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Senate Votes For Slot Machines
(STATEHOUSE) - The Senate has voted to allow slot machines at Indiana’s two horse-racing tracks.
Group To Study Missing Children Recovery Means
(STATEHOUSE) - The Senate has signed off on legislation which would create a study committee to examine ways to recover missing children.
Governor Signs First Bill Of Session
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Mitch Daniels has signed his first piece of legislation into law for the current session.
Cigratte Tax Steals Focus From Health Care Plan
(STATEHOUSE) - A hearing on a bill to establish an insurance program for uninsured Hoosiers Wednesday at times focused more on a cigarette tax increase than the health care plan.
School Construction Income Tax Discussed
(STATEHOUSE) - State Representative Jeff Espich is calling for a school construction income tax which would be based on the school district in which people live.
Long Wants Gaming Commission Prosecutor
(STATEHOUSE) - Senate President Pro Tem David Long wants to give the State Gaming Commission its own prosecutor with authority to file illegal-gambling charges statewide.
Animal Violence Bill Approved
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana Senate has approved a bill which would charge some people who are violent to animals with domestic violence.
Group Lobbies Against Taxes And Gay Marriage
(UNDATED) - Indiana’s largest religious-conservative lobbying group has rallied at the Statehouse against taxes and gay marriage.
Bill Expands NIRPC Fundraising Abilities
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana Senate has approved a bill which would expand the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s ability to raise money.
Lawmakers To Vote On Amended Gambling Bill
(STATEHOUSE) - Senators will vote on allowing slot machines at Hoosier racetracks without knowing where that money would go.
Public Speaks Out On Toll Roads To Daniels
(UNDATED) - Governor Daniels says he won’t try to revive his proposal for an outer-beltway toll road around Indianapolis, next year or ever.
Former Sheriff Filling Bowser's Spot
(LAPORTE) - Former Laporte County Sheriff Jim Arnold will fill the vacancy left by State Senator Anita Bowser, who died earlier this month.
New Bills Allows Riverboats To Be Docked 24/7
(UNDATED) - Indiana riverboat captains are seeing the writing on the wall.
Section Of Budget Bills To Fund Spinal And Head Injury Research
(STATEHOUSE) - Supporters of a section of the state’s budget bill that would create Indiana’s first spinal cord and head injury research fund met with senators Thursday at the Statehouse.
State Drink Changing To H2O
(STATEHOUSE) - The state Senate has passed a non-binding resolution changing Indiana’s official state drink.
Weather Radios Required In Mobile Homes, According To Bill
(STATEHOUSE) - The state Senate has passed a bill which would require weather radios in mobile homes.
Officials Push For Legal Video Poker Machines
(STATEHOUSE) - On the same day a state senate committee approved slot machines for Indiana’s two horse racing tracks, bar owners from around the state came to lobby for a similar cause.
Methadone Clinic Bill Passes Indiana House
(STATEHOUSE) - A bill that would temporarily halt the licensing of new methadone clinics and order the state to review the way it regulates them has passed the Indiana House.
Architect Joining Gubernatorial Race
(INDIANAPOLIS) - An Indianapolis architect is entering the gubernatorial race.
Bill Wants Photo ID To Be Required To Sell Scrap
(STATEHOUSE) - An Indiana House bill which goes before the full Senate today would require anyone selling scrap to show a photo ID.
Pence Sees Tide Changing In Iraq Pullout
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Indiana Sixth District Representative Mike Pence says the tide may be shifting against a bill demanding a U.S. pullout from Iraq in a year-and-a-half.
Bill To Protect Violent Crime Victims Passed
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously passed a bill that would protect victims of violent crime from being unfairly denied housing or being penalized by landlords.
Bill To Required Attendance Officers In Schools
(STATEHOUSE) - Schools with the worst chronic absenteeism would have to hire an attendance officer, under a bill being considered in the Senate.
Senate Approves Energy Assistance Program Extension
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana Senate has approved legislation that would extend an exemption of sales tax on payments made by participants in the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Block Grant Program.
Senate Revisits Pickup Truck Seatbelt Law
(STATEHOUSE) - The Senate will try again to close the pickup-truck loophole in Indiana’s seat-belt law.
Bill To Force Police To Take Missing-Persons Reports Seriously
(STATEHOUSE) - Legislators want to force police to take missing-persons reports seriously until they can show a reason why they shouldn’t.
Groups Appeal State Budget
(STATEHOUSE) - Groups who didn’t get their slice of the pie in the house version of a new two-year budget are appealing to the senate.
Statehouse Rally Supports Governors Cigarette Tax Hike
(STATEHOUSE) - 20 Indiana health organizations have joined forces to try to breathe life into a proposed cigarette-tax hike with a statehouse rally.
Buyer Says Walter Reed An "Isolated Problem"
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer believes problems at Walter Reed Medical Center are being blown out of proportion. He made the comment during a stop Monday in West Lafayette.
Rally To Be Held To Support 'Health Indiana' Plan
(STATEHOUSE) - Individuals and organizations from around the state will today hold a rally at the statehouse to show their support for Governor Mitch Daniels’ Healthy Indiana plan.
Hearings To Be Held Regarding Toll Roads
(STATEHOUSE) - The house will kick off a series of at least five hearings next week on Governor Daniels’ proposed new toll roads.
Gaming The Topic At Thursday Legislative Meeting
(STATEHOUSE) - Several legislative issues affecting the state’s gaming industry drew the ire of one group at Thursday’s Indiana Gaming Commission meeting.
Highway Looking To Be Renamed For Fallen Officers
(STATEHOUSE) - A stretch of western Indiana highway where two police officers died during a charity bike ride may be renamed for the officers.
Giuliani Discusses Iraq In Indianapolis
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Republican presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says the best U.S. weapon in Iraq would be a civilian job corps.
Bayh Criticized Over Walter Reed Scandel
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Indiana Senator Evan Bayh had harsh criticism Tuesday over the scandal at Walter Reed Medical Center and its various facilities.
Senators Remember Fellow Colleague
(STATEHOUSE) - State senators put the session on hold to offer their remembrances of Anita Bowser, the four-term Michigan City Democrat who died Sunday at age 86.
State Legislation Being Left Behind
(STATEHOUSE) - Today marks the second half of the state legislative session, and in addition to well-publicized bills, some under-the-radar legislation will also be left behind this year.
State Senator Bowser Loses Fight With Cancer
(STATEHOUSE) - State Senator Anita Bowser died Sunday.
Bayh To Introduce Antisubsidy Bill
(WASHINGTON D.C. ) - Indiana Senator Evan Bayh plans to introduce a bill he believes would allow the United States to fully enforce antisubsidy laws.
Republicans And Democrats Play The "Blame Game"
(STATEHOUSE) - At the half way point of the legislative session, Republicans and Democrats are playing the blame game over the death of a measure to tack on a new cigarette tax.
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