Citing growing worries about high gasoline prices, Democratic leaders announced an effort Thursday to give the Federal Trade Commission increased authority to crack down on companies that engage in price gouging.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday in an address at the Brookings Institution that countries need to build in “recession remedies” to protect people in the U.S. and globally going forward.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers are set to lead an economic development trip to Sweden, the United Kingdom and Monaco at the end of this month to bolster strategic relationships and highlight the state’s industries.
Local officials and not-for-profits are exploring the potential sale of carbon credits to finance the maintenance and preservation of city parks, and to purchase land for more.
Indiana’s unemployment rate hit record lows in January and February, yet labor participation remains stagnant as the state and country continue to grapple with workforce shortages.
Former Indiana University Health executive Ryan Kitchell will replace former chair and Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers, who announced she would step down from both roles in November.
The bipartisan spending measure, financing federal agencies this year, contains 4,975 such home-district projects, according to an Associated Press examination of items attributed to specific lawmakers in documents accompanying the bill.
The Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms.
A fight over zoning has devolved into debates over odor, water quality, and the impact of another wastewater treatment plant in the area on nearby residents.
A coalition of city-county government and local community groups this week completed a final round of applications for a federal grant of up to $75 million, that could total $90 million with a required local match.
Tax cuts, employer vaccine mandates and various social issues dominated the 2022 Indiana General Assembly. But a divide between Republican leadership in the House and Senate also set the tone.
Indianapolis officials are looking to state government for options that could help the city close a funding gap of up to $1 billion a year for roads and transportation infrastructure.
The city of Indianapolis faces a huge funding gap to improve and maintain its roads, bridges, sidewalks and other transportation infrastructure—an amount approaching the city’s $1.3 billion annual budget—according to a new Department of Public Works report.
Eligible productions could include film, television, music or digital media. State Rep. Bob Morris (R-Fort Wayne) said the legislation could make Indiana a leading state for film and media production.
Roughly 17-1/2 acres of city-owned property in various stages of the redevelopment process have developers chomping at the bit to make their mark on the city’s skyline.
Local and state officials learned in January that several projects included in plans awarded grants just a month before might now be ineligible because of rules attached to the funding.
Residents are taking a do-it-yourself approach to tweaking specific stretches of road by their schools, businesses and neighborhoods to better protect children and neighbors.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb joined President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to urge Congress to pass funding provisions to legislation designed to boost economic competition and semiconductor chip production in the United States.
Critics see this new Biden effort as largely an attempt at political damage control, rather than a data-driven approach to reducing inflation.
The bill’s provisions would allow anyone age 18 or older to carry a handgun in public except for reasons such as having a felony conviction, facing a restraining order from a court or having a dangerous mental illness.
