Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:18 PM EST
Indiana's unemployment rate was almost unchanged from September to October, but officials said it's too early to tell whether the stability marks a long-awaited awaited rebound in employment.
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Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:43 PM EST
Indiana's Department of Administration has laid off 33 workers because of dwindling state revenues, the department's commissioner said Friday.
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Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:34 AM EST
Indiana's state government has started laying off workers because of dwindling state revenues.
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Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:03 AM EST
Hundreds of people who lined the streets of Terre Haute, Ind., for a Veterans Day parade stood silently as a hearse passed by carrying the coffin of a soldier whose return to the country was marked by a salute from President Barack Obama.
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Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:00 PM EST
Indiana is offering state government employees voluntary unpaid leave, but it's unclear how many workers might give up part of their paycheck during a recession to help the state save money.
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Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:17 PM EST
Arthur Call commutes three hours roundtrip to his anatomy class at community college because similar courses on campuses closer to his Indianapolis home are packed this semester.
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Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:26 PM EDT
The company that owns Indiana's Hoosier Park casino and horse track and a Colorado casino, said that it didn't make interest payments to senior lenders as scheduled this week.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:06 PM EDT
The state should delay unemployment tax increases on businesses from 2010 to 2011 to help companies retain workers and possibly wait long enough for a federal bailout, Republicans who control the Indiana Senate said Tuesday.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:43 PM EDT
It seems like everybody at the Indiana Statehouse wants to talk about lobbying ethics these days.
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:54 PM EDT
The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the murder convictions of a former state trooper in the deaths of his wife and two children and ordered a new trial.
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Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:16 PM EDT
Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock's failed quest to stop Chrysler's bankruptcy proceedings will cost state taxpayers $2 million in legal fees, but he has no regrets about what some saw as a Quixotic effort.
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Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:13 PM EST
High school teacher Daniel Jackson is reviewing lessons some adults would find difficult: mortgage loans, down payments, interest rates and closing costs. He tosses calculators to students, chastises them for not studying enough and urges them to apply problem-solving skills to decipher complex mortgage information.
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Fri Jan 2, 2009 1:51 PM EST
Beth Flanders was on her way to China to adopt her 17-month-old daughter in September when she received a warning from her adoption agency: An industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones had been found in Chinese baby formula, and parents should not feed it to their new children.
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:43 PM EST
Becoming a mortgage broker in Indiana used to be easy. Too easy.
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Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:09 PM EST
John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience Tuesday, when the former presidential candidate returned to the stage three months after admitting to an extramarital affair.
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:51 PM EDT
Dan Quayle knows a little about what Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is going through and he advised her to "just be yourself."
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:17 PM EDT
A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:58 AM EDT
A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.
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Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:50 PM EDT
Jim Lankford's corn crops used to stretch to the White River. Now the river has stretched itself through his crops.
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Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:55 AM EDT
A Purdue University panel has found two instances of misconduct by a researcher who claims he produced nuclear fusion in tabletop experiments.
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:51 PM EDT
A janitor whom a university official had accused of racial harassment for reading a historical book about the Ku Klux Klan on his break has gotten an apology — months later — from the school.
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Thu Jul 3, 2008 6:30 AM EDT
Indiana will use $50 million in state funds to help farmers get low-interest loans — money they can use along with federal funds to restore their flood-damaged fields.
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Fri May 2, 2008 3:16 AM EDT
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson has barely had time to settle into his new office in Washington, but he might not want to get too comfortable.
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:03 PM EST
U.S. Rep. Julia Carson was remembered at her funeral Saturday as a woman who rose from poverty to the halls of Congress and fought tirelessly for the poor.
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:21 PM EST
Democratic Rep. Julia Carson, who announced over the weekend that she has terminal lung cancer, said Monday that she will not seek re-election to a seventh term next year.
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