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Here are today’s headlines…
An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and distribution wire projects by electric utilities across the country. (Indiana Capital Chronicle)
Indiana’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 3 percent in October, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates. Each BLS release provides a preliminary number that is revised the month after. (WFIU)
The number of Hoosiers who have died from COVID-19 has now topped 24,000. (WIBC)
Community engagement consultant Gregory Meriweather on Tuesday officially formed a candidate campaign committee to seek the Democratic nomination for mayor of Indianapolis, setting up a contested primary against incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett and State Rep. Robin Shackleford. (IBJ)
A lawsuit alleging that the LaPorte County auditor unlawfully maligned the character and reputation of the attorney for the LaPorte County Board of Commissioners can proceed to trial, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled. (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Marijuana businesses in the City of Niles could be expanding. (WSBT)
