Layoffs and terminations often create a domino effect that harms people’s finances, family and well-being. That’s according to a new survey from the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute.

The proposed legislation would allow the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to create a skills training pilot program, available for eligible Hoosiers on the state’s unemployment insurance program.

Several bills that would make Hoosiers pay some of the cost of building small modular nuclear reactors are working their way through the Indiana Statehouse. But a state Senate bill that passed committee on Thursday, SB 423, would allow the tech companies driving the need for these plants to share that cost.

Indiana University business school leaders say the national and state economies are “returning to normal.”

The Indiana Farm Bureau’s annual summer cookout market basket survey measures the prices of “summertime staples” — including hamburgers, lemonade and potato salad.

Indiana state officials say the state's overall economic outlook remains strong, even as the state's labor force has shrunk four consecutive months.

Former state commerce secretary Brad Chambers said the number one job of a governor is to grow the economy and increase wages. And the Republican gubernatorial candidate unveiled his 10-point economic plan Monday.

A bill to repeal a funding tool for downtown Indianapolis passed the Indiana House Tuesday evening. The Economic Enhancement District, or EED, was passed by the City-County Council last year after 2023 state legislation allowed the move.

Indiana's real per capita personal income was ninth among 12 Midwest states in 2022, one place better than the previous year.

Indiana is improving in some key economic areas, according to the latest report card released by the state Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. But in many areas, that improvement is being outpaced by other states.