Indiana gas prices soar to 50 cents above U.S. average
The website Gasbuddy.com said Indiana's average price of a gallon of unleaded regular gas was nearly $4.16 Wednesday afternoon, compared with the national average of nearly $3.64 a gallon.
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Private-sector hiring disappointing in May, ADP says
A private survey shows U.S. businesses added just 135,000 jobs in May, the second straight month of weak gains.
Pence praises 1st-year prison job-skills program
A program aimed at teaching and training prison inmates skills needed to get jobs when they are released has led to more than 600 people being employed in its first year.
Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobs than expected
Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory.
Marion mayor seeking GOP nod for Indiana treasurer
Former Olympic figure skater and Marion Mayor Wayne Seybold announced Tuesday he would seek the Republican nomination for the office primarily concerned with state investments and pensions.
National mortgage settlement checks in the mail
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says checks totaling more than $26 million will be mailed to more than 18,000 Indiana consumers this month containing shares of the National Mortgage Settlement.
Marian has waiting list for very first medical class
Marian University in Indianapolis has announced it has reached its self-imposed limit of 162 students for the incoming class of its new college of osteopathic medicine. It will be the first medical school to open in Indiana in more than 100 years.
Muncie council backs $60M project near Ball State
The Muncie City Council has approved financing for a six-story parking garage as part of a planned $60 million project with apartments and commercial storefronts.
Indiana Blood Center cuts staff, scales back work
The not-for-profit blood center announced Monday that demand from hospitals has fallen 24 percent over the past year, forcing it to take steps that also include freezing management salaries, eliminating 45 positions and discontinuing a therapeutic phlebotomy program.
Manufacturing activity sinks to 4-year low
Manufacturing has struggled this year as weak economies abroad have slowed U.S. exports. U.S. businesses have also reduced their pace of investment in areas such as equipment and computer software.
IU summer enrollment flat despite tuition discount
The second year of a 25-percent tuition discount still hasn't boosted summer semester enrollment at Indiana University's main campus.
Pence administration shuffles several positions
One job change has led to a series of others in Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's five-month-old administration.
Deficit threatens one-fourth of Ivy Tech’s sites
Mounting budget woes and the need to deal with a $68 million deficit could force Ivy Tech Community College to close up to a quarter of its school sites around Indiana, school officials said.
Minnesota company to launch iron ore plant in Indiana
Magnetation LLC of Grand Rapids, Minn., plans to invest up to $350 million in Indiana to build a plant at the site of an abandoned VeraSun Energy Corp. ethanol plant in Reynolds,
INDOT memo strips information in public tug-of-war
By one stroke this year, Indiana lawmakers and the new governor vastly improved the public's ability to find out how the show is run at the Statehouse, while in another, top managers at the Indiana Department of Transportation quietly clamped down on what's available.
Judge: Indiana improperly revoked gay group’s license
The ruling Tuesday from BMV administrative judge Melissa Reynolds says the Indiana Youth Group did violate Indiana law and its contract, but the violation didn’t warrant immediate revocation of the plate.
Wind farm opponents hope for 2-year decision delay
Muncie and Delaware County plan commission chairman Tom Green urged county officials on Thursday to study the impact of existing Indiana wind farms for at least two years before deciding how to regulate them in Delaware County.
Ball State proposing 2-percent tuition increase
The proposed increase will make Ball State's in-state tuition nearly $9,200 for 2013-14 and about $9,300 the following year.
Average household far from regaining wealth, study says
The average U.S. household has regained less than half the wealth it lost to the Great Recession, a report released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis concluded.
Indiana moving business-filing reminders online
Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is moving away from paper to email for reminders to Indiana businesses to file their annual reports with the state.