Vincennes plant hiring 150 to make glass for military
Schott North America plans additional production at its southern Indiana factory after winning a contract to make specialty
glass for military vehicles.
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Insurer offers $25K reward in Nashville Opry arson
The insurer of the Little Nashville Opry is offering an additional $25,000 reward for information leading to convictions in
the Sept. 19 arson that destroyed the Brown County concert venue.
Steel Dynamics third-quarter profit falls 64 percent
Steel Dynamics Inc. posted a third-quarter profit of $69 million, its first gain after three straight quarterly losses.
EPA: Indiana must rewrite BP refinery air permit
Federal officials ordered Indiana on Monday to rewrite an air permit for BP PLC’s Whiting refinery, concluding the state may
not have fully assessed all the new emissions a big expansion of the refinery will produce.
GM invests $364M, adding 230 jobs in Marion
General Motors Co. says it’s investing $364 million in its Marion Metal Center in Indiana and will employ about 230 workers
transferring from plants in Michigan and Ohio.
Indiana faces $200M casino hit from outside competition
Indiana’s state government could lose more than $200 million in casino tax revenue if casinos are approved in Kentucky and
Ohio.
Vectren expects lower gas bills for many customers
One of Indiana’s largest natural gas utilities predicts customers’ bills in its largest service territory might be 25 percent
to 30 percent lower this heating season compared to the last one.
Biomass boilers could save Indiana prisons $36M
New biomass boilers at four Indiana prisons are projected to save the state $36 million over 10 years. The Indiana Department
of Correction says it dedicated the first of the new boilers last week at the Pendleton Correctional Facility northeast of
Indianapolis.
Manchester wants doctoral pharmacology program
Manchester College officials say they want to start a pharmacy school in Fort Wayne starting in the fall of 2012.
Study ranks IU among top Tweeting schools
A new survey puts IU among the top 7 percent of collegiate users of the social networking site Twitter.
Rain slows Indiana farmers bringing in fall harvest
A soggy spring and wet fall have left Indiana farmers scrambling to harvest their soybeans so they can replant the fields with winter crops.
Critics: Failed Indiana-IBM deal should warn others
Indiana said it was going to get outsourcing right when it turned welfare eligibility services over to a private contractor
in 2007. Now critics say the failed move is the latest warning that states should not allow for-profit companies to run social
services.
Card counter sues for place at blackjack table
A gambler who counts cards is asking the Indiana Court of Appeals to force an Ohio River casino to allow him to play blackjack.
Daniels expands youth conservation program
Gov. Mitch Daniels says a program that hires young adults to improve Indiana parks and trails has been so successful that
he’s extending it for another year. The Young Hoosiers Conservation Corps has given jobs to nearly 1,900 residents ages 16
to 24 since it was created this year using federal stimulus money.
State receives nearly $2.4 billion from stimulus
Indiana has received nearly $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money and has spent nearly $780 million so far, according to
preliminary data released Thursday.
Indiana cancels $1.3B welfare contract
Indiana is ending its troubled $1.34 billion deal with a team of vendors to automate the application process for food stamps,
Medicaid and other benefits.
Social Security makes it official: No raise in 2010
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without
a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
Purdue gets $1M for plant-climate research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given Purdue University a nearly $1 million grant to study ways that genomics can be
used to enhance the value of certain plants while making them more resilient to climate stress.
Republic Airways to buy 10 planes from US Airways
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it will buy 10 regional jets from US Airways and add them
to the fleet over the next nine months.
Dow Jones industrials close above 10,000
The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.