A final vote on the legislation is expected Monday. If the House and Senate pass the same resolution this session, voters
would decide in November whether to put the tax limits into the constitution.
The new rules are expected spur future teachers to spend more time learning subject matter and less time taking education
classes.
Programs similar to the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship will begin this year in Ohio and Michigan and up to two
other states.
The House could also advance a bill Thursday that would tighten lobbying and ethics rules in the General Assembly.
Indiana University must cut $58.9 million from its budget over the remainder of the state’s two-year budget cycle.
The only merged city-county government in the state is in Indianapolis, which underwent its consolidation in the early 1970s.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says he’ll look at the constitutionality of parts of the federal health care bill, including
the so-called Nebraska compromise.
The zoo says it drew 1.05
million visitors during 2009, down from 1.1 million in 2008.
The state Supreme Court is considering changing Indiana’s rules governing advertising by attorneys.
Indiana Democratic House Speaker Patrick Bauer isn’t predicting the fate of legislation that could lead to caps on property
tax bills being amended into the constitution.
Indiana General Assembly begins 2010 session with the usual pledges, but election-year politics and redistricting are likely
to complicate matters.
State lawmakers say a proposed bill would help people get quicker access to in-home care that most seniors
prefer to nursing homes.
The agency said the meeting was canceled “to allow time for the FDA to review new information” about a proposed new use for
the drug.
It was the first decline following nine straight months of gains and the lowest reading since June.
The advance was double what had been expected and provided further evidence that manufacturers are beginning to pull out of
their steep slump.
Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a
new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their work.
The Purdue University-based State Utility Forecasting Group predicts that Indiana’s electricity rates could rise by 2013 due
to more stringent environmental guidelines.
Cell phone distributor predicts fourth-quarter results below analyst estimates, sending shares down in aftermarket activity.
Property-tax caps, unemployment insurance, ethics top list of issues awaiting General Assembly.
Officials say frozen fire hydrants hindered firefighters during an early-morning blaze that burned down a Texas Roadhouse.
