes as another effort by Purdue University to learn more takes off.

A Marion County judge ordered a jury trial yesterday in a lawsuit brought by residents of the Lugar Tower Apartment Complex. The move comes as a different judge demanded the Indianapolis Housing Agency respond to new evidence alleging it violated a court-ordered compliance agreement governing the public housing property for elderly and disabled people.

The CEO of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana said the cancellation of the USDA's Household Food Security Report will deny the American public information that would benefit society as a whole.