The Republican-controlled Senate voted 29-19 Thursday for a bill that would eliminate township boards and transfer their duties
to the county level starting in 2013. It now moves to the Democrat-led House for consideration.
The committee endorsed legislation that would prevent the state’s public schools from starting classes before Labor Day.
Toyota is halting production at six North American car-assembly plants—including Indiana facilities in Princeton and
Lafayette—beginning the week of Feb. 1 to fix gas pedals that could stick and cause acceleration without warning.
Company plans to close operations in Miamisburg, costing the southwest Ohio city 75 jobs.
Kerasotes, the nation’s sixth-largest movie house chain, has four theaters in the Indianapolis area; AMC, the No. 2 player, has two.
An Indiana House committee approves legislation that would ban smoking in most public places statewide.
Duke Energy is offering buyouts to employees as it moves some corporate functions performed in two Midwest offices,
including its central Indiana office in Plainfield.
A survey released Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education showed compensation packages of
chief executives at public universities leveling off in 2008-2009, rising a relatively modest 2.3 percent. How did Indiana
college presidents fare?
Customers are buying fewer high-priced big-screen TVs from electronics chain HHGregg Inc., an analyst said Tuesday as he lowered
his investment rating on the company’s stock.
Columbus engine
maker Cummins Inc. will receive nearly $54M in federal funding as part of a program designed to significantly
increase fuel efficiency in heavy trucks and passenger vehicles, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday.
The long-term outlook for health care reform is uncertain, but many analysts are expecting big health insurers like Indianapolis-based
WellPoint to benefit in 2010.
Robert A. Penn, 44, of Naples, Fla., received seven years in prison and was ordered to pay more than $11 million in restitution.
The subsidiary of Norwegian-based Think Global projects its new factory in Elkhart could have 415 full-time jobs by 2013.
A bill by Democratic Rep. Ed DeLaney of Indianapolis would transfer all township functions to county government.
Hancock County officials will consider a request by lithium battery maker EnerDel to set up operations in a business park
near Indianapolis.
Hard-hit Elkhart County could become home three electric vehicle manufacturers if a Norwegian company chooses northern Indiana
as the site for a new factory.
An electric vehicle manufacturer says it is considering starting operations in northern Indiana’s Elkhart County.
Many of the 5,000 employees at the FedEx Express hub at Indianapolis International Airport are benefiting from the holiday
shipping rush by working longer hours.
Las Vegas-based Citadel Broadcasting, which owns three radio stations in Indiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
on Sunday in an effort to restructure its hefty debt load.
General Growth Properties, the Chicago mall owner that Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is interested in buying, said the company will consider all offers and may sell shares to the public to raise capital.
