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Tips to Spring Clean Your Finances

Spring is a time of rejuvenation and fresh starts. And while spring cleaning closets, the garage and basement requires good old-fashioned work, new tools can help take the fuss out of sprucing up finances.

Tips for Buying a Home in Today's Market

If you're considering buying a home, some experts think you should get a move on it.

How To Save More of Your Money

How can you make sure that you keep your promise to take control of your finances and make your money work for you?

Resolve to Save More of Your Money in 2013

Two of the most commonly made and commonly broken New Year’s resolutions are saving money and paying off debt. These are promises we all seem to make to ourselves every year with every intention of seeing through. But somehow, we wind up in the same spot we were before. 

Former E.C. controller targeted in state audit

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's auditing agency is demanding East Chicago's former city controller personally reimburse $1,186.53 the city paid in late fees and interest while he managed the checkbook.

Counties may get new options for unpaid property taxes

INDIANAPOLIS | Counties may be able to clear their backlogs of tax sale properties and get delinquent property owners back paying what they owe under legislation approved Tuesday by the Indiana Senate.

Amnesty plan for unpaid property taxes clears Senate

INDIANAPOLIS | Homeowners delinquent on their property taxes are almost certain to get a chance to get current without paying fees or penalties.

Ind. House approves amnesty plan for property tax penalties, interest

INDIANAPOLIS | Homeowners who owe penalties and interest on unpaid property taxes could get amnesty on those charges by getting current on their taxes.

E.C. senator proposes interest, penalty amnesty for unpaid property taxes

INDIANAPOLIS | Homeowners delinquent on their property taxes could get a one-time waiver of interest and penalties under legislation approved by a Senate committee Thursday.

Agency sending bills seeking unpaid Indiana income taxes

INDIANAPOLIS | Time to pay up.

Economist: Don't play games with debt ceiling

GARY | Believe it or not, the U.S. economy is in a period of expansion, an Indiana economist told an audience Monday.

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EDITORIAL: Make amends to struggling governments

Porter County commissioners are moving forward with a plan to loan money to other units of local government that borrow for two years or less. On the face of it, it seems generous.

Database - School loan interest statewide

Late property tax bills and slow to arrive property tax revenue have forced many Northwest Indiana school corporations to borrow money to pay the bills. Like any other loan, school corporations pay interest on the money they borrow. The chart/map/whatever shows how much money school corporat…