The year of the pandemic was also the year of TikTok — at least among the youngest social media users.

My colleague Dagney Faulk and I recently completed an analysis of the fiscal effect of school choice on Indiana taxpayers. The data came from an Indiana Department of Education report on transfer students across the state, which we matched with state spending and overall enrollment.

One day last week, an 82-year-old woman named Wilma Ball was stabbed to death in her home at Lake James. According to a sheriff’s deputy, it was the first homicide in Steuben County since 2016.

As employees are returning to the office and the job market is returning to highly competitive levels, questions about noncompete agreements have come to the forefront. The most common question is – are these things really enforceable?! The short (and very “lawyerly”) answer is “it depends; …

Who can resist a name like Smoochie Pooch?

When I was in my late 20s — at an age when I knew Utopia was just around the corner if only we could complete the task of perfecting the human race — I discovered Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”

For Georgetown Square area residents lamenting the loss of Tom’s Donuts, don’t despair. The Donut Bar is coming soon in the same spot at the Fort Wayne shopping center on East State Boulevard.

Last month, my column focused on how college graduates can use social media to connect with employers and improve their chances of landing a good job. For those who want to pursue careers in social media management itself, it’s worth hearing what seasoned pros have to say about the career. W…

The data folk at Zenreach have found that June saw another month of increased foot traffic and in-store visits to retail, restaurants and entertainment venues as more Americans get COVID-19 vaccines.

Sarah and Russ Fleeger have opened a FASTSIGNS in Fort Wayne at 6646 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Total U.S. construction spending rose 0.2% in April from March, and March’s level was revised up 0.5% from the prior release, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Construction spending was up 9.8% from a year earlier in April 2021, but this is deceptive since spending fell outright between F…

I was recently asked by a client about ensuring that their website is compliant with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). That’s right, while most employers are aware that the ADA require public places to be accessible to those with disabilities (i.e., parking spaces, ramps, curbs and b…

Most words associated with Washington, D.C., these days aren’t positive: pessimism, gridlock, vitriol.

Conjure Coffee held a drive-thru-only soft opening May 21-23 before starting its regular hours at its newest location in southwest Fort Wayne.

For a high school student, determining what career path to follow can be intimidating. Often, students are rushed into making a big choice about their future career goals without the proper knowledge to do so.

During a recent episode of “The Rich Roll Podcast,” New York Times technology writer Kevin Roose said this about Clubhouse — the latest breakout social media app: “It seems to me like therapy for people who have been traumatized by other social media platforms.”

ALDI planned to welcome back shoppers to its renovated Fort Wayne store when it reopened at 9 a.m. May 6. The store, at 7325 S. Anthony Blvd., is part of an ongoing initiative to remodel and expand existing ALDI stores nationwide. The Fort Wayne store will be open 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily.

Banza, the company that makes chickpea pasta, pizza, rice and mac & cheese, is coming to Fort Wayne’s Meijer stores. Starting this week, Banza Pizza will be available in select Meijer stores throughout the state.

The advance estimate of the seasonally adjusted trade deficit in goods widened to $90.6 billion in March from $87.1 billion in February, which was revised down from $88.0 billion in the monthly report on goods and services trade; it had been $86.7 in the prior advance estimate.

One of my favorite jokes involves an election in a mythical town in which there are 1,000 Christian voters and 250 Jewish voters. There is an election for mayor featuring a Christian candidate and a Jewish candidate, who get, respectively, 1,000 votes and 250 votes.

Gross assessed value may be the best indicator of economic progress for a neighborhood, city, county or state.

During the time of remote work, the amount of email and text message traffic has exploded. While some of this email traffic is certainly necessary to complete projects, many of it replaces the usual face-to-face conversations that we have with co-workers and friends. This leads to many insta…

Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell again the week ending April 17, and were at their lowest level since before the pandemic.

When did it all start? Who can say? Not I.

The U.S. recovery is accelerating after the winter slowdown.

Round 2 of COVID-19 relief funds have been allocated and billions have been sent out already. Did you get $1,400 for each person in your household? Unless you had less than $80,000 in income ($160,000 for a couple), you didn’t see those checks.

During my tenure as president of one of the nonprofit boards I served on, there was a dispute between board members and the executive director over something the director proposed to do.

It’s commencement season, and this year’s grads are headed into a competitive employment environment. One of the factors that will determine their destiny is social media. What they do — and don’t do — can mean the difference between finding an ideal job, and finding themselves with limited …

King Gyros installed a Helping Hands Food Pantry at its 814 Goshen Ave., Fort Wayne, location.