In an example of how states are casting for ways to spend the federal influx, Indiana's budget negotiators wrote in $75 million for the Career Accelerator Program -- nearly triple the $27 million going to a 2 percent increase for the state's higher education system.

The 11-week program will be held in Indianapolis and will train up to 20 workers in safety and construction methods used to build highways

The students will be placed at 16 companies around Indianapolis -- several of them with the workforce groups who designed the program, including local workforce board EmployIndy.

How and why do older adults have to decide between work and retirement, and what additional challenges do they face? WFYI Business and Economy reporter Pria Mahadevan spoke with Tauhric Brown, president and CEO of CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions, to learn more.

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.

An Indiana program to keep college graduates in the state will expand its focus to a broad range of work-based learning opportunities as it aims to connect everyone from high schoolers to adults to the workforce.

Under the program, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation will work with regions -- rather than just individual counties or cities -- on projects that aim to improve quality of life.

East Central Indiana is getting its chance to be recognized as a "talent region" by the state of Indiana. The distinction comes with promises by local leaders to find ways to attract and keep talented workers.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will reopen a federal program on Jan. 22 that extends unemployment benefits.