Indiana Auditor Tim Berry closed the books on the state’s fiscal year today with the news that Indiana had held spending increases down to just half a percent, and as a result boosted the state’s reserves by $26 million.
“Indiana is in an enviable position, one of just a few states maintaining reserves, while not raising [...]

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Unemployment in Indiana edged up just 0.1 percent to 10.7 percent in June, according to numbers released today (.pdf) by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
“We are starting to see a few encouraging signs despite continued losses in the manufacturing sector. Indiana added 5,000 service jobs last month and the number of ‘Help Wanted’ [...]

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Indiana will receive more than $9.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revitalize communities and help create jobs for Hoosiers. The funds have been allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
“Communities that were already struggling before the economic downturn face significant challenges to recovery,” [...]

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The International Academy of Visual Arts has awarded Diversified Marketing Strategies, Inc., a 2009 Communicator Award of Excellence for Building Indiana News. The bi-monthly magazine was selected out of a pool of more than 7,000 entries made to the 15th Annual Communicator Awards competition.
The Excellence Awards are the highest level of Communicator Awards given out [...]

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South Shore Arts has issued a call for entries for the 66th Annual Salon Show. The exhibition opens September 13 and runs through November 1, 2009. Up to $10,000 in cash prizes will awarded to the best artwork submitted.
Deadline for entries is 5:00 pm Monday, August 3rd , 2009.
All fine art media are accepted, including [...]

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The LaPorte County Fair kicks off this weekend. The Porter County Fair, which is knocking a couple bucks off the price of admission this year, starts next Thursday.
Porter County is slowly getting its act together on property taxes.
South Bend police are warning local businesses about a telephone scam that cost one company $2,200.00.
U.S. Steel will [...]

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