State lawmakers are preparing to tackle the question of when the school year should begin in Indiana. The Interim Study Commission
on Education will take up the issue at its Wednesday meeting.
A central Indiana county is trying to attract an unidentified renewable energy company to take over a sprawling factory that
a Chrysler supplier stopped building last year.
Another central Indiana city is receiving a multimillion federal grant to buy houses damaged by the widespread flooding that
hit the state last year.
Arson has been ruled as the cause of the fire that destroyed the Little Nashville Opry concert hall in southern Indiana’s
Brown County earlier this month.
An interim legislative committee plans to take up the issue of redistricting Tuesday at the Statehouse. Secretary of State
Todd Rokita recently pitched a plan that would make it illegal to consider political data when redrawing congressional and
legislative district maps.
A state panel has approved a new rule requiring workers who apply pesticides at Indiana’s golf courses to be certified
and licensed.
Indiana casinos on average pay the highest effective tax rate in the Midwest, according to a report by the Casino Association
of Indiana.
The Indiana Builders Association will receive nearly half of the $132 million the state is receiving through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act to weatherize more than 30,000 households
Indiana’s human services chief is acknowledging one of the biggest criticisms of the state’s privatized welfare system,
telling lawmakers it does not provide enough face-to-face interaction between caseworkers and welfare recipients.
Danica Patrick has reached an agreement on a three-year contract to remain at Andretti Green Racing and stay in the IndyCar
Series, according to a report in Sports Illustrated.
Indiana and Taiwan plan to sign a multimillion dollar agreement for the Asian country’s purchase of Indiana corn and soybeans.
A man admits embezzling about $4.2 million in perpetual-care trust funds from a Michigan cemetery operated by his Indianapolis-based
company.
Sporting goods retailer The Finish Line Inc. said on Thursday that it lost $874,000 in the second quarter, mostly because
of a loss it took by unloading its unsuccessful Man Alive stores in July.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear have applied for federal funding for two long-sought bridge projects
on the Ohio River.
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell for the third straight week, evidence that layoffs
are continuing to ease in the earliest stages of an economic recovery.
The College Football Hall of Fame, which never managed to attract the number of visitors its organizers hoped for after moving
to South Bend in 1995, is being moved to Atlanta to bring it more exposure.
With no end in sight to the country’s job market woes, the U.S. House has agreed to give the jobless in a majority of states,
including Indiana, another 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits.
General Motors Co. will go to 24-hour operations at factories in Kansas, Michigan and Indiana to make up for production lost
due to a large-scale factory consolidation announced earlier in the year.
Health insurer WellPoint said today that it may trim some more jobs as part of a push to become more efficient next year.
Business owners in southern Indiana’s Brown County are worried about a loss of visitors following the fire that destroyed
the Little Nashville Opry concert hall.
