One family ditched California for an Indiana town that offered them $5,000 cash, an unlimited golf membership, and coffee with the mayor (www.businessinsider.com)
“Family bribed incentivized to move to Indiana”
GM, SDI will build $3 billion battery manufacturing plant in Indiana (www.reuters.com)
The joint GM and Samsung SDI plant, scheduled to begin operations in 2026, near New Carlisle, Indiana aims to have an annual production capacity of 30 gigawatt hours (GWh). The plant will produce high-nickel prismatic and cylindrical battery cells.
The Flaming lips at Granfaloon in Bloomington (midwest.social)
Whoever does the audio engineering for this is amazing. This was the second year in a row being the best sounding concert I went to. I can’t believe it was free.
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve to Gain 90 Acres (news.wnin.org)
McCormick officially enters governor’s race (indianacapitalchronicle.com)
After teasing a run for months, Democrat Jennifer McCormick announced Thursday she is entering the race for governor in 2024.
Hoosier Social Mastodon Server (hoosier.social)
Hello fellow Hoosiers! If you’re looking for a Mastodon presence on the Fediverse, I welcome you to check out Hoosier Social. It is a relatively new & small instance specifically started to give Indiana residents a place to land. Currently, we’re working on adding news feeds (Indy Star, Indiana Capital Chronicle, WFYI, etc.)...
Midwest (and other) Art (placemakers.store)
I saw this posted elsewhere and thought that this community might enjoy some of these. Most of these are Midwest, and specifically Indiana. But, there are a few other locations that are pretty cool. It looks like they also do custom and commercial stuff too. Support local artists!