State FFA leaves Education Department for ag agency
Beginning this summer, the Department of Agriculture will house Indiana FFA's executive offices.
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Carmel-based power provider receives $5M federal grant
The Indiana Municipal Power Agency will use funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to retrofit streetlights
in 20 communities that it serves.
Young workers help Indiana parks during cutbacks
Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Phil Bloom said the 1,665 young workers hired by the DNR will help seasonal
workers with important maintenance work at many of the state’s 24 state parks and dozens of other properties.
U.S., Indiana mint production wilts with foreign competition
Decades ago, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin were the top U.S. mint producers, but the heart of U.S. production is now in
the Pacific Northwest. Over time, as small mint farms shut down, Indiana has fallen to fourth.
Indiana to turn 43,000 acres into wetlands area
Together, the combined acreage of the two habitat conservation areas will be the largest project ever undertaken by the state
Department of Natural Resources, Daniels said.
Group forms to protect Pleasant Run watershed
Led by Sky Schelle, east-side residents have formed The Friends of Pleasant Run.
Lugar’s energy bill winning support
Lugar’s bill may be able to muster the 60 votes needed for Senate passage because it wouldn’t cap emissions or expand offshore
drilling, two controversial issues in the Senate.
Indiana contractors scramble for certification to remove lead
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules force precautions on paint chips, dust.
Urban farmer in Indianapolis hopes he’s the first of many
Matthew Jose figures that if enough people follow him into urban farming, vacant and abandoned property will flourish with
productivity, consumer diets will improve, and worn neighborhoods will get new life.
Time to bring I-69 downtown?
Dusting off the original plans to extend the highway from I-465 to downtown would ease congestion. But, oh, the downsides.
One thing that’s going right in Indiana
In a state where education, incomes and health suffer, there’s more water than anyone knows what do to with.
Indiana farmers assessing frost damage to crops
Purdue corn specialist Bob Nielsen says recent frosts have caused mostly cosmetic damage to crops, but some fields experienced
damage serious enough that they must be replanted.
Tipton County Council to vote on Getrag site incentive
The $13 million bond would be used to lower the price of the abandoned plant to help lure a company that is considering
manufacturing solar panels at the site.
Study: Growing more veggies could profit Midwest
The Midwest is known more for growing corn than cauliflower, but if its farmers raised the fruit and vegetables eaten in
the Heartland, they could create thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in income, according to a recent study.
Study: Indiana shows long-term decrease in air toxics
IDEM says in its newly released “ToxWatch” report that the level of air toxics over the last decade has “decreased
to within levels acceptable to the U.S. EPA.
MOUNAYAR: Indianapolis should rediscover public spaces
Too few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.
Indiana farmers plant corn, soybeans at record pace
As of last week, farmers had planted 56 percent of the state’s intended corn crop and 12 percent of the soybean crop. Both
are records for late April.
U.S. farmers planting corn at record pace
U.S. corn farmers may have planted more acres last week than in any week ever as dry weather
and more-productive equipment sped up fieldwork.
Activists say Indiana lagging in protecting environment
Indiana's air, land and water are significantly cleaner than they were at the start of the environmental movement
40 years ago, but the state still has work to catch up with other states, according to activists.
Assessing Daniels’ record on the environment
A leading Hoosier environmentalist thinks the governor isn’t living up to his conservative reputation.