In an average year, southwestern-Illinois farmer Richard Borgsmiller would have his 300-acre corn crop in the ground. This isn’t an average year. Like farmers across the eastern Corn Belt, Borgsmiller has not even started planting thanks to a wet spring. He’s stuck waiting for a rain-free window long enough to dry out his land near […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Indiana‘s State Budget Committee has ordered a new revenue forecast it hopes will paint a more accurate picture of state finances before lawmakers meet for a special budget-writing legislative session. Republican Sen. Luke Kenley of Noblesville said a committee will examine recent revenue projections and actual tax collections to […]
A former Indiana Teamsters boss and Anderson-area businessman has pleaded guilty to promoting professional gambling in an agreement that will allow him to avoid any additional time in jail. Seventy-one-year-old John L. Neal of Yorktown will serve 18 months on probation and will be credited with time served in federal custody for the same case. […]
The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond has been raking in record revenue for an Indiana casino, even as business is down at most of the state’s 10 other full casinos. State records show the casino had gambling revenue of $49.2 million in April, down slightly from March but a big jump from its $40.5 million in […]
A former coal industry lobbyist has been named to a top post with Indiana’s environmental agency, an appointment that environmental activists say raises questions about whether he can be objective in his new job. David Joest, a former registered lobbyist for Peabody Coal Co., became the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s assistant commissioner for the […]
A part-time construction job sturdied Orva Fry’s financial foundation after he was laid off from a northern Indiana recreational vehicle factory. It also kept the 41-year-old Amish father of two on steady spiritual ground. Another way to make ends meet that Fry briefly considered – unemployment checks – went against his faith, which shuns all […]
More than 300 people are being laid off from two northern Indiana auto-parts factories because of production cutbacks by U.S. automakers. Guardian Industries Corp. plans about 130 layoffs at its car-window plant in Ligonier, while Advanced Assembly LLC of Columbia City has laid off 200 people from its seat systems factory. Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Guardian […]
Indianapolis police say an assistant bank manager bungled an attempt to cover up his theft by locking his keys inside the vault after setting a fire there. Police arrested 31-year-old Dwayne Roberts on arson and theft charges. Police Sgt. Matthew Mount said Roberts had apparently been stealing money from a Fifth Third Bank branch on […]
General Motors Corp. today posted a $6 billion first quarter loss and said it spent $10.2 billion more cash than it took in during the first three months of the year as revenue plummeted by $20 billion. Chief Financial Officer Ray Young said talk of the company going into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection appeared to […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 General Motors Corp. today posted a $6 billion first quarter loss and said it spent $10.2 billion more cash than it took in during the first three months of the year as revenue plummeted by $20 billion. Chief Financial Officer Ray Young said talk of the company going into […]
The only Ford dealership in the southwestern Indiana city of Vincennes will close its doors later this month, one of the latest victims of the nation’s struggling auto industry. Mayor Al Baldwin said he’s stunned by the news that Vincennes Ford will close May 23 after more than 71 years of selling cars to Vincennes […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 More Indiana schools have fallen into academic watch and probation status, and the state is sending assistance teams to help 31 schools stuck for years on the lowest rung of the state’s five-tier ranking system. State Superintendent Tony Bennett said today that teams of three to five people will […]
The soggiest April in decades has left Indiana farmers far behind in their annual sprint to plant the state’s corn crop, a delay that could cut farmers’ yields if fields don’t dry out within the next two weeks. As of Sunday, only 5 percent of Indiana’s corn crop had been planted. In contrast, an average […]
Indiana University has announced plans to establish schools of public health in Bloomington and Indianapolis. IU President Michael McRobbie said the schools will work on public health problems in the state, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The Bloomington school will focus on rural health issues while the school on the IUPUI campus in […]
Regional airline operator Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said yesterday its first quarter profit fell by 89 percent as costs rose and traffic fell slightly. Indianapolis-based Republic, which flies regional jets for carriers including Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and US Airways, said it earned $2.2 million, or 6 cents per share, during the quarter that […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants a new state revenue forecast before he calls lawmakers back for a special session to write a budget, saying that a revised forecast issued last month was so far off in April that a new starting point is in order. That and other comments he made yesterday drew mixed reactions […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Brightening news about the economy sent investors rushing into stocks today and sent the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above the break-even point for the year. The S&P 500 soared 29.7 points to 907.23, an increase of 3.4 percent during the day and 0.44 percent for the year. The […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said today the budget bill the General Assembly voted on but did not pass last week would have consumed the state’s reserves at the end of two years and left a $1 billion shortfall. April’s revenues, announced this morning, were $255 million below a revised fiscal forecast issued last month. Daniels […]
The lingering recession is forcing the organizers of some of Indiana’s festivals to scale back their events or move them to more affordable venues before the state’s festival season gets under way. In Indianapolis, not-for-profit Storytelling Arts of Indiana canceled its long-running fall festival this year because it anticipates large cuts in city and state […]
Three days before the Indiana General Assembly was to end last week, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said one way to avoid an extra session was to be clear about what he could and could not accept in a new state budget. He said budget plans passed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans were not acceptable […]
