Indiana halfway to floodplain conservation goal
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana's two-year-old Healthy Rivers INitiative has permanently protected nearly 30,000 acres of floodplains along the Wabash and Muscatatuck Rivers from development.
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana's two-year-old Healthy Rivers INitiative has permanently protected nearly 30,000 acres of floodplains along the Wabash and Muscatatuck Rivers from development.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence said Tuesday he wants more Indiana students to graduate from high school ready to work and proposed creating regional groups to design alternative curriculums that train high school students for technical and vocational jobs.
Detroit Free Press senior managing editor Jeffrey Taylor was introduced to the Indianapolis Star's staff on Tuesday. He succeeds Dennis Ryerson at the helm of the state’s largest newspaper.
Elinor Ostrom, an Indiana University professor of political science and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, died Tuesday at age 78.
University officials overseeing plans for the $38 million Wang Hall of Electrical and Computer Engineering had hoped to start construction in early May but now say a September start is likely.
A northwestern Indiana school district has told nearly 100 teachers that they might be laid off as yet another of the state's large districts faces big staffing cuts.
Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny later this month. Indianapolis-based WellPoint will wait for the court ruling.
Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman has embarked on her second trade mission to China in hopes of boosting the market for Indiana-made goods.
Indiana Democrats will host their annual state convention outside Indianapolis for the first time as the party tries to energize voters in an area dominated by Republicans.
Officials expect a plastic packaging manufacturer to start production this summer at a former central Indiana auto-parts factory that closed six years ago.
Republican Mike Pence outlined his agenda Saturday before the state Republican convention. He has six broad goals if he’s elected Indiana governor, but creating jobs tops the list.
Gov. Mitch Daniels roared onto the floor of the Indiana Republican Party's convention Saturday on his signature motorcycle and rallied the troops one last time with talk of his successes and vitriol for the Democrats he has kept out of the governor's office since 2005.
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar may have lost his primary last month, but two of his biggest supporters were chosen Friday to replace a pair of his opponent's backers on the Republican National Committee.
County, city, town and township governments across Indiana are racing to adopt new rules against nepotism ahead of a July 1 deadline.
On the cusp of realizing the end result of a historic, $1.3 billion investment in Kokomo's plants, Chrysler officials here and in Detroit, Mich., are riding high.
Work could start this month on a new turkey processing plant in southwestern Indiana a company expects to open with about 350 workers.
Indiana’s Republican Party convention this weekend will mark a broad changing of the guard for the party that holds a firm grip on power at the Statehouse.
The team of policy advisers assembled by Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence reflects his efforts to assuage social and religious conservatives who have built him into a national brand while catering to business-minded conservatives who have ruled under outgoing Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Purdue University's trustees are planning their sixth private meeting this year in the ongoing search for the school's next president.
The devastating 2008 flood continues to have repercussions for victims. They are still paying off the tens of thousands of dollars they had to borrow in some cases to hang new drywall, lay down new carpeting and replace major appliances.