Television ratings down for NCAA title game on cable TV
The 30 percent drop is likely due to a combination of a relatively non-competitive game and its airing on a cable network instead of CBS, which showed last year’s game.
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Trump signs executive order pushing work for welfare
The order focuses on finding ways to strengthen existing work requirements and exploring new requirements for benefits such as food stamps, cash and housing assistance programs.
Report: Airlines improve in key areas except delays
U.S. airlines are getting better at many things except getting you to your destination on time.
Leaders of Trump’s Indiana campaign endorse Rokita
Members of Trump’s team from 2016 are backing Rokita in Indiana’s GOP Senate primary, claiming fellow Rep. Luke Messer and former state Rep. Mike Braun didn’t do enough to support Trump.
China vows to ‘counterattack’ U.S. as trade spat worsens
Now in a tit-for-tat fight with the United States, the global superpower vowed Friday to retaliate if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to apply tariffs to an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Ivy Tech plans $43M in projects in Muncie
The school’s downtown campus will get $30 million in work, including a $17.2 million Downtown North Building to be constructed on the site of the former home of the Muncie Star Press.
March report shows modest job growth, rise in wages
U.S. employers added 103,000 jobs in March after several months of bigger gains, though the government’s overall jobs report suggests the labor market remains healthy.
Analysts eagerly await news of wage growth to accompany strong hiring
Economists have forecast that employers added a solid 185,000 jobs in March and that the unemployment rate dipped from 4.1 percent to a fresh 17-year low of 4 percent. Was that enough to boost pay?
Target settles suit claiming its hiring system discriminated
Target has agreed to settle a lawsuit that said its hiring process, which automatically rejected people with criminal backgrounds, disproportionately kept blacks and Hispanics from getting entry-level jobs at its stores.
Trump proposes new tariffs on $100B in Chinese goods
President Trump’s surprise move came a day after Beijing announced plans to tax $50 billion in American products, including soybeans and small aircraft, in response to a U.S. move this week to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports.
Meals on Wheels lands $1M grant to serve HIV patients
Meals on Wheels of Central Indiana plans to use the grant from the State Department of Health to deliver nutritious food in areas of Indiana with large populations of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
MC Hammer joining governor to unveil prison coding program
Gov. Eric Holcomb is set to launch a program that teaches inmates at the Indiana Women's Prison how to code. And you can't touch his guest list.
U.S. trade gap increases to widest mark in nearly 10 years
The trade gap has continued to rise since Trump entered the White House partly because the U.S. economy is strong and American consumers have an appetite for imported products and the financial wherewithal to buy them.
Civil rights icon recalls RFK’s Indianapolis speech about MLK assassination
Civil rights icon John Lewis recalled crying in an Indianapolis park where in 1968 he heard Sen. Robert Kennedy tell a crowd about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and make a plea for peace and unity.
Facebook scandal affected tens of millions more users than thought
Facebook is facing its worst privacy scandal in years following allegations that Cambridge Analytica used ill-gotten data from millions of users through an app to try to influence elections.
Indiana group to create app to teach doctors about opioids
The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation awarded $230,000 to the Indiana State Medical Association this week to develop the app and an accompanying podcast.
Trump supporter Rokita called future president ‘vulgar’ in 2016
Senate candidate Todd Rokita is embracing President Donald Trump in his campaign, but that wasn’t always the case before Trump was elected.
China lists $50 billion in U.S. goods it might hit with 25 percent tariff
Beijing’s list of 106 products included the biggest U.S. exports to China, reflecting its intense sensitivity to the dispute over American complaints that it pressures foreign companies to hand over technology.
Indiana fish farm’s new owner preparing to restart production
A biotechnology company says it expects to take over a defunct fish farm in eastern Indiana later this year and begin raising genetically engineered salmon.
Purdue launches online program, targets nontraditional students
Purdue Global is based in Indianapolis but has 15 campuses, with about 30,000 students and more than 2,000 faculty members.