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Millions in tax credits = thousands of new jobs in Indiana
High tech, telecom among employment leaders
By Rick Yencer
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Millions of dollars in state tax credits and local tax breaks could create more than 2,500 new jobs over the next five years from some of the fastest growing companies in the country.
And it's no surprise that some of those companies are high tech, telecommunications and online service companies already employing hundreds in the Hoosier state.
Indiana House Republicans ready to change for the conservative
By Rick Yencer
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MUNCIE, IN - Some local Indiana House Republicans intend to get rid of common construction wages and oppose renewable energy mandates after they change the social fabric of the Hoosier state.
Around 50 people, mostly partisans, attended the event at Northside Middle School. Among the political celebrities were former Mayor Sharon McShurley and Elwood Mayor Ron Arnold, both Republicans.
Brenda Brumfield, spokesperson for the chamber, said it was painfully apparent that no audience and no media attention made the forum a failure in some ways.
That much of that is because big media sees front runner Mike Pence, a Republican congressman, as the next governor and Republicans keeping safe, large ,majorities in the House and Senate.
Errington, Oliver talk about poverty and how to solve it in House 34 showdown
By Rick Yencer
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MUNCIE, IN - Democrat Sue Errington and Republican Brad Oliver offered some stark differences talking about how to end poverty and take care of those in need at a forum Thursday organized by Teamwork for Quality Living.
Oliver, an administrator for Indiana Wesleyan University, was not a supporter of the Affordable Care Act that Republicans call Obamacare as some of his Tea Party supporters smiled. "It is not very affordable," said Oliver, saying it would cost small businesses and keep dollars out of Hoosier workers' pockets.
Errington, a former lawmaker and retired Planned Parenthood executive, believed people in poverty should be gradually taken off benefits as they get jobs and gain income. And she supported government supported health care like the Healthy Indiana initiative.
The House 34 district that includes Muncie has a high poverty rate as well as plenty of churches like the First Baptist Church that was host to the legislative talk.
Muncie job fair offers opportunity, despair over economy
By Rick Yencer
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MUNCIE, IN - John Johnson has seen one mill after another close, but the journeyman carpenter always had another job to go to until recently.
"I just want to go out and do something," said the veteran millwright waiting for the 6th congressional district job fair to begin on Tuesday. He feels at 50 something, he's too old to get another job besides being told he was overqualified for other jobs he sought.
Johnson shook Congressman Mike Pence's hand after he talked to human resources representatives of Keihin Aircon North America who wore those white uniforms seen in all Asian manufacturers like Honda, Toyota and Kia. Amy Sokel, Keihin human resources director, said the company needed 20 more production workers,
A few hundred people passed through the doors of Worthen Arena at Ball State University to find a new job amid a youth volleyball camp working out in the gym.
Joe the Blue Dog
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - Congressman Joe the Blue Dog Donnelly brought his U.S. Senate campaign to Muncie Sunday afternoon right after church for local Democratic Party loyalists ready to have a new voice on Capital Hill.
Pence on jobs
INDIANAPOLIS,IN - Mike Pence and his Republican gubernatorial campaign went to the four corners of Indiana this week to promote jobs and economic development.
Meanwhile, the Indiana Democratic Party blasted the Indiana congressman about the $2 million in pay he received during a decade in Congress without even mentioning Democratic gubernatorial hopeful John Gregg, a former speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Caterpillar has another cattle call
MUNCIE, IN - Get in line early Saturday when Progress Rail Services has another job fair at the Horizon Convention Center.
The doors open at 9 a.m., and judging from the last call out that had 3,000 people, the great need for jobs will close the doors early again.
Ball State job fair rocks
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE,IN - The employment market is improving, according to one Ball State University career manager, and Thursday's Cardinal Job Fair reflected more employers and more openings for new job seekers.
The job fair Thursday afternoon at Worthen Arena and featured more than 70 employers ranging from retailers to computer firms and medical and health care providers to finance and investment firms.
Gregg brings people together
By Rick Yencer
MUNCIE, IN - John Gregg knows enough about Hoosiers that they cannot agree on anything whether it is time zones or class basketball.
But the former Indiana Speaker of the House, a Democrat, hopes people will agree on his being the next governor over Republican Mike Pence, and Libertarian Rupert Boneham.
Locomotives built in Muncie
Locomotives built at the old Westinghouse Plant on Cowan Road have put Muncie back on the manufacturing map. Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., opened their doors to community and business leaders to show off their bright red locomotive headed to Mexico. A second locomotive built in the last 10 months is headed for Gabon. More than 250 people witnessed history of the biggest economic development project locally with $50 million invested into the old transformer plant.
