Grad rates for the 2008-09 freshman class were up 2 percentage points over rates for the 2007-08 freshmen class, to a record 86 percent. The four-year numbers went up one point, reaching an all-time high of 83 percent.
Republican Matt Gentry, who won Lebanon's election Tuesday with nearly two-thirds of the vote, was among the 20-something mayoral candidates to claim victory.
Sales of new cars and trucks rose by double-digit percentages at most major automakers in October, and companies are raising their expectations for the rest of the year.
Democrats have blocked a Senate bill co-authored by Joe Donnelly of Indiana that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development and pollution.
The September result was led by a big 36 percent fall in the volatile category of commercial aircraft. But the weakness was widespread across other categories including primary metals, machinery and computers.
Cities around Indiana are holding mayoral elections Tuesday as voters decide who will lead those communities for the next four years.
Big Sugar and Big Corn face off in court this week in a bitter, multibillion-dollar battle of sweeteners that boils down to a mix of science, semantics and marketing.
A bipartisan movement to cut prison sentences for nonviolent drug crimes and make it easier for ex-offenders to find employment could get caught up it presidential politics.
The school district has seen its enrollment drop by more than 1,000 students in the past year, to about 6,000 this fall. Enrollment stood at about 16,000 students a decade ago.
Todd Bess, executive director of Indiana Association of School Principals, said he's heard from some school leaders that up to 90 percent of their teachers wouldn't meet the new standard.
Mel Daniels, the Hall of Fame center who helped the Indiana Pacers win three American Basketball Association titles, died Friday. Daniels later was an assistant coach, executive and scout with the Pacers.
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for municipal elections across Indiana.
Companies—including Indiana-based OrthoPediatrics Corp.—are starting to answer parents’ call for more help for children.
City officials are working with an entrepreneur to turn the 950,000-square-foot building and a pair of adjacent two-story buildings into a place for high-technology businesses, manufacturing, offices, condominiums, stores and restaurants.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two foster parents against the director of the Indiana Department of Child Services' Central Eligibility Unit over adoption subsidies.
The tax amnesty is being counted on to provide $84 million for the state’s new Regional Cities program and $6 million to support Amtrak’s Hoosier State line between Indianapolis and Chicago.
Wal-Mart and Target have a lot to prove this holiday season. Both are heading into the season with turnaround plans they launched after being battered by the economy and their own mistakes.
In the past 12 months, pay and benefits have risen just 2 percent. That's below the 3.5 percent to 4 percent typical of a healthy economy.
Much of the September slowdown reflected a fall in energy prices, which resulted in a 1.2 percent drop in spending on nondurable goods such as gasoline.
The cost of health insurance under the President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act is expected to climb across much of the nation, but Indiana is projected to see a 12.6 percent decrease in the cost of a benchmark plan.
