Stories tagged with "midwestern states"

Tax credit extension fuels a surge in home-buying by Jeff Swiatek

At current pace, just 7-month supply of homes exists Home sales surged in Indiana and other parts of the Midwest in October and hit their highest level in 21/2 years nationally, as... – Nov 24, 2009 at 12:51 AM in Retail/Real Estate

Report: Indiana casinos take big tax hit by indystar

State’s rate is highest among Midwestern states, newspaper reports Indiana casinos on average pay the highest effective tax rate in the Midwest, according to a newspaper... – Sep 28, 2009 at 12:00 AM in News

Q&A: Rachel Perry by indystar

Fine-arts curator, Indiana State Museum Rachel Perry commutes to the Indiana State Museum from Brown County every day, but please don’t judge her. Perry has a commuter buddy,... – Sep 10, 2009 at 6:28 PM in People

Foreign investment comes a-knocking in Indiana by Ted Evanoff

Survey: Tops in region in luring global investors Indiana led all Midwestern states in attracting foreign investment from 2006 to 2008, a new Indiana University study says. Foreign... – Jun 30, 2009 at 1:23 AM in Business

When apartments fail, Buckingham Cos. gets a call by Jeff Swiatek

Receiverships are a booming — and challenging — business The work calls for emergency response teams, forensic accounting and sometimes an armed response. FBI agent?... – Jun 29, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Marion County

Midwest up front in race for rail cash by indystar

California also is favored as high-speed plans compete for $8B in federal stimulus funds CHICAGO — High-speed rail plans in the Midwest and California appear to be... – Jun 18, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Politics & Government

High-speed rail funds for Midwest? by indystar

CHICAGO — The Obama administration has released criteria for $8 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail that appear to give front-runner status to projects in the Midwest and... – Jun 17, 2009 at 5:14 PM in Communities

Say yes to climate legislation to help state economy by indystar

Gov. Mitch Daniels recently said “no thanks” to addressing global warming (“Daniels attacks climate change proposal,” May 15). By doing so, he’s also... – May 21, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Letters to the editor

Our saving grace: no new taxes by indystar

As pitiful as the current session of the Indiana General Assembly has been, legislators here have, to their credit, avoided a pitfall that’s claimed lawmakers in several... – Apr 16, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Editorial

Job losses unlikely to let up soon by Ted Evanoff

Reliance on factory work may slow state’s recovery Indiana and the nation will continue to lose jobs for months as the country struggles out of a recession that pushed the... – Apr 04, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Business

Indiana jobless rate up slightly in February by John Ketzenberger

Indiana’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.4 percent in February, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The increase is 0.1 percent over... – Mar 27, 2009 at 4:56 PM in Business

CEOs: State tops in region for business by indystar

Memo to staff: Indiana is the best place in the Midwest to do business. But nationally, it’s slipping just a bit. A national survey of 534 chief executives ranked the Hoosier... – Mar 17, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Business

Report: Indiana last in CDC money by indystar

INDIANAPOLIS — A new report says Indiana ranks last among states in the funding it receives from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent disease and... – Mar 10, 2009 at 5:21 PM in Communities

Execs: Journalism students need skill variety by indystar

INDIANAPOLIS — Journalism students with a variety of skills to report the news not only on the printed page but also in multimedia formats will be in the strongest position to... – Jan 31, 2009 at 8:50 PM in News

AT&T mobile service disrupted in some U.S. Midwestern states by indystar

Some AT&T Inc. mobile services were disrupted in an undisclosed number of Midwestern states today after a facility in Bloomfield, Mich., experienced a power failure, the... – Dec 28, 2008 at 10:02 PM in Communities