Decisions made with the future in mind aren't easy. Benefits may be years, even decades away. Some who make sacrifices might not be around to see their fruition. School referendums in Indiana tend to fall into that category.

The late Rodney Dangerfield joked, "I came from a broken home. I broke it." It's increasingly looking like President Trump owns an economy that if not quite broken, is cracked. And he broke it. He's now scrambling to undo the damage done by his trade policy and keep the economy strong through the election. To find out if he's likely to pull it off, I asked three experts--Tim Slaper, who is co-interim director of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at Indiana University, and two professional large investors.

The future of one of Terre Haute's longest-running manufacturers clouded last week. Another has shrunk in recent years. Some new plants are launching.

An executive with Virginia-based LifeNet Health says the company's new location in Plainfield will provide greater efficiency.

With less than six months to go until the 2020 Census, efforts are ramping up in Indiana and other states to ensure an accurate count.

Early Learning Indiana has announced the finalists in a competition to address what it calls the state's child care desert.

Bloomington has come a long way since the turn of the millennium, when about 69,000 people lived in the city.

Sniffles in the economy show symptoms of the U.S. and Indiana coming down with a bout of recession, potentially between now and around this time next year.

Today, Credential Engine announced it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase 1 grant to support a partnership with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and Lumina Foundation aimed at identifying and building critical data exchanges between education and workforce systems in Indiana.

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard didn't immediately respond to Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett's plan announced in May to increase funding for roads in Marion and surrounding counties.

Fifteen of Indiana's 92 counties declined to review the U.S. Census Bureau's residential address list to ensure its accuracy ahead of the 2020 national head count -- so Indiana University's Indiana Business Research Center did it for them.

Local drivers may get caught in heavier traffic starting next week when the state plans to close down one eastbound lane at a time on Interstate 70 between Mt. Comfort and Greenfield.

Preparation for the 2020 census campaign has begun with the goal of counting all Hoosiers and promoting the census's ease and confidentiality.

Indiana’s July unemployment rate dropped to 3.4%, below the national rate of 3.7% and the lowest it has been since April 2018, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported.

The next census is eight months away, and Indiana is getting ready.

On August 12, 2019, Early Learning Indiana announced a competition designed to address the fact that more than four of every 10 children in Indiana live in a child care desert.

The Indiana Data Partnership features visualizations meant to connect nonprofits, government agencies and private-sector organizations in their work to solve societal issues, like the ongoing opioid epidemic.

For the 10th year in a row, Indiana received an "A" grade for the health of its manufacturing industry, one of only five states in the U.S. to make the grade this year.

Vigo County’s complicated future would be less headache-inducing if the community were growing. Instead, the county population fell by 295 residents last year, the state’s fourth largest drop.

The Indiana Data Partnership (IDP) is launching to empower collaboration among government, non-profit and private sector entities to drive positive change in key challenges impacting Hoosiers.

Suketu Patel wants a career where he can merge his love for computers with his interest in health care. But the 21-year-old Avon native, like many college students Indianapolis-area employers in competitive fields want to recruit, didn't always consider Central Indiana as a place to pursue that.

The Indy Chamber's Hispanic Business Council is launching a program to provide management training to Hispanic business owners in central Indiana.

Nearly $18 billion is on the line for Indiana--roughly $2,710 per person. That’s how much in annual federal funding the state receives based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The average Johnson County worker made thousands of dollars less than the average Hoosier and average American in 2018.

PharmaCord, a healthcare solutions company that provides customized patient support services for the life sciences industry, will establish new operations at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, IN.

Secretary of State Connie Lawson has partnered with other experts in fraud prevention to create IN-CASE, or the Indiana Council Against Senior Exploitation, to protect seniors against those who would exploit them.

Hancock County Councilman Jim Shelby says the public would cause a "firestorm" if a proposal to funnel the county’s income tax dollars to help fix Indianapolis roads comes to fruition.

During his state of the city address on Wednesday evening, Mayor Joe Hogsett (D-Indianapolis) publicly announced a proposal for a regional infrastructure framework, though some other mayors in the region don't appear to be thrilled with Hogsett's plan.

During his state of the city address on Wednesday, Mayor Joe Hogsett publicly announced a proposal for a regional infrastructure framework.

U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday show a slight increase in Kokomo’s population figures.

Boone and Hamilton counties have the state's first- and second-fastest growing cities among places with at least 5,000 residents, according to new figures released this month.

The Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business says Whitestown in Boone County is Indiana's fastest-growing community for the eighth consecutive year.

For the eighth consecutive year, Whitestown is the state's fastest growing community, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. This year, however, it will have to settle for a first-place tie.

A debate over whether or not to include a citizenship question on the upcoming census has raged as 2020 draws near. It recently wound up before the Supreme Court.

Over the past two decades, more than 20,000 people have moved into Hancock County.

The Gary Division of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, which encompasses most of Northwest Indiana, grew by an estimated 576 residents last year in only the second population gain since 2010, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

The federal government plans to collect pay data by race, ethnicity and gender from businesses by Sept. 30. Any business with over 100 employees will have to provide this data.

Population figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday show a slight uptick in the amount of people living in Howard County.

In what homeowners may find cruel timing, property tax bills in Indiana arrive in mailboxes every April, about the same time state and federal income taxes are due. Tax caps made part of the state constitution in 2010 continue to limit how much Hoosiers pay on their bungalows, ranch homes and McMansions to support local governments.

Nearly three years have passed since British voters chose to leave the European Union, a decision that created uncertainty and risks that have become a focal point of economic forecasters like me.

Indiana, along with the rest of the nation, continues to see more and more residents develop an addiction to opioids, devastating individuals, families and entire communities. In 2016, more Americans died from drug overdoses than the total number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. About two-thirds of those fatal overdoses involved opioids.

Greenleaf Foods, a maker of veggie burgers and other vegan food, broke ground Monday afternoon on a new facility in Shelbyville.

Radius Indiana concluded its annual economic development course at French Lick Resort last Thursday, wrapping up three days of education, networking and skills building for community leaders from across Southern Indiana.

Whether as manager of Mitch Daniels' first gubernatorial campaign or CEO of Angie's List, Bill Oesterle has always chased ambitious goals. But his most recent endeavor might be his loftiest pursuit--and some would say his most difficult.

The suggestion that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey take over operations of Atlantic City International Airport from the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) raises issues that make the takeover doubtful.

More Dubois County residents voted by absentee ballot in the 2018 general election than those who voted in person.

The number of jobs in Indiana's life sciences sector grew by about 1 percent last year, to 56,323, and averages wages climbed 3 percent, to $97,607.

Passion for a better way of life initiates a community revitalization. Momentum fuels optimism and more people join the cause. Persistence keeps it alive, even when obstacles arise. The Lafayette Avenue and 12 Points Neighborhood revitalization projects are moving on that continuum in promising fashion

Labor organizers and business leaders share vastly different views on how raising Illinois’ minimum wage would affect the economy. But, most agree the Quad-Cities bi-state region would be impacted much differently than landlocked areas of Illinois.

Hamilton County residents seemed to be struck with recurring deja vu in 2018: Every few months, the headlines announced plans for another new or expanded hospital.

Having struck out in one attempt to bring low-income apartments to downtown Fishers, an affordable housing group is moving ahead with another income-based project, this one for seniors and other older tenants.

A publication tied to Indiana University's Kelley School of Business forecasts the state's economy will expand in 2019 by a healthy 3.2 percent, though it said growth could start to wane later in the year.

A new study shows Indiana workers should worry less about being replaced by a robot and more about their job being sent to another country.

Millions of Indiana parents hope their kids graduate from college and then choose to live, work and raise a family in the Hoosier state.

Boosted by today's lower birth rates, longer lifespans and aging baby boomers, the group that makes up the nation's oldest citizens is growing rapidly.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels is preparing to scale up an initiative aimed at luring Purdue graduates back to Indiana by expanding it to other universities in the state and enlisting the support of hundreds of corporate partners.

With Veteran’s Day approaching, a new report from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business found that about half of the Hoosier state's veterans are age 65 and older.

In their 1988 song of the same name, the Beach Boys envisioned "Kokomo" as a mythical tropical island paradise. In the real world, Kokomo was a gritty Indiana industrial town, population 45,000, and by 2009, it was facing bankruptcy.

The Howard County Council's fourth district encompasses the northwest quadrant of the county. The council is responsible for approving and fixing annual operating budgets of all county departments, the expenditure of public funds and other fiscal actions.

Indiana House District 38 represents portions of Carroll, Cass, Howard and Clinton counties. VanNatter, the incumbent, earned $66,660 in 2017, according to the Indiana Gateway database.

Candidates in three contested races for Porter County Council made their pitches to voters in a candidate forum Tuesday night.

Although the state is projected to need to fill 1 million jobs in the next decade, a recent report shows the state is entering an era where Hoosier labor force growth will slow to almost zero.

By the mid-2000s, the United States was in the midst of a housing bubble. Soaring real estate prices finally reached an untenable and unrealistic level, and when the market corrected, millions of Americans lost equity as their assets were suddenly worth less than their mortgage. As a result, the American economy plunged into a crisis and recession of a level not seen since the Great Depression. This week on Noon Edition we discuss the housing bubble ten years later.

Demographic observers have been warning for some time now that immigration is an economic lifeline for Indiana and its neighboring states. But instead of heeding their message, Indiana politicians -- on both sides of the aisle -- have fed the narrative of immigration as a threat to our safety and well-being.

Even though Indiana's unemployment rate remains below the national average of 3.9 percent, about one-third of the state's counties have rates higher than that.

Indiana's unemployment rate has been lower than the national average for four years, and the state's economy hums along, but a looming problem could limit economic growth -- many workers will soon retire, and not enough people are in line to replace them.

The fastest-growing town in Hancock County could annex land for its third new subdivision in less than two years.

The scene seems too ordinary to be a city’s "drawing card." Yet, it is. Rob Haworth has routinely witnessed the activities of an east-side Terre Haute neighborhood since he and his family moved there this summer. The daily sight even led Haworth to ramp up his physical fitness routine.

Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Jasper County officials joined executives from Premier BioSource, an agriculture biosciences company specializing in the production of research-purposed swine, broke ground on the company's first Indiana farming operation in Rensselaer Thursday.

Premier BioSource, an agriculture biosciences company specializing in the production of research-purposed swine, is breaking ground today on its first Indiana farming operation in Rensselaer.

A global company with locations in Richmond, Indiana has been piloting a program to help its workers receive addiction treatment. Belden Inc., which specializes in signal transmission products, operates a plant in Richmond. Belden is one of the largest employers in Wayne County. In recent years, Belden representatives started noticing a trend. Despite the high need for workers, many local residents applying to open job positions were failing drug screenings.

Seventy-five positions. Usually, the Belden Inc. plant in Richmond only hires 15 people a year. But in 2016, the cabling and wire manufacturer needed to find 75. That might not have been a problem several years ago, when residents in the community seemed more interested in working in manufacturing. Or when opioids hadn't taken over.

Vigo Countians continue to express legitimate concerns about the size and expense of a proposed new county jail. Many remain unconvinced that a jail twice as large as the current facility is necessary, or that taxpayers can afford its price tag.

Across Indiana, real estate agents have gone to battle, fighting over a meager supply of homes as they juggle a growing number of potential buyers emboldened by a robust economy.

Millennials are buying in, Gen Xers are moving up, and baby boomers are downsizing -- driving brisk home sales in Indiana, and creating problems specific to each generation. And they are all dealing with one reality, rising prices.

Each year the Annie E. Casey Foundation publishes a very interesting report called the Kids Count Data Book. The 2018 version, just released, sheds light on how states compare across a number of dimensions of child well-being.

Community and business leaders gathered Aug. 1 at the Hillenbrand Auditorium for the Hillenbrand Community Leadership Series. Attendees received information about Indiana's demographic trends and placemaking in rural communities, including an update from Batesville Main Street representatives.

The United States can withstand almost any mean-spirited or just plain bad domestic policy in the near term, but foreign policy is another matter entirely. It is no understatement to claim that stakes are extraordinarily high. Hoosier steelworkers get it. Hoosier farmers get it. Hoosier moms get it, and Hoosier teenagers get it too.

Let's talk trade. Without foreign imports, we wouldn't have Italian wine, French cheese or German beer on our store shelves. Americans also wouldn't be able to easily buy Bic pens, Birkenstock sandals and Nikon cameras.

Buying an old house is an adventure -- alternately fun, frustrating, surprising and rewarding. That's especially true the first time.

High demand in the Indiana housing market has led to the largest surge in home prices since the early 1990s.

A new report from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business shows home prices in 2017 increased at the highest annual rate since 1991.

Warning: Today’s column will include a lot of numbers. The idea behind sharing them is to offer a glimpse into some unique aspects of Monroe County.

The companies in the Indiana life science industry are breaking their own records again. As if their former figures weren't lofty to begin with, they've gotten bigger and the state is making a concerted effort to see those impacts grow even larger.

Kokomo experienced a slight bump in population growth from 2016 to 2017, the city's first increase unrelated to annexation in recent years, according to estimates from the United States Census Bureau.

The Gary metropolitan area grew by a total of 153 residents last year, a negligible amount for a metro with a population over 700,000.

Indianapolis is no longer one of the country’s 15 largest cities, according to population figures released late last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

A new study says central Indiana’s population growth is outpacing other regions in the state.

Opioid addiction has a well-known human cost in the number of fatal overdoses. Bartholomew County had 30 last year.

Indiana's population will grow by roughly 660,000 residents between 2015 and 2050, according to the Indiana Business Research Center. That's a 10 percent increase over a 35-year stretch.

Hamilton County is expected to become the state’s second-largest county by 2050 with about 528,000 residents--and leaders say they’re already planning for the growth.

Indiana outpaces the Midwest for population growth. But a new Indiana Business Research Center study finds the suburbs around Indianapolis take the spotlight.

When it comes to population growth in the Hoosier state, Central Indiana is outpacing other regions.

The town manager of Whitestown says he is not surprised the town is the fastest-growing community in Indiana for the seventh consecutive year.

Nearly 53 percent of native Hoosiers had at least some college by 2016, an increase of 7 percent from a decade earlier.

Bartholomew County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state--2.5 percent in March, tied for sixth lowest. While this is typically a healthy economic sign, mixed with a high level of opioid misuse it places Bartholomew County in an extreme position, a local finance professor said.

Howard County's work release program could soon be awarded grant money for a female pod, and progress continues toward bringing a downtown hotel and conference center to Kokomo.

Good news for commuters and others who drive to and from the Indianapolis area. The Indiana Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to continue the widening of Interstate 69 north of Indianapolis and to rehabilitate a section of the highway from Daleville to Anderson riddled with potholes.

With enrollment expected to continue dropping in Carmel Clay Schools at the elementary level in the coming years, district officials are trying to decide if it's worth the cost of making major renovations at its two oldest campuses.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels plans to make his pitch to Indiana college students Friday afternoon to try to keep them in the state after graduation.

Blue-collar cities embody most Americans' perceptions of Indiana. They picture towns filled with unpretentious Hoosiers whose values and work ethics are worth emulating.

New population projections suggest Elkhart County will rapidly grow over the next three decades, but St. Joseph County will remain nearly stagnant.

Many Indiana counties saw relatively strong population growth in 2017, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

New census estimates show Indiana experiencing modest statewide population growth since 2010 with some of the most significant increases in the Indianapolis and Fort Wayne areas. Bloomington, Lafayette and the Indiana suburbs of Louisville also saw above average gains.

The population of Indiana is expected to grow to more than 7 million by 2050 and Daviess County is one of the few rural counties in the state that is anticipated to keep up with that growth.

New businesses, infrastructure and housing developments in Clark County point to population growth, a dynamic confirmed by the latest U.S. Census Bureau report.

Five years ago, Indiana began taking an important look at its future. Slow population growth had state officials concerned about economic viability and it was clear they needed to do some things different to spark growth.

Today our economy is on its strongest growth path in over a decade, and the benefits to workers in Indiana and across our country are only beginning. We must continue this progress. Recent calls by the administration to enter a trade war and raise tariffs put this growth at risk.

New projections show that fast-growing Hamilton County in suburban Indianapolis could pass Fort Wayne’s Allen County to become Indiana’s third largest county within about a decade.

The latest census data repeats what has been clear for years: Tippecanoe County is one of the fastest growing counties in Indiana.

The number of jobs in Indiana’s life sciences sector shrunk by about 1 percent last year, or 510 jobs, and average annual wages fell by 4 percent, to $94,749.

Marker to honor Syrian community, illuminate immigrants' contributions

The city of Muncie's population continues to drop, new Census figures show.

Allen County, watch your back. With an estimated 372,877 residents, the county remains Indiana's third largest behind Marion with 950,000 and Lake with 485,640, according to census population estimates released today. But Hamilton County, ranked fourth and the fastest growing in the last decade, is quickly closing in with 323,747 people.

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business says the state's total population increased by its highest total since 2009.

Several Indiana counties are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to repair major road damage. And, the source of some of those problems presents a unique challenge.

Indiana's life sciences growth initiative has announced new figures showing the sector's economic impact is again on the rise.

Should suburbanites who work in Indianapolis help pay for city streets? That's a question being pondered by Mayor Joe Hogsett as the city scrambles to fill potholes that seem to grow larger and deeper each year.

Lake County could lose its longstanding spot as the second most populous county in Indiana by 2050, according to a new report by the Indiana Business Research Center.

Some Tri-State agencies are teaming up to better prepare people to join the workforce. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, WorkOne Southwest, and Vincennes University held a joint news conference Friday to announce a boost to a vital program.

Today: we talk to Carol Rogers, who is the Deputy Director and Chief Information officer for the Indiana Business Research Center in Indianapolis. She is in charge of the award-winning interactive Web service STATS Indiana. The site's become one of the nation's most-used public data sites along with its sister site STATS America.

Research and development spending in Indiana rose to $7.6 billion in 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, up from $7.3 billion in 2014, according to a new report from Indiana University's STATS Indiana.

Indiana’s second-fastest growing town is taking steps to keep that momentum going.

Northwest Indiana has lost more than 10,000 jobs over the past year as its workforce has shrunk.

Thousands of Hauteans have worked in retail businesses here, or have a relative who’s a retail employee.