CIB contributes $500,000 toward tourism effort
The gift will enable the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association to continue an annual marketing campaign aimed at attracting Midwestern visitors to the city.
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Printing manufacturer to expand in Tipton, create 35 jobs
Bottcher America Corp. will invest $2.1 million to purchase new gear and create a 30,000-square-foot addition to its current facilities.
Nature part of plans for former Newport Chemical Depot
Conservationists have complained that industrial development planned for part of the 7,100-acre site would destroy all but 44 acres of the state's largest restored black-soil tallgrass prairie.
Greenwood selling old police cars, stoplights
The central Indiana city is planning to sell some old police cars that it had been parking outside banks in hope of discouraging would-be robbers.
Smoking ban in Delaware County bars, clubs upheld
Delaware Circuit Judge Marianne Vorhees denied a request to block an enhanced smoking ordinance passed by Delaware County commissioners in August.
Indiana drawing more people, businesses across state lines
Indiana saw more people move to the state than leave between 2005 and 2009 despite a decreased mobility nationwide attributed to the recession.
Charges filed in theft from development group
The former associate director of an eastern Indiana economic development group faces felony charges in a $150,000 embezzlement that has threatened the agency’s future.
City plans more bike lane construction
Mayor Greg Ballard has rolled out plans for an additional 75 miles of trails and bike lanes to be built throughout Indianapolis by 2015.
Economy added 103,000 jobs in September
The burst of hiring followed a sluggish summer for the economy—and at least temporarily calms fears of a new recession that have hung over Wall Street and the nation for weeks.
Study: Defense spending fuels 56,000 Indiana jobs
A new report says that federal military and security spending resulted in $4.4 billion in contracts for Indiana companies last year.
Indiana Dem chairman calls on lottery director to quit
The head of the Indiana Democratic Party wants the director of the Hoosier Lottery to resign after an admission that it overspent on its new headquarters.
Indiana doles out $60 million interest payment to feds
The state owes $2 billion in federal unemployment insurance debt.
Startup dangles visas in return for funding, jobs
A new enterprise in the Muncie area hopes to capitalize on wealthy foreigners’ thirst for U.S. residency.
State’s jobless to get six more weeks of benefits
Unemployed Indiana residents can file for an additional six weeks of jobless benefits beginning Oct. 16.
Union members fight Indiana right-to-work proposal
Union members packed an Indiana Statehouse hearing Thursday in their uphill fight against "right-to-work" legislation that sparked a five-week walkout by House Democrats earlier this year.
Indiana budget picture improved modestly in September
Indiana's budget picture continued improving last month as the state collected $31 million more in taxes than planned.
Skillman, Hamilton to lead Indiana Bicentennial panel
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton will lead a group that's coordinating events to mark Indiana's upcoming bicentennial.
U.S. OKs $196M for high-speed Chicago-Detroit rail
The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved $196.5 million for part of a high-speed Amtrak passenger rail link between Chicago and Detroit, U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow from Michigan said Wednesday.
Lottery says it overspent on amenities for new office
Indiana lottery officials say they overspent on their new headquarters and will sell some of their equipment after reports raised questions about the lavish facility.
Waiting for construction industry to recover
The recession officially ended more than two years ago. But the number of local construction jobs is still down 27 percent from 2007 levels. Will the industry ever feel relief? Some segments might not recover in a big way until 2013.