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Daniels Chooses Private Company To Handle Welfare
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Mitch Daniels has picked a private group to take care of welfare and other state benefits.
Accounting Board Says Indiana Is Sound
(STATEHOUSE) - Accounting practices used by the Indiana State Board of Accounts have been certified as sound by a national auditing group.
Recounts Filed In Monroe County
(BLOOMINGTON) - Monroe County Republican Chairman Franklin Andrew met Monday’s deadline to file for recounts by less than an hour, but was in time to ask for another tally in three races.
Full Day Kindergarten Could Begin Next Year
(UNDATED) - Governor Mitch Daniels and State School Superintendent Doctor Sue Ellen Reed have begun campaigning for full day kindergarten.
DNR Buys Land With Revenue
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has bought its first land using state forest timber sales revenue.
State Lawmakers Study Eliminating Gas Tax
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana House Democrats want to push an idea to eliminate the state sales tax on gasoline.
Governor Positive About Added Cigarette Tax
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Governor Mitch Daniels says he believes his plan to boost the state’s cigarette tax to pay for health care coverage for uninsured low-income adults will attract bipartisan support.
Indiana General Assembly Set To Begin In January
(STATEHOUSE) - The newly elected General Assembly has convened for its largely-ceremonial first day of business.
Four Recounts In Indiana Districts
(STATEHOUSE) - There will be recounts in four Indiana House races.
Indiana DNR Director Resigns
(STATEHOUSE) - The director of the State Department of Natural Resources says he’s stepping down.
Indiana General Assembly Meets Today
(STATEHOUSE) - The new General Assembly convenes today, with the Republican Senate and the freshly elected Democratic majority in the House promising to make nice with each other.
State Offers Another Do-Not-Call List Deadline
(UNDATED) - Another deadline is coming up to register for Indiana’s Do-Not-Call list.
Daniels Offers New Health Plan
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Daniels is proposing a $400-million health program he says would bring health insurance to at least 120,000 Hoosiers who don’t have it.
Pence Pushing To Become Minority Leader
(WASHINGTON, D-C) - U.S. House Republicans meet today to choose between Indiana’s Mike Pence and Ohio’s John Boehner for the job of Minority Leader.
Indiana Commerce Connector
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Daniels is dropping plans for tolls on I-69 and instead calling for a new beltway toll road through five of the Indianapolis doughnut counties.
IN-DOT Commissioner Resigns
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Daniels will soon have to look for a new commissioner for the department of transportation.
Garton Reflects On His Career
(UNDATED) - The 36-year senate career of longtime President Pro Tem Robert Garton officially ended after Tuesday’s election.
No Tax For School Supplies
(STATEHOUSE) - Lafayette State Senator Ron Alting says he’s got a plan which could affect parents of schoolchildren next fall.
IEDC To Lead Delegation To Europe
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Economic Development Corporation says it plans to lead a trade delegation to Eastern Europe.
Pence Looking For Change In GOP
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Indiana 6th District Republican Congressman Mike Pence is trying to win the confidence of the Republican Party to lead it in the 110th Congress.
Indiana House Speaker Says He'll Work With Governor
(STATEHOUSE) - Presumptive new House Speaker Patrick Bauer says he’ll work together with Republican Governor Mitch Daniels, but he’s warning of some likely areas of conflict.
Craig and Robbins Winners In Sheriff and Judge Races
(BEDFORD) - Election officials in Lawrence County had to deal with printer issues last night in adding the nearly 23-hundred absentee votes into the final total.
Voters Choose Flynn For NLCS Board
(BEDFORD) - Other winners in yesterday’s mid-term election included Brad Flynn for North Lawrence Community Schools Board Trustee, Republicans John Gore, Philip Smith, and Timothy Terry for the Spice Valley Township Trustee Board.
Lawrence Co. Chooses County Seats
(BEDFORD) - County positions in Lawrence County were won by Republican Chris May for County Commissioner District 1, Republican Keith Dillman for County Council District 1, Republican Joseph Ross for District 2, Republican Ross Jean for District 3 and Republican Steven Flores for District 4.
Orange County Races Nets Republican Sheriff
(PAOLI) - In Orange County, in the Sheriff’s race, Republican Richard Dixon wins with a nearly 25-hundred vote margin, Democrat Jim Springer retains his seat for County Commissioner, District 1.
Democrats Now Rein In The Statehouse
(STATEHOUSE) - Democrats have recaptured the Indiana House after two years in the minority.
Election Glitches Tuesday
(INDIANAPOLIS) - There were more ballot box issues in Marion County due to a programming glitch.
Poll Numbers Could Be Higher This Year
(UNDATED) - After all the campaigning, advertising and speechmaking, today’s election comes down to turning out the vote.
Thousands Man Hoosier Polls
(INDIANAPOLIS) - About 33,000 election workers are preparing to staff 55,000 precincts across Indiana.
Photo ID's Required At Polls
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Many voters will be required to show a state issued photo ID for the first time today as they vote.
BMV To Offer Voter Photo ID's
(UNDATED) - The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will extend its hours today and Tuesday to issue photo ID’s to people who need one to vote.
Steele/Delph: Voter ID Law Needs New Language
(STATEHOUSE) - Two Republican senators want to tweak Indiana’s voter ID law.
Ordinance No Chicken Feed
(BLOOMINGTON) - A controversial ordinance which caused a Bloomington lawmaker to don a costume a week before Halloween was decided last night.
Party Bashing Phone Calls Investigated
(STATEHOUSE) - Attorney General Steve Carter’s office is investigating the legality of phone calls made by GOP operatives bashing Democratic Congressional Candidate Tom Hayhurst.
1340 AM WBIW To Offer Up-To-The-Minute Election Coverage
(BEDFORD) - Other contested races in the Lawrence County November 7th election include the Third District North Lawrence School race.
Co. Comm. and Council Members Vy For Vote
(BEDFORD) - Election day is only seven days away and politicians are stepping up the campaigning looking for your vote.
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