According to AAA, South Bend gas prices are currently averaging around $4.14 a gallon, up from $3.54 a month ago and $2.61 a year ago.

A Indiana nonprofit for veterans dealing with housing insecurity is being ordered to pay nearly $90,000 to caregivers after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the organization violated a new minimum wage requirement for federal contractors.

Following an investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor is requiring New Hope Services in Jeffersonville to pay back a total of $154,443 to 74 workers with disabilities.

A federal court ordered two Indiana health care companies to pay 171 employees nearly $450,000. The order follows a fair labor standards investigation by the Department of Labor.

A certification from the U.S. Department of Labor makes it legal to do so, but Huntington-based Pathfinder Services opted out.

The funds will provide participants with training in jobs that address the impact of the opioid crisis, including recovery coaches, peer navigators and community health workers.

Attorneys for the state maintain Indiana can’t continue paying out the benefits because the state has already ended its agreement with the federal government to administer the federal programs.

The push will be led by the state's Family and Social Services Administration and will marshal both public and private agencies across the state.

The unemployment rate in Indiana continues to creep lower according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law Thursday, intended to provide economic stimulus to those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.