Obamacare sign-up tally dips slightly, to 8.7 million
HealthCare.gov enrollment reached nearly 95 percent of last year's level, outperforming projections in a show of consumer demand, despite a shortened sign-up season and big cuts in the ad budget.
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Business survivors: Revisiting owners from recession years
Ten years after the official start of the downturn, entrepreneurs who survived the recession share painful memories and lessons they learned.
Republicans pick two for top Indiana Senate positions
Republicans who control the Indiana Senate have elevated two lawmakers to top leadership posts that were recently vacated by retiring Sen. Brandt Hershman.
Holcomb calls for ‘complete assessment’ of child agency, appoints new director
The announcement Thursday comes in the wake of a scathing resignation letter from Gov. Eric Holcomb’s outgoing Department of Child Services director.
Applications for U.S. jobless aid hold at 245,000
Steady economic growth is encouraging more hiring. The unemployment rate is at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent.
Gore, Vinatieri won’t use season finale as retirement party
The Indianapolis Colts’ two seemingly ageless wonders acknowledged they would each like to play another season of football, meaning Sunday’s season finale against Houston isn’t likely to be their last game.
Eastern states sue EPA over upwind pollution from Indiana, other states
State attorneys general in New York and seven nearby states say they can’t meet strict smog standards because states in the Midwest and south are not controlling air pollution.
Survey: Small businesses more interested in loans
Small companies are getting more interested in borrowing, but many are still finding it hard to get loans from banks, a quarterly survey shows.
U.S. industries can start counting their benefits from tax law
Craft breweries are raising a glass to the new tax overhaul. Retailers, long saddled with heavy tax bills, will get relief. So will some high-profile names in corporate finance.
Repairs planned for modernist architectural landmark
Organizers have raised more than $160,000 for restoration of a skylight leaking rainwater into the sanctuary of First Christian Church in Columbus.
National anthem controversy chosen biggest sports story of 2017
Accusations of corruption in college basketball and the USA Gymnastics sex-abuse scandal also made the AP’s annual list of biggest sports stories, as chosen by the wire service’s members and editors.
AP Poll: Sexual misconduct allegations voted top news story
The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors
Lilly Endowment awards more than $20M to help pastors
The grants will help seminaries, universities and other organizations create or strengthen programs that help pastors build relationships with experienced clergy.
Tax overhaul could mean fallout for state, local governments
The big changes in the federal tax code aren’t happening in a vacuum. They will force officials in most states to decide whether to apply similar changes, while some residents ponder whether they now might be better off living somewhere else.
Brown County hotel charged guest $350 after she posted negative review
The former owner of the Abbey Inn & Suites is being sued for charging a woman $350 for posting a negative online review that noted cleanliness issues.
Notre Dame to pay millions under tax reform bill
A university spokesman says the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that Congress approved Wednesday would cost the university up to $9 million per year.
Congress delivers massive tax reform package to Trump’s desk
The epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws offers generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families. It’s projected to increase the national debt while potentially boosting economic growth.
Indy, other cities possess 2 worlds: one violent, another prosperous
Slayings in Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis are becoming concentrated into small areas where people are dying at a pace not seen in years, if ever. Around them, much of the rest of the city is growing more peaceful, even as the total number of homicides rises.
Lilly Endowment awards $39M to bolster counties in north-central Indiana
The funding for Tippecanoe County and nine other counties is intended to help turn the region into a hub for agricultural research and advanced manufacturing.
Senate moves tax cut legislation to brink of final passage
After midnight—as protesters interrupted with chants of "kill the bill, don't kill us"—the Senate narrowly passed the legislation on a party-line 51-48 vote.