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The Indiana Chamber and Indiana's Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation are excited to offer a series of FREE education webinars for Hoosier business owners who are considering selling their businesses or beginning the process of succession planning. Attendance is anonymous to other attendees.The first webinar, “Getting Started: A Practical Guide to Succession Readiness Planning,” will take ...read more

Summer is here, and you may be considering employing young workers for your business. For many Americans, a summer job represents the first time they enter the workforce. It is an exciting time for young workers as they learn the value of hard work and earning a paycheck, while employers play an important role in ensuring those experiences are safe and lawful. The Department of Labor’s Wage and ...read more

  The City of Mar­i­on and the Mar­i­on Rede­vel­op­ment Com­mis­sion (RDC) are part­ner­ing with entre­pre­neur Mike Mar­tin to bring the Impact X pro­gram to Mar­i­on, expand­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for local res­i­dents to devel­op and launch new businesses. Impact X is a free com­mu­ni­ty-based class designed to help par­tic­i­pants turn ideas into viable busi­ness­es and com­mu­ni­ty ...read more

The 2026 Employment and Wage Report is AvailableOccupational Employment And Wage Statistics The Occupational Employment And Wage Statistics reports contains employment and detailed wage data of all the occupations in Economic Growth Region6, Muncie MSA, Central Indiana Non-Metropolitan Area and the State of Indiana. This report consists of data for 2025. The data in this report ...read more

MARION, Ind. — The Grant County Economic Growth Council announced today that C. Ted Ward, II has been named its next Executive Director, effective May 18, 2026. Ward, who was born and raised in Grant County,  spending his formative years in both Marion and Upland, returns to lead the organization after a career building and scaling civic, educational, and workforce development programs across ...read more

About     Services   WorkOne    News   Partners Indiana’s unemployment rate in February fell one-tenth of one percent from the previous month, according to a delayed report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The national unemployment rate in February was 4.4%. Indiana’s labor force participation rate was 63.4%, compared to the national rate of 62.0%. This rate is the ...read more

Labor Market ReviewThe Labor Market Review contains a monthly snapshot of various labor market information in Economic Growth Region 3. This report consists of data for February 2026. Some of the data in this report includes:Labor force: employment and unemployment Consumer Price IndexUnemployment insurance claimsWARN NoticesIndiana Career Connect: applicants and job postingsIndustry ...read more

Labor Market ReviewThe Labor Market Review contains a monthly snapshot of various labor market information in Economic Growth Region 3. This report consists of data for January 2026. Some of the data in this report includes:Labor force: employment and unemployment Consumer Price IndexUnemployment insurance claimsWARN NoticesIndiana Career Connect: applicants and job postingsIndustry ...read more