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Lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate township government in Indiana and shift duties such as poor relief to the county level. Dozens of township officials packed the Senate chambers yesterday to tout some of the services they provide: helping the needy pay their bills, maintaining cemeteries and handling weed control. Township government was […]

U.S. businesses slashed inventories in December by the biggest amount in seven years as they coped with plunging sales in a dismal holiday season. The Commerce Department reported today that inventories fell 1.3 percent in December, far worse than the 0.9 percent decline analysts expected. It was the largest cut since the record 1.5 percent […]

U.S. businesses slashed inventories in December by the biggest amount in seven years as they coped with plunging sales in a dismal holiday season. The Commerce Department reported today that inventories fell 1.3 percent in December, far worse than the 0.9 percent decline analysts expected. It was the largest cut since the record 1.5 percent […]

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is cutting ticket prices for this summer’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR race. A limited number of seats in two sections of the backstretch will be sold for $45 each, a savings of $30. Speedway President Joie Chitwood says track officials decided to cut the ticket prices because of the […]

U.S. retail sales jumped 1 percent in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists’ expectations by posting the biggest increase in 14 months. The Commerce Department says January retail sales rose a percent from December after having fallen for six straight months. Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected January sales […]

The number of people requesting first-time unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week, but remained near a 26-year high as companies laid off thousands of workers amid a deepening recession. The Commerce Department said today that the number of initial jobless benefit claims dropped to a seasonally-adjusted 623,000, from an upwardly revised figure of 631,000 the […]

The Justice Department will investigate the proposed merger of ticketing giant Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. with Live Nation Inc. to see if it would create an unfair monopoly in the ticket-selling business. Federal antitrust lawyers are “committed to vigorous enforcement of the merger antitrust laws and will conduct a thorough investigation,” Justice Department spokeswoman Gina Talamona […]

Legislation would eliminate township government Lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate township government in Indiana and shift duties such as poor relief to the county level. Dozens of township officials packed the Senate chambers yesterday to tout some of the services they provide: helping the needy pay their bills, maintaining cemeteries and handling […]

Several parents made a pitch yesterday for a proposed state law that would prohibit traditional public schools in Indiana from starting their academic year earlier than late August. Parents from schools that started this school year as early as Aug. 11 said earlier start dates that many schools have turned to mean higher building cooling […]

“Smoking ban light.” That’s how Democratic state Rep. Charlie Brown of Gary described his bill to ban smoking in public places in Indiana after a House committee today carved out exemptions for casinos, some bars and certain hotels. “Very, very light, and I don’t like it,” Brown said after his amended bill cleared the Democrat-controlled […]