Toyota Shifts Highlander Output to US - BusinessWeek

8 February 2012, 9:46 pm

Chicago TribuneToyota Shifts Highlander Output to USBusinessWeek9 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest automaker, will end production of Highlander sport-utility vehicles in Japan, consolidating assembly of the model in Indiana to blunt the impact of the yen's rise on earnings.M... Read More »

Right-to-Work Revolution Takes on Big Labor - The Fiscal Times

8 February 2012, 9:30 pm

Reason OnlineRight-to-Work Revolution Takes on Big LaborThe Fiscal TimesFirst, it had been more than a decade since any state adopted right-to-work laws. But more importantly, Indiana is the first rust belt state – where manufacturing provided most of the economy and unions controlled large portio... Read More »

Obama's swing-state foreclosure campaign burden - Politico

8 February 2012, 8:36 pm

PoliticoObama's swing-state foreclosure campaign burdenPoliticoThe economy's given President Barack Obama reason to feel good about his prospects lately, with unemployment heading down and consumer confidence on the upswing. But there's trouble looming on another front: the housing marke... Read More »

Indiana Students Drowning In Loan Debt - WRTV Indianapolis

8 February 2012, 7:53 pm

Indiana Students Drowning In Loan DebtWRTV IndianapolisINDIANAPOLIS -- The Call 6 Investigators have uncovered a perfect storm brewing in Indiana, where student loan debt is threatening to damage the economy and drown Hoosiers, whether they went to college or not. Indiana has the third-highest stude... Read More »

Union protesters gather to greet Mitch Daniels in Jeffersonville - Louisville Courier-Journal

8 February 2012, 6:38 pm

Union protesters gather to greet Mitch Daniels in JeffersonvilleLouisville Courier-JournalThe governor added that Indiana law generally doesn't provide for such state-wide votes on legislation, but if it had held a referendum, the bill would have passed anyway. Stevens angrily disagreed, saying ... Read More »

Floundering Swing State Economies Imperil Obama: Ezra Klein - Bloomberg

8 February 2012, 6:02 pm

Floundering Swing State Economies Imperil Obama: Ezra KleinBloomberg(State-by- state numbers for January haven't been released yet.) Housing Drop Similarly, an analysis conducted in January by the Progressive Policy Institute looked at the housing market in 16 battleground states (adding Arizona... Read More »

Interim President Selected For Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development ... - Indiana's NewsCenter

8 February 2012, 5:40 pm

Indiana's NewsCenterInterim President Selected For Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development ...Indiana's NewsCenterBy Maureen Mespell FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- The Board of Directors for the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance appointed Mick McCollum interi... Read More »

Former Lafayette City Council member announces run for statehouse - Purdue Exponent

8 February 2012, 5:29 pm

Former Lafayette City Council member announces run for statehousePurdue Exponent"Purdue University is the second largest employer in Indiana and affects virtually every corner of this state," Cornstuble said. "Purdue is the engine driving our state's economy into the 21st century. The state of I... Read More »

Senate Joint Economic Committee Committee Hearing - Insurance News Net (press release)

8 February 2012, 5:12 am

Senate Joint Economic Committee Committee HearingInsurance News Net (press release)My name is Mark W. Everson , and I serve as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development . The Department of Workforce Development operates the state's unemployment insurance system, workforce t... Read More »

Illinois Economy Better Than Indiana, Wisconsin? New Index Says Yes - Huffington Post

6 February 2012, 7:25 am

Chicago TribuneIllinois Economy Better Than Indiana, Wisconsin? New Index Says YesHuffington Post"While Pat Quinn's Illinois continues to tax and spend itself into oblivion at the behest of union bosses, Mitch Daniels' Indiana stands as an example for the entire Midwest," Norquist said. The ... Read More »