The Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning has approved a series of emergency rules that it expects to save a total of $4.1 million over the next six months, but that will make up for only a small portion of the $31.4 million shortfall the agency anticipates for the fiscal year.
Applications dropped by 34,000, to 388,000, the lowest number since the week of July 12, 2008. The level of applications has either fallen or remained unchanged in five of the past six weeks.
Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed new judges in Boone and Shelby counties.
The State Department of Revenue estimates the change will affect about 1 million taxpayers and save the state about $200,000 in the next fiscal year.
Indiana Department of Transportation spokeswoman Cher Goodwin says that with the new contract, the state has so far awarded eight contracts for building about 45 miles of the new $3 billion, 142-mile highway between Indianapolis and Evansville.
Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott, who takes office on Jan. 4, on Tuesday named Indiana corrections chief Ed Buss to run Florida’s massive prison system.
Bills filed in the Indiana House would ban workers from being required to pay union dues.
American companies have created 1.4 million jobs overseas this year, compared with less than 1 million in the U.S.
Starting in January, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day will turn 65, but many are facing a personal finance disaster just as they’re hoping to retire.
People hit the stores after Christmas to buy, indulging the rediscovered retail appetite that may have made 2010’s holiday shopping season the biggest ever.
Indiana businesses and the unemployed are both worried about changes that legislators could make to the state's insolvent unemployment insurance program during the upcoming General Assembly.
A division of Caterpillar that plans to employ 650 people at a diesel-electric railroad locomotive plant in Muncie is looking for workers.
This was a tough year for the concert business nationwide as high prices kept many fans at home. Promoters now say they plan to make shows more affordable in 2011. But they'll also try to sell more T-shirts and other merchandise to make up for lost revenue.
Aventine Renewable Energy is ramping up production at an ethanol plant in southwestern Indiana that is now operating after construction work was halted for more than a year.
Ivy Tech officials say the state is in the final steps of transferring the Terre Haute property’s title to the statewide college system. The no-cost transaction is expected to be completed after Jan. 1.
Indiana State University’s Board of Trustees has voted to seek state approval for selling $9 million in bonds for the project in Terre Haute, with $10 million in private gifts expected to cover the rest of the cost.
Millions of homeowners, however, might feel like they got a lump of coal. Homeowners who don’t itemize their deductions will lose a tax break for paying local property taxes.
State Insurance Commissioner Stephen Robertson said agreements have been reached for the $1.7 billion in policies and financial obligations of Carmel-based Standard Life Insurance Co. to be assumed by Guggenheim Life and Annuity Co.
A strong Christmas Eve would round out a surprisingly successful holiday season for retailers. The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales will reach $451.5 billion this year, up 3.3 percent over last year.
The 53 production positions will be filled by current temporary workers at the southern Indiana plant, as the carmaker anticipates continued strong sales.
