- Sep 3, 2010 Workshop offers tips for starting a business (The Times) Checks can be made payable to the Purdue CES Education Fund and sent to the location that you will be attending. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Portage adult education continuing to evolve (The Times) Earlier this month the Center for Workforce Innovations announced it would reopen 10 of the shuttered centers. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Terre Haute named 2010 Indiana Chamber 'Community of the Year' (The Tribune-Star) Actually achieving the honor is "certainly not the beginning and definitely is not the end. The Tribune-Star printed window signs bearing the new logo for distribution. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Report (The Times) ...-- VALPARAISO -- More than half the workers in Northwest Indiana need some type of work force development services, according to a report released Wednesday by the Center of Workforce Innovations. Speaking to more than 150 people at the Strongbow Inn, employees of the Center of Workforce... more...
- Aug 31, 2010 Kokomo to be movie set for animated film (The Indianapolis Star) Here comes another, on a much smaller scale. A Kokomo-based company plans to produce the animated film "Whoever Heard of a Herd of Fird?" in Kokomo. The company expects to hire 20 high-skill workers including artists, animators and programmers. The toys will listen and speak to users with the... more...
- Aug 31, 2010 BRIEF (The Times) You need to have a business, and if you are eligible, payment will be necessary at this introductory meeting. Cost is $100 and registration is required. more...
- Aug 29, 2010 The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind., Mark Bennett column (The Tribune-Star) Unemployment, alone, continues to loom large in Terre Haute. The lowest is McAllen, Texas, at $19,720. Terre Haute can relate to McAllen much better than Bridgeport-Stamford. In 2008, only Muncie residents earned less than Hauteans. more...
- Aug 28, 2010 LEDF seeks to fill need for diplomas (Pharos-Tribune) ...or GED. "That was a concern," Kuker said. Landmark Adult Learning Center had been working with ault, but Logansport Community Schools shut down that program in May. "No one was filling the need for GEDs or testing in Cass County," Kuker said. Realizing the importance of making higher... more...
- Aug 28, 2010 Getting started (The Evening News and The Tribune) Pottery from the Indiana Artisans program is on sale in the display cases. A historical marker has been added at the old Taylor High School on Wall Street, which served as an all-black high school during segregation. more...
- Aug 28, 2010 New goals on the horizon (Kokomo Tribune) The company has diversified away from GM, which now comprises about 17 percent of Delphi's business, Owens said. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Mitch adventures (The Evening News and The Tribune) Indiana to buy millions of dollars of permanent infrastructure, the governor said. He responded to criticism from skeptics who've charged that the money will all be gone in 10 years. "It won't be gone, you'll be driving on it," he said. Further, the governor talked about federal spending,... more...
- Aug 25, 2010 Classroom science project inspires Union City to think big (The Indianapolis Star) About three years ago, he got about $36,000 in grants to put up solar panels on the high school roof and a small turbine on a 90-foot-tall pole. more...
- Aug 24, 2010 Former McTavern's rehab looms (The Times) HAMMOND -- A former Woodmar-area bar that was the site of more than a hundred police calls a year will have a quieter rebirth in October. APT Plus Physical Therapy bought the former McTavern's Deli and Bar at 7443 Indianapolis Blvd. in June and will rehab the building with assistance from the... more...
- Aug 24, 2010 Federal assistance program opens to Kokomo GM workers (Kokomo Tribune) Assistance for older laid-off GM workers in Kokomo. The people who receive RTAA benefits can choose between regular TAA benefits or the program can subsidize 50 percent of the difference between their new wages and old, up to $12,000. Workforce Development says many of the employees at the... more...
- Aug 24, 2010 Local income-tax formula shorts many cities (The Indianapolis Star) The formula allowed the new local income tax to, in effect, replace lost property tax dollars -- creating one tax to keep another down. Under the old system, communities who racked up debt guaranteed by property taxes also had their share of income taxes increased. Clay Township receives millions... more...
- Aug 23, 2010 Crossroads chamber on right path? (The Times) ...roast and Festival Days, Popp said. "It was very important to the (regional chamber's) merger task force that traditions be maintained," Popp said. The two chambers of commerce truly were at a crossroads when merger talks began last year. The Merrillville chamber had lost its longtime... more...
- Aug 21, 2010 Indiana's jobless rate nudges higher in July (The Evening News and The Tribune) The District of Columbia had the greatest gain among territories, with a 3.2 percent increase in private sector jobs. Floyd recorded the 14th lowest rate out of 92 counties. Fayette county had the highest Hoosier jobless mark at 14.1 percent, followed by Elkhart county at 13.9 percent. more...
- Aug 21, 2010 Unemployment rate in Indiana ticks upward (The Times) ...unemployment rate decreases in July were Hobart, Merrillville and Valparaiso. The jobless rate in Illinois showed improvement for the second month in a row, falling to 10.3 percent from 10.4 percent in June. Illinois Department of Employment Security Director Maureen O'Donnell said the state... more...
- Aug 21, 2010 Jobless rate dips slightly (Kokomo Tribune) That is down from 12.4 percent in June. Howard County alone had 12.5 percent unemployment. more...
