State Senate committee to vote Tuesday on tax bills
The Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee plans to vote Tuesday on bills to cap property taxes and delay unemployment
insurance tax increases.
The Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee plans to vote Tuesday on bills to cap property taxes and delay unemployment
insurance tax increases.
The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama’s
health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more money to cover older and low-income
people.
The U.S. Census Bureau says it will recruit about 45,000 people across Indiana to work as census takers for the 2010 Census.
Indiana government has lost more than 1,500 workers in the past year, and that’s a good thing, Gov. Mitch Daniels says.
Jack Swarbrick’s goal when he returned to Indiana nearly 30 years ago with a law degree from Stanford was to become involved
in the community, not be the person looking for the next Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy or Ara Parseghian.
IU trustees have approved a contract extension for school president Michael McRobbie.
The Labor Department said the economy shed only 11,000 jobs last month, a vast improvement from October’s revised total of
111,000.
The Indiana Troopers Association has filed for bankruptcy protection as the fraternal organization is in a court fight with
telemarketing companies it hired for fund-raising work.
Ivy Tech Community College is offering at-risk students a chance to earn an associate’s degree in just 10 months instead of
two years.
The economy is getting closer to generating jobs for the first time in two years, but it probably won’t be enough to stop
the unemployment rate from rising well into 2010.
The U. S. Commerce Department said productivity rose at an annual rate of 8.1 percent in the third quarter, the biggest jump
since 2003.
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.
Collectors and recyclers of obsolete electronics have until Jan. 1 to enroll with the state’s E-Waste Program.
“Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is drawing visitors from around the
world for an unprecedented exhibition
An Indiana House committee has set Dec. 16 as the day it will take up a bill to tighten lobbying and ethics rules.
A Purdue University farm expert says Indiana’s farmers could see a big increase in property taxes over the next few years
if state lawmakers don’t retool the state’s farmland taxation formulas.
Attorney Tom McKenna of Carmel on Tuesday started a three-day series of appearances across the state to kick off his campaign.
A report by Community College Week says Ivy Tech’s central Indiana campus enrollment grew by 22 percent from fall 2007 to
fall 2008.
A state Senate committee got a jump-start Tuesday on discussing bills on unemployment taxes and property tax caps and plans
to vote on them next week, about a month before the full Legislature convenes.
Charities in Indiana have reported increased requests for help with rent, utility costs, food and other services.