Tardy homeowners face bigger tax bite

CROWN POINT | Some 38,000 Lake and Porter county homeowners have only a few weeks left to avoid a large property tax increase in 2013 by completing their homestead verification forms.

OFFBEAT: Gov. Quinn boasting $92 million earned with Hollywood filming in Illinois

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Gregg seeks prekindergarten classes, child care tax credit

INDIANAPOLIS | Democrat John Gregg on Thursday pledged to launch a state-funded prekindergarten program and provide Indiana parents a child care tax credit, if he's elected governor.

Donnelly unveils jobs plan, knocks Lugar

INDIANAPOLIS | Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly launched a five-stop tour of Indiana on Monday, touting a six-point jobs plan he says will benefit both Hoosier workers and employers.

IEDC tax credit is smarter than Obama's loan

The article about the $175,000 tax credit from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to ConAgra Foods fails to go far enough. Because this tax credit is in the form of a reward for actual jobs created, it shows the great difference between how we do business in Indiana vs. the type of perfo…

Center of Workforce Innovations seeking contributions for adult ed

The Center of Workforce Innovations is seeking contributions to help defray the costs of local adult education services it provides.

PCACS seeks help to reach NAP tax credit goal

Quinn: Sauk Village facility should create 40 jobs

CHICAGO | Gov. Pat Quinn says investment incentives the state has offered to a packaging manufacturer should create at least 40 jobs in Illinois.