Tag Archives: Great Recession

Indiana Senate passes bill strengthening predatory loans; City partners with environmental group to stop invasive plants; Parks director proposes new tree abatement process; School board disputes recent teacher compensation data distributed by State Representative; Construction at Switchyard Park temporarily closes a section of the B-Line trail. FEATURE A new report says that the home building industry never fully recovered from …

Ball State Study says that Indiana’s housing market never fully recovered from the Great recession; Indiana Senate passes bill further restricting annexation by municipal governments; Ellettsville wracked by flooding; Bloomington Transit to receive an additional nine million dollars in funding for 2019. FEATURE Indiana Recovery Alliance Director Chris Abert announces plans to step down from the organization he founded. Abert …

The increasing demand for new homes in Indiana, coupled with the rising costs of labor and materials, is pushing more and more would-be homeowners out of the market. A new report by the US Census Bureau puts year-to-date new home permits down by eight percent.May to June new home building permits decreased by 10 percent, across the state. Indiana Builders …