Lawmakers to study auto plates, child protection
The summer study groups sometimes set the basis for action in the following session. The divisive right-to-work law approved this year was reviewed last summer in a series of study committee hearings.
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Not-for-profit hoping to grow microloan program
Small amounts of funding often ignored by larger banks.
Gregg picks Simpson to add balance to ticket
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg reached out to his party's base Tuesday with his pick for lieutenant governor, a liberal lawmaker with decades of experience at the Indiana Statehouse.
Gregg, Pence tap women for gubernatorial tickets
Republican candidate Mike Pence toured the state Monday with his choice for lieutenant governor: state Rep. Sue Ellspermann. Democratic candidate John Gregg, meanwhile, is set to announce that longtime Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson will join his ticket.
Pence picks Indiana legislator as running mate
Republican Mike Pence has picked first-term state Rep. Sue Ellspermann as his running mate in his campaign to become Indiana's next governor.
Democrats stretch residency complaints to Pence
Democrat John Gregg’s argument is part of a broader effort to label Mike Pence as a creature of Washington more than he is of Indiana.
Indiana casinos face falling revenue, new competition
Indiana's nearly 20-year-old casino industry is facing declining revenues and growing out-of-state competition, prompting lawmakers to consider what, if any, regulatory changes might be able to stem the tide.
Once an Obama coup, Indiana less a battleground
Barack Obama was the first Democrat in 44 years to win Indiana in the 2008 presidential race. A repeat seems doubtful this year.
Pence set to announce running-mate pick
Republican Mike Pence's campaign said Friday he will announce his running mate in his campaign for Indiana governor on Monday.
Greenwood sues bank to collect $917,000 letter of credit
The City of Greenwood says a Minnesota bank owes it more than $900,000 to pay for street and sewer improvements left undone by the bankrupt developer of a mobile home park along U.S. 31.
Indiana issues call for external audit of tax agency
Indiana budget leaders are looking for an external auditor to review the state Department of Revenue after workers discovered $526 million in errors in recent months.
Cummins hires ex-Indianapolis mayoral candidate
Melina Kennedy has joined the diesel engine maker’s corporate communications team and will be responsible for executive communications, research and speechwriting for CEO Tom Linebarger.
Subaru to add 100 jobs as part of $75 million expansion
Subaru already employs 3,600 at its Lafayette facility, with 600 workers added in the past three years. The expansion will ramp up production from nearly 171,000 cars a year to at least 180,000.
Gubernatorial candidate Gregg calls for corporate tax cut
Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg called for eliminating the state's corporate income tax on Indiana-based businesses Wednesday as he continued to roll out his policy ideas ahead of November's election.
Unemployment tax repayment causes confusion
Indiana's plan to balance an unemployment insurance fund hit hard during the recession might have caused businesses to pay more than they owed, although no one seems to know how many companies were involved or the level of impact it had on them.
Companies seek solar-panel lease contracts from city
The City-County Council is set to hear a proposal by two companies to lease space on city-owned rooftops and sell electricity generated by solar panels installed in those spots.
Next Indiana governor won’t see much toll road money
The $3.8 billion that Indiana netted in 2006 from leasing the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign consortium will be mostly spent or allocated by the time the state’s next governor takes office in January
Indiana governor hopefuls detail ideas for job growth
Republican Mike Pence, Democrat John Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham each say job creation would be “job one” if elected governor. But their means to reaching employment goals vary from dispatching missionary-style investment gurus, to growing more hemp and bamboo, to increasing wind-turbine manufacturing in the state.
City aims to attract additional sponsors
Third Street Partners, a marketing firm that hoped to land half a million dollars in corporate sponsorships for the city of Indianapolis, has received a four-year contract extension to bring home red meat.
Abound Solar chief declines to testify before House panel
The CEO of a company that once said it planned to create up to 1,200 jobs north of Indianapolis has declined to testify before a U.S. House panel investigating the federal clean-energy program.