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State Rep. Drops Effort To Disband IHSAA
(STATEHOUSE) - A state legislator has abandoned his effort to abolish the IHSAA.
Statehouse Passes Tax Exemptions For RVs, Cargo Trailers
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana House of Representatives has passed two pieces of legislation that would provide tax exemptions to promote the recreational vehicle and logistics sectors in the state.
House Passes Bill Intended To Stem Foreclosures
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana House has overwhelmingly approved an attempt to stem the tide of foreclosures.
Hoosier County Leaders Gather Today In Indy
(INDIANAPOLIS) - More than 350 elected Indiana county officials are in Indianapolis for the annual association of Indiana Counties Legislative Conference.
House Votes To Block Daniels' Closing Of Soldiers' And Sailors' Children's Home
(KNIGHTSTOWN) - The Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home is halfway to a stay of execution.
Bill To Establish County Libraries Moves To House
(STATEHOUSE) - A third piece of Governor Daniels’ push to streamline local government has cleared the senate. If the house goes along, every county except Marion County would be ordered to appoint a library planning committee, to decide whether to switch to a countywide library system, or, if not, what the best structure would be.
Senate Votes To Protect "Major Moves" Trust Fund
(STATEHOUSE) - The Senate has voted to amend the state constitution to wall off the $500 million Major Moves Trust Fund.
House Votes Unanimously For Ignition Lock Device Law
(STATEHOUSE) - Repeat drunk drivers will have to prove they’re sober before getting behind the wheel again, if a bill approved by the House becomes law.
Bayh Discusses White House Fiscal Summit
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Indiana Senator Evan Bayh was a part of the White House fiscal responsibility summit on Monday.
Voter ID Law Expansion Stalled In General Assembly
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A bill to expand Indiana’s voter id law has stalled in the General Assembly.
Hoosier Unemployment Checks To Jump $25 Through Year
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Hoosiers who collect unemployment benefits will receive an extra $25 a week as a result of the federal economic stimulus package.
Daniels, Governor's Association Meet With Obama Today
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and his counterparts from around the country are scheduled to meet with President Obama this morning in Washington, DC.
Daniels: Indiana Will Take Stimulus Money
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A spat developed at the national governors association meeting in Washington.
Rep. Ellsworth Tours Entire District This Week
(EVANSVILLE) - 8th District Congressman Brad Ellsworth is conducting his third “Listening Tour” from one end of his district to the other this week while Congress is in recess.
Senate Passes Education Intervention Plan Bill
(STATEHOUSE) - The Senate has narrowly approved accelerating Indiana’s intervention plan for troubled schools.
State Republicans Point Finger At Democrats
(STATEHOUSE) - House Republicans are accusing Democrats of blowing a hole in the state’s property-tax reforms with their proposed budget.
Officials Ponder Prescription Slip Bar Code System
(UNDATED) - Your doctor’s prescription pad may get a new look, in an effort to combat fraud.
Smoking Ban Bill Passes Through House
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The debate over a statewide smoking ban is moving to the Senate, following overwhelming approval in the House.
House Democrats Want One Year State Budget
(INDIANAPOLIS) - House Democrats have proposed a one-year state budget instead of the customary two-year spending plan.
Bayh To Discuss Federal Economic Stimulus Package
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Senator Evan Bayh is in Indianapolis today to discuss the federal economic stimulus package.
Senate: Local Governments Can Keep Three Member County Commissions
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Senate backers of revamping local government have weakened a proposal to do away with three-member county commissions, allowing voters to keep the current system if they want.
Daniels And Kernan To "Meetup" In Kokomo On Tuesday
(KOKOMO) - Governor Mitch Daniels and former governor Joe Kernan will be in Kokomo today to kick-off a series of regional “meetups” to discuss streamlining local government.
New Bill To Determine "Sliding Scale" Of Disciplinary Actions For Students
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Schools would have to come up with less dramatic disciplinary measures than suspension and expulsion, under a proposal headed for the floor of the Indiana House.
Daniels Says He Would Sign Statewide Smoking Ban
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Governor Daniels says he’d sign a proposed statewide smoking ban if it reaches his desk, despite exemptions for bars and casinos.
New Bill Would Require Less Record Keeping For Charitable Organizations
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A bill changing some charitable gaming rules in Indiana is halfway through the General Assembly.
Daniels: "Fatal" To Waste Extra State Stimulus Funds
(INDIANAPOLIS) - It’s a pleasant problem to have: how to spend nearly four-billion dollars the federal stimulus allocates to Indiana.
Congressmen Wants Mercury Removed From Mandatory Vaccines
(WASHINGTON, DC) - An Indiana congressman isn’t happy about a court ruling Thursday against families who claimed a link between vaccines and autism.
State Dems: Pump Up Highway Spending To Create Jobs
(STATEHOUSE) - Days after the house voted to spend Indiana’s half-billion-dollar Major Moves trust fund, a senate committee has endorsed a constitutional amendment that would prevent it.
Bayh, Dorgan: Why Haven't Others Been Warned Of Chemical Exposure?
(UNDATED) - Remember the Indiana National Guard members exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq?
State House Committee Approves Statewide Smoking Ban
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A House committee has approved a statewide smoking ban, but with exemptions for bars and casinos.
Rep. Hill Talks With President Obama About Fiscal Conservancy Issues
(ELKHART) - Representative Baron Hill says he talked to President Barack Obama about getting the country back to fiscally conservative budget principles during his recent trip to Elkhart.
Expert: Financial Overhaul Plan "Very Vague"
(INDIANAPOLIS) - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced the Obama administration’s plan to overhaul the federal financial rescue program Tuesday, but Indianapolis financial expert Denny Smith says he really didn’t say anything.
Dog Breeding Regulation Gets Push From Humane Society
(STATEHOUSE) - An attempt to regulate dog breeders is getting a last-minute push from the Humane Society, a day before a House committee vote.
Unemployment Trust Fund Fix Hits House Floor
(STATEHOUSE) - A fix for Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment trust fund is on its way to the House floor.
Amendment Could Lock In Hoosier Property Tax Caps
(STATEHOUSE) - A constitutional amendment locking in Indiana’s property tax caps is now one step from going to the voters next year — but that last step could be the hardest.
State Dems Unveil 18 Point Stimulus Plan
(STATEHOUSE) - State Senate Democrats have unveiled an 18-point plan for spending the billions of dollars Indiana expects to receive under a federal stimulus plan.
Obama: Nation Cannot Afford To "Posture And Bicker"
(ELKHART) - President Barack Obama spoke to Hoosiers in a town hall meeting Monday afternoon in Elkhart, saying the nation cannot afford to “posture and bicker” while people are losing their jobs by the millions.
Pence: Amercians Are Tired Of Stimulus Bill
(WASHINGTON, DC) - President Barack Obama must get a divided Congress to agree on his economic recovery package while pitching a new plan to ease loans to consumers and businesses.
President Obama To Speak To Elkhart Residents
(ELKHART) - President Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Elkhart today.
State Democrats Develop State Stimulus Package Bill
(STATEHOUSE) - The Indiana House is expected to vote this afternoon on its own version of a stimulus package.
Senator Proposes Allowing Counties To Raise Income Tax By 0.1%
(STATEHOUSE) - Indiana counties could gain more freedom to impose local income taxes.
Buyer: Stimulus Plan Attacks Free Market Principles
(UNDATED) - Indiana Republican Congressman Steve Buyer is not happy about President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
State Republicans Juggle Federal Stimulus Funds
(INDIANAPOLIS) - State senate Republicans say they’ll work to ensure Indiana’s share of a federal stimulus package is devoted solely to true stimulus projects.
Lying About Your Political Opponent Could Earn You A "Go To Jail" Card
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A proposal before an Indiana house committee would make campaign lies a crime.
Panel Votes On Kernan-Shepard Report Recommendations
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A senate committee has narrowly voted to do away with two-thirds of Indiana’s county commissioners.
Smoking Ban Issue On The Table At Statehouse
(UNDATED) - Legislators have opened debate on a statewide smoking ban, with a house committee hearing pitting issues of life and death against dollars and cents.
Hoosier Lawmakers Want To Keep Guantanamo Inmates Out Of Terre Haute
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Sixteen Republican state legislators are backing a resolution asking President Obama to send the terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay somewhere other than Indiana.
Kernan Shepherd Commission Debate Continues
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The debate continues over the Kernan Shepard Commission recommendations to streamline local government in the state.
Bill Would Grant Counties Credit From Toll Road Lease
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Cities and counties would receive $800 million dollars from the lease of the Indiana Toll Road to be spent on local road projects under a bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee.
Testimony Focuses On Shuffling Election Years, Locations
(INDIANAPOLIS) - The first piece of the Kernan-Shepard report to come up for discussion in this year’s legislature would rearrange when some elections are held — and who can run in them.
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