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Indiana unemployment rate drops in April
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s unemployment rate dropped in April to 8.5 percent but remains higher than the rate for the nation and Indiana’s neighboring states. The number is 0.2 percentage points lower than it was in March, which represents the largest one-month decrease in more than a year. Gov. Mike Pence [...]
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Pence signs dozens of bills; new laws open records and help veterans
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Tuesday that requires the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to make incentives and reports transparent to taxpayers and policy makers. Senate Bill 162 requires the jobs-creation agency to make public information about business performance reviews, recaptured incentives, numbers of recipients and tax credits claimed [...]
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2013 session: What passed, what didn’t
Lawmakers adjourned their 2013 legislative session early Saturday morning after passing dozens of bills and a state budget that Gov. Mike Pence can now sign, veto or allow to become law without his signature. Here’s a sampling of what lawmakers passed bills to do: Taxes Phase down individual income tax rates from 3.4 percent to [...]
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March unemployment rate remains steady
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s unemployment rate remained at 8.7 percent in March, halting a recent upward trend, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Workforce Development. Though unemployment remained the same overall, the state saw an increase in manufacturing jobs, production hours and durable goods production employment. Over the [...]
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New RV manufacturer locates headquarters in Elkhart County
By Jesselyn Bickley TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence announced Thursday that new recreational vehicle manufacturer – Grand Design RV – has located its headquarters and manufacturing operations in Indiana, producing up to 500 jobs by 2016. The announcement is part of a larger turnaround in the RV industry, which is important to the state. [...]
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Gov. Pence signs workforce development bills into law
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed bills Monday that are meant to bolster economic development in Indiana by boosting vocational training in high schools and matching job training to business needs. One of the bills – Senate Bill 465 – was a key part of Pence’s legislative agenda and his campaign [...]
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Works council bill heads to Gov. Pence for consideration
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill pushed by both leaders of the House is on its way to Gov. Mike Pence to be signed into law. House Bill 1002 would establish a council of 16 leaders from private industry and from the legislature. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said the group aims to [...]
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Lawmakers try to woo gun manufacturers to Indiana
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A resolution that tries to tempt small arms manufacturers to come to Indiana passed the House on Tuesday. The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure also passed an almost identical resolution the same day. Senate Resolution 61 and House Resolution 63 aim to attract gun manufacturers to Indiana [...]
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Job growth, unemployment rate up in February
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s unemployment rate inched up in February even as the state added 5,800 private sector jobs and the national jobless rate dropped, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said on Friday. February was the state’s 38th month of private sector growth out the past 42, dating back to [...]
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Commentary: Republicans miss jobs that government can, does create
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – When the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly opened, legislative leaders said, over and over again, that the legislature’s top priorities were jobs, jobs and jobs. Now that the end of the session is in sight, there is scant evidence that they meant it. Gov. Mike Pence, a [...]