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With unemployment rising and tax revenues falling, officials have begun looking in unusual places for answers to the economic crisis, one such place is Marion, Ind.
HOBART — The lease agreement has yet to be inked, but the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy will open in the former Hobart Middle School as early as today. To avoid a disruption of a 16-week training course for 24 rookie cops, including one from Hobart, the Hobart Board of Public Works took the unusual step this week of approving a verbal lease. The lease agreement gives the police ...
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be open extra hours to issue identification cards ahead of the upcoming election.
Indiana State trustees to name College of Education for Bayh family Indiana State University trustees today are expected to approve naming the university’s College of Education for the family of U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh and his father, former Sen. Birch Bayh.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced that it will extend it's hours on Monday, Nov. 2 and Tuesday, Nov. 3, in order to help people get state ID cards they may need for voting. Branches in St.
Congressman Mike Pence announced the appointment of Gregg Puls as his new campaign finance director for Indiana.
HEBRON -- With the two-year construction work on Indiana 2 complete, matters of businesses in the city dominated Tuesday's town council meeting. The council set aside $5,000 of County Economic Development Income Tax money to promote Hebron business and interests and the members decided to hold a $1,000 check to the newly re-opened Dairy Queen until today's Hebron Redevelopment Commission ...
The Indian Wells City Council has expanded a conservation initiative and launched a new pilot program to further solidify its position as one of the Coachella Valley's leading green cities.
For most of the past decade, the District 30 seat in the Indiana House has been a battleground for Democrats and Republicans. In 2004, Republican John Smith upset Ron Herrell, and Herrell returned the favor in 2006. During the 2008 election cycle, Herrell was challenged by a political newcomer.
GARY -- Payments to schools, church groups, Greek organizations and other not-for-profits account for much of $365,000 spent by the City Council in 2008, according to records released by City Hall. Many of the payments were made after it became clear Gary would ask the Indiana Distressed Unit Appeals Board for relief from new property tax caps or face a crippling budget deficit in 2009. The ...
Though Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said new figures that will be released in a few days will show another dip in unemployment claims in the state, he still isn’t ready to celebrate.
There’s little doubt the race for the District 30 seat in the Indiana House next year will garner plenty of statewide attention. Republican candidate Mike Karickhoff conducted a fundraising event Tuesday at the Kokomo Country Club. Approximately 100 people attended the event.
The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to meet with Burns Harbor officials regarding possible installation of a traffic signal at Indiana 149 and Tech Drive south of U.S. 20. The matter will be discussed at tonight’s Town Council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at the town hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd.
New campaign reports show that the four Republicans planning to challenge longtime Indiana Congressman Dan Burton in next year's GOP primary combined to raise more than double what he did in the past three months.
If there's a model for political campaign positioning, Pat Toomey could be the one. A former Republican congressman from eastern Pennsylvania, Toomey brought his quest for the U.S. Senate to Indiana on Thursday to muster support from local GOP leaders and businesspeople.
HIGHLAND -- Hot on the heels of a rally outside U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh's Hammond office, local unions continued voicing their support of a public health care option Wednesday evening. Sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Building and Construction Trades and local lawmakers at Wicker Park Social Center, union representatives still believe a public option is the only way to go in terms of health ...