With high inflation squeezing consumers and businesses and unemployment falling steadily, the Fed also said it would phase out its monthly bond purchases, which have been intended to lower longer-term rates, in March.
Tony Lopez was named deputy director of violence reduction and will oversee the city’s peacemaker program, which is in the midst of hiring 50 people.
The state said 87.8% of COVID test samples checked for their variant strain in January have been the Omicron variant while 12% were the Delta variant.
The Senate Health and Provider Services Committee voted 10-1 to approve the bill. It was supported by doctors and hospitals, and opposed by the health insurance industry and the business lobby.
Eight IU students took issue with the mandate in May requiring all students, faculty and staff to get a COVID vaccine, or else undergo regular testing.
Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement will give President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurer on Wednesday laid out earnings, revenue and enrollment projections for this year that all fell short of average analyst expectations.
Host Angela B. Freeman talks with Angel Henry, author of “Dents in the Ceiling: Tools Women & Allies Need to Breakthrough,” which tells the stories of 30 women of color who have survived and thrived in tech and corporate America.
Indiana Senate Republicans are not moving forward with their own tax cut proposals aimed at reducing business personal property taxes and offering a temporary sales tax holiday, casting doubt on a key provision in the House Republicans’ $1 billion tax-cut plan.
Like many other school districts, IPS wants to diversify its teaching staff to be more representative of the students they serve.
The Republican-backed proposal that would require Indiana voters who request mail-in ballots to swear under possible penalty of perjury that they won’t be able to vote in person at any time during the 28 days before Election Day.
A separate proposal seeking to add political party identifications to what are now nonpartisan school board elections throughout the state was effectively abandoned.
U.S. companies that use semiconductors are down to less than five days of inventory—a sharp drop from 40 days in 2019. The chips used in the production of automobiles and medical devices are especially scarce.
The state’s economic development board on Tuesday approved $824 million in incentives and assistance for Detroit-based General Motors.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed the withdrawal Tuesday. But the agency said it still strongly encourages workers to get vaccinated.
Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the average number of booster shots dispensed per day in the U.S. has plummeted.
Company announces it is finalizing plans to secure 26 acres of undeveloped land along Whitestown Parkway.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19, which had fallen for four days in a row, rose to 3,204 on Monday, up from 3,137 the previous day.
Conditions at Lakeside Pointe have been on the decline for years. Residents have reported going weeks without hot water, air conditioning and heating; raw sewage leaks; and a dozen fires.
Torchy’s, which launched as a food trailer in Austin in 2006, opened its first Indiana restaurant last April in Jeffersonville.
