Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels today initiated state agency spending reductions following the fourth straight month of lower-than-forecast state revenues for Fiscal Year 2010.
For October, revenue collections were again below the May 2009 forecast. Total tax collections were $46 million below the forecast amount for the month. For the first four months of the fiscal year, [...]

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Merrillville-based NiSource Inc. has been ranked fourth out of 37 U.S. utilities in Newsweek magazine’s “Green Rankings” of the nation’s largest corporations.
Newsweek and three research partners compiled the rankings by assessing each company’s resource use and emissions; policies and strategies; and reputation among peers. The nation’s 500 largest companies, as measured by revenue, market capitalization [...]

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Purdue University Calumet’s innovative equine management academic program has been awarded the Distinguished Education Award for Creative and Innovative Education from the Academy of Educational Leadership.
Recognition criteria include the ongoing delivery of outstanding instruction and education plus the practice of innovative and creative education.
Purdue Calumet offers a major study program in equine [...]

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The U.S. Energy Department has awarded more than $31 million in stimulus funds to ArcelorMittal for an industrial energy efficiency project at its Burns Harbor location.
NIPSCO plans to file for another electric rate hike in 2010.
The national unemployment rate rose above 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983.
Forecasters predict a weak recovery [...]

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