Indiana ranks second-highest in job loss in nation
Indiana lost more jobs in February than any other state except Ohio as its struggling manufacturing sector helped fuel the loss of 7,400 non-farm-related paychecks.
Figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that only Ohio lost more jobs, about 9,700, in February. New Jersey was third with some 6,200 job losses.
Indiana was one of only three states to report a decline in employment for the past year, shedding about 12,700 jobs. Most of those losses came from the state’s struggling manufacturing and construction sectors.
Indiana Factory To Close, Send Jobs To Mexico
Dura Automotive Systems Inc. will close its 114-employee factory in this southern Indiana community and stop production by the end of the year, the Michigan-based company announced Tuesday.
The factory makes spare tire carriers and toolkits, and production will move to Matamoros, Mexico. Brownstown sits about 62 miles south of Indianapolis in Jackson County.
The Brownstown site is one of four Dura plants slated to close as part of a restructuring. The others are in Bracebridge, Ontario; Hannibal, Mo.; and Selinsgrove, Pa. The Pennsylvania location will close in May and move its assembly line to Elkhart.
A Solution in Need of a Problem
Today the Indiana House Rules Committee will take up SJR-7, the amendment to the Indiana Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. The language of the amendment reads as follows, marriage shall be between a man and a woman and nothing in Indiana law shall be construed to require the legal incidents of marriage to unmarried couples.
To be brutally honest with you, I really don't see what the big deal has been about this issue. I had no idea that gay marriage was such a threat to Indiana families. When a young, pregnant mother in Indianapolis was killed in her apartment by a stray bullet, I don't think it was a gay couple trying to get married who fired the gun that destroyed that family. I also don't think it's been gay couples trying to marry who have opposed progress in this state, keeping away badly needed jobs which can only strengthen families. And it's not gay couples trying to marry that are responsible for the high drop rate, obesity rate and brain drain, all things that go to harming families
Company seeks proposals for new wind farms, including in Indiana
The parent company of Appalachian Power said Wednesday it wants to buy up to 260 megawatts of wind power in West Virginia or Virginia.
Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power said it also wants to add 100 megawatts of wind-generated electricity for its Indiana Michigan Power subsidiary. AEP is seeking long-term wind power supply contracts for both subsidiaries and is considering sites in Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan.
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