Senate bill would snuff out Indiana’s smoking-cessation agency
Anti-tobacco advocates worry cost-cutting move could seriously diminish state’s efforts to curb Hoosier tobacco use.
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Purdue to slice benefits for staff, techology costs
University will cut employee benefits, retirement contributions and information technology services to partially close a $67
million budget deficit for the West Lafayette campus
State police post closing in Seymour
Indiana State Police officials say public safety wonâ??t be compromised when they close a police post in Seymour in the next
few months. The department has confirmed the post will be consolidated with the one in Versailles. The move affects troopers
working in three southern Indiana counties. Officials say no troopers will lose their jobs in the move and the public will
not notice a difference in service.
Daniels says Maryland governor broke bet
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley did not live up to the public wager he made on the outcome of
last weekendâ??s Colts-Ravens playoff game. Part of the bet called for the loser to put the opponentâ??s team flag on his
vehicle for a week. After the Colts beat the Ravens, O’Malley used a Baltimore Colts pennant instead of an Indianapolis Colts
flag. O’Malley honored part of the bet by sending crab cakes to Indiana.
Driver resigns after finding sleeping child on bus
A substitute Perry Township bus driver has resigned after finding a sleeping child on a bus earlier this month while returning
to the bus lot. The driver admitted he didn’t follow proper procedures and check the bus at Rosa Parks Edison Elementary after
dropping off students. School administrators admitted the mistake Thursday night. The child was driven back to the school
unharmed. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Indiana and climate change
A report by an influential Republican pollster could send a disruptive ripple through Indiana.
State’s unemployment rate jumps to 9.9 percent
Indiana’s jobless rate made its biggest increase since mid-2009. Department of Workforce
Development Commissioner Teresa Voors attributed the rise, in part, to a decrease in construction in December.
Pickens’ natural-gas plan may prove boon to truck builders
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
‘Crazy Heart’: Your thoughts?
Sneak preview audiences caught the Jeff Bridges film Thursday evening.
Simon Property accepts $2.3B of notes in offer
Simon will fund the purchase with available cash plus proceeds from the sale of $2.25 billion in senior unsecured notes.
Bill on Sunday microbrewery sales clears Senate
The bill would limit the amount of Sunday carryout sales from Indiana microbreweries to about three cases per transaction.
Senate, House panels approve ‘net metering’ bills
A bill aimed at utility customers who install renewable power sources is seriously flawed and would hurt Indiana’s renewable
energy movement, advocates say.
Magazine ranks Old National Bank among nation’s strongest performers
Forbes magazine has named Evansville-based Old National Bank the nation’s 18th-best-performing bank.
ISTA scandal could limit union’s influence, sway election
A securities-fraud case Secretary of State Todd Rokita brought against the union last month could make matters worse for the
already hobbled ISTA, blunting its ability to help elect Democrats in November.
Rising pay for coaches puts pressure on athletic departments
A group of academics recently grilled the NCAA about what it plans to do to secure the future of more than three-fourths of
its largest members, whose athletic departments are hemorrhaging cash at a surprising rate.
Affordable-housing group goes on apartment-buying binge
Partners in Housing Development seized on a weak real estate market to acquire three urban apartment communities in the last
18 months.
Minority-owned logistics firm lands high-profile investors
Wireless phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. is among the backers of a new logistics company that says it might employ 250 by 2012.
Farmland once targeted for housing still being plowed
Farmers who might have worried about losing their livelihood
to new homes or retail have gotten a little breather.
Rising credit card fees eroding retailers’ profits
Businesses say the money they must pay to provide customers the convenience to use plastic adds up. For example, Ricker Oil
Co. paid a whopping $3.9 million in 2009, according President Jay Ricker.
Indianapolis hospitals extending reach statewide
St. Vincent Health’s agreement to lease the county hospital in Salem for five years is the latest in a string of deals
by Indianapolis hospital systems seeking a statewide presence.