Agritourism and rural economic development.
Indiana's Office of Tourism Development reports that the
state's "tourism industry brings in approximately $6.7 billion
in spending from 58 million leisure visitors." (1) According to
Destination . . .
Household income varies by region and race.
Indiana's median household income trailed the United States by
about $2,250, according to the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS) from
the U.S. Census Bureau. The median household income for . . .
How does your garden grow? Employment growth among the
States.(Statistical data)
Some florid orators will tell that a state's economy like a
garden. It must be nurtured, weeded, properly drained or absorbent
enough to withstand flooding, and with an orientation toward . . .
A note from the editor.(better information
management)(Editorial)(Brief article)
The garden metaphor is an apt one for this issue. One might suggest
that good data are part of the soil mix we need in order to grow our
economy and gauge our quality of life. Indiana has been . . .
Midwest sees lower cost of living.
Consumer prices have become an object of government policy.
Inflation is feared after the experiences we had in the 1970s and 1980s
(see Figure 1). In recent years, with low levels of price . . .
The hoosier melting pot continues to simmer.
Indiana's population has grown slowly and unevenly in the
first two years of the new millennium, according to the latest official
population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Census . . .
Hoosier women in high-tech jobs.(Brief Article)
Women have always worked, whether at home or away from home. But
how many women work at high-tech jobs, such as computer programming,
surgery, math, or life and physical science? While Census 2000 . . .
Mothers of invention: women in technology.
An old adage counsels, "Maternity is a matter of fact ...
paternity is a matter of opinion." And indeed, when it comes to
people, the evidence of who physically bears the child is visible . . .
Government spending and efficiency.
Overall, the difference in spending between high- and low-cost
cities and towns can be quite large. Caution must be used in comparing
municipal budgets, however, because urban municipalities are . . .
Lake County taxing--a case study.
Parcel-level property data for the years 2002 (before assessment)
and 2003 (new assessment practices) were analyzed to examine what
happened in Lake County to bring about the tax shifts that have . . .
The new age in Indiana property tax assessment.
Property assessment is the process of placing a value on property.
Pretty simple process, right?
Two types of property are taxed in Indiana: real and personal. Real
property consists of land, . . .
Who shoulders the cost of local government?
The subject of property taxes and the costs of local government
that they support has long been a thorn in the side of many Hoosier
taxpayers, business owners, government officials, and . . .
Growth in housing units: percent change, April 2000 to July
2003.(Illustration)
12% or higher 7% to 11.9%
(3 counties) (8 counties)
Lake
Porter
La Porte
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Lagrange
Steuben
Newton
Jasper . . .
Demographics and housing information from the American Community
Survey.
Household and family types, income, occupation, travel to work,
home values, mortgage burden, single-family versus apartment or mobile
home. These are the characteristics of people and housing now . . .
Double-edged sword: personal income as a measure of
Indiana's wellbeing.
Per capita personal income (PCPI) is a frequently used measure of
economic well-being. (1) It is a number that Hoosier politicians should
prefer to ignore.
PCPI is the result of dividing personal . . .
How we got here from there: a chronology of Indiana property tax
laws.
With the recent general reassessment of real property, the various
resulting court cases, and the localized billing problems that have
followed the reassessment, property taxes have come to the . . .
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction?(For the
Record)
In 1998, the Supreme Court of Indiana declared Indiana's real
property (land and buildings) tax assessment rules to be
unconstitutional. New rules went into effect with the 2003 assessment . . .
I-69 corridor in Southwest Indiana receives federal
approval.
In March 2004, federal approval of the I-69 corridor connecting
Evansville and Indianapolis made the new interstate a soon-to-be reality
for the 1.3 million people living in the nine counties the . . .
The mind of the Indiana CEO: views on emerging business
issues.(Interview)
Jeffery Garten, dean of the School of Management at Yale
University, has extensive exposure to the domestic and international
business scene. The opinions expressed in his book, The Mind of the . . .
Exodus to Suburbia continues, but a little slower.
The strong population growth in the counties surrounding Marion
County continues. This is corroborated by the Census Bureau's
recent county-level population estimates for 2003. If we took at . . .
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