UPDATE: Indy Star owner to break into two companies
McLean, Virginia-based Gannett is the latest in a string of media companies to break off print from faster-growing media businesses, including broadcast TV.
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ISTEPs bring ‘mixed bag’ for Indiana charter schools
Performance among Indiana's charter schools on the 2014 ISTEP tests ran the gamut from low passing rates to rates similar to the state's best public schools.
U.S. airfares on the rise, outpacing inflation
The average roundtrip ticket within the U.S., including taxes, reached $509.15 in the first six months of this year, up nearly $14 from the same period last year.
Not so golden: Wealth gap lasting into retirement
With traditional pensions becoming rarer in the private sector, and lower-paid workers less likely to have access to an employer-provided retirement plan, there is a growing gulf in the retirement savings of the wealthy and people with lower incomes.
Indiana students make small gains in ISTEP scores
State education officials say 74.7 percent of students passed both the math and English tests—up one percentage point from 2013.
Paul George’s broken leg leaves Pacers reeling
The Indiana Pacers, a round short of the NBA Finals the last two years, are left pondering a season without their best player.
UPDATE: Fair opens with first alcohol sales since 1946
The first person to sample alcohol under the new law was 67-year-old Ed Swafford of Liberty. He tried a Bavarian-style ale and declared it tasty.
FDA approves Lilly, Boehringer diabetes drug
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will permit Jardiance tablets to be used by adult patients with type 2 diabetes who also are trying to control their condition with diet and exercise.
Top deputy to head local U.S. attorney’s office
The top deputy for the federal prosecutor's office for central and southern Indiana is taking over following the resignation of U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett.
U.S. manufacturing expands for 14th straight month
The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reported Friday that its manufacturing index rose to its highest level since April 2011.
Domestic auto sales sizzled in July, helped by discounts
General Motors, Ford, Nissan and Chrysler all reported big gains as the major automakers reported July sales Friday.
Construction spending suffers worst drop in 3 years
Construction spending dropped 1.8 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising by a revised 0.8 percent in May, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
UPDATE: Report clears ex-state official, finds gaps in law
Indiana's inspector general has determined a former state highway official didn't violate any laws in a series of land deals. But Inspector General David Thomas said it went "right up to the line.”
Two promoted in state attorney general’s office
Former Chief Deputy Attorney General Gary Secrest will take over as assistant attorney general, a new post. Deputy Attorney General Matt Light will succeed Secrest as the chief deputy attorney general.
U.S. employers add 209K jobs; rate rises to 6.2 percent
July marked the sixth straight month of job growth above 200,000, evidence that businesses are shedding the caution that had marked the 5-year-old economic recovery.
Stock market plunges as multiple worries vex investors
The stock market fell in early trading after a dose of bad earnings news, and the losses accelerated throughout the day. The three major indexes suffered their biggest losses in months.
As U.S. job market strengthens, many don’t feel it
The economic recovery is entering its sixth year, but a number of factors help explain why many Americans don't feel better off.
Head of Indiana alcohol agency taking Ivy Tech job
Ivy Tech announced Thursday that Alex Huskey will become the Marion campus president beginning Aug. 25.
State highway official leaving before review done
Indiana Department of Transportation chief of staff Troy Woodruff, who is under state investigation, sent an email to agency employees on Wednesday saying that he would step down Thursday.
Pence pushes Medicaid alternative with HHS chief
Gov. Mike Pence told U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell that he wants to maintain Indiana's "freedom and flexibility" under any expansion of Medicaid.