Notes: Jobless Claims Fall Again

Nationally, new jobless claims fell for the 16th straight week.

Health care reform could cost Hoosiers $2.3 billion over the next decade.

Valparaiso’s ChicaGo Dash bus service is adding a stop where Indiana 49 meets the toll road.

AM General is laying off 250 workers at its Mishawaka Humvee plant due to declining military orders for the vehicle.

EPA Grant Will Help ArcelorMittal Reduce Air Emissions

ArcelorMittal has received an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Diesel Emission Reduction Act/Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative grant in the amount of $164,032 to repower three diesel engines on front-end loaders at the Indiana Harbor facility.

The Northwest Indiana Forum (Forum) facilitated the grant and ArcelorMittal matched the grant monies to cover the total project cost.
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