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Census data reinforce importance of a degree
Results show how better incomes follow higher education achievement. ... MORE

Hoosiers paying more
for the American dream
The cost of home ownership has risen significantly, thanks to easy mortgages and less aversion to debt. ...MORE

Bessie Connor, with her son Hayden, 4, doesn't see much of a future for her family in Vincennes. Mike Fender / staff photo

Much of Indiana faces
more blight than boom
Although the metro area grew richer in the 1990s, the boom missed many Indiana counties, widening the gap between the thriving big city and the rest of a slumping state ...MORE

Decade has taken huge toll
on state's agricultural center
Agriculture is by far Indiana's fastest shrinkning industry in terms of employment ... MORE

Filling the parent gap
One child in 12 is being raised by a relative other than a parent ... MORE