An Indiana trial court has awarded more than $42 million to current and former Indiana state employees who were required by the State of Indiana to work 40-hour workweeks from 1973 until 1993 even though other state employees holding the same positions were required by the State to work only 37.5-hour workweeks for exactly the [...]

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Continued upticks in unemployment are sapping consumer confidence, according to the latest Consumer Confidence Index from The Conference Board.
“Consumer confidence, which had rebounded strongly in late spring, has faded in the last two months,” said Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center. “The decline…was caused primarily by a worsening job market, as [...]

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Data through May 2009, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that, although still negative, the annual rate of decline of the 10-City and 20-City Composites improved for the fourth consecutive month in 2009.
The 10-City and 20-City Composites declined 16.8% and 17.1%, [...]

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The projected price tag for a rail extension to Lowell, IN, has increased 34 percent to nearly $738 million.
New home sales were up 11 percent nationwide in June, the biggest jump in eight years, but the median sale price was down 12 percent versus year-ago.
Indiana and Michigan have joined forces with other Midwestern states in [...]

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