Workplace guns bill gets governor’s signature
The law, which takes effect July 1, lets workers keep guns locked out of sight in their vehicles while parked on their employers’
property.
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Year delay in unemployment tax hike won’t satisfy Uncle Sam
Hoosier legislators are crowing about the deal they just brokered to delay a $400 million state tax hike meant to shore up
Indiana’s bankrupt Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Here’s what they’re not touting: the mandatory federal tax increases
every single business in Indiana now faces the next three years.
Animal shelter tries to improve under new leader, tight budget
Indianapolis’ new public safety director says the city’s pound is woefully underfunded. But he also takes umbrage at critics
who call it a dirty death row for unwanted cats and dogs.
Prosecutor Brizzi defends no-cost real estate deal
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi paid nothing for a 50-percent stake in an Elkhart office building he acquired with a
local defense attorney.
City economic development office hires international leader
Former Indiana Economic Development Corp. project manager will focus on developing business relationships with European companies.
HICKS: Taxation not top factor in attracting business
Businesses care about taxes to be sure, but the availability of a pool of well-trained workers is at the forefront of most business-location decisions.
Net metering bill short-circuited in legislature
Bill would have allowed businesses, universities and other organizations generating their own power to receive a retail credit
on their utility bills.
Indy Partnership aims to double economic development deals
The organization last year closed 11 business expansion or attraction deals, netting 2,950 new jobs in the process.
Trailer company buying closed northern Indiana factory
Executives of Novae Corp. announced plans for the company’s expansion in North Manchester, where it expects to employ perhaps
85 people by 2013.
Governor signs ethics, slot-withholding laws
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed 23 bills into law on Wednesday.
Deadline passes with no bids to buy Winona
The city of Indianapolis, which had listed the property for $667,500, had hoped to sell it the former hospital for redevelopment.
Indiana local finance chief resigns after 15 months
Gov. Mitch Daniels has accepted the resignation of his commissioner of local government finance and has reappointed David
Lott Hardy as chairman of the state Utility Regulatory Commission.
Pence: Not enough votes to pass health care bill
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence told a crowd of "tea party" supporters Monday that Democrats in Congress don’t have
enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation.
Daniels: Without recovery, schools face tough 2011
K-12 education in Indiana already has faced $300 million in reduced state funding this year as the state has cut spending
in the face of lower tax revenues.
WellPoint spent $1.2M lobbying government in 4Q
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer based on membership, spent $1.2 million lobbying
the federal government in the fourth quarter of 2009 as it weighed in on several topics tied to the health care overhaul debate.
No buyers surfacing for former Winona Hospital
As of Monday morning, the Marion County Metropolitan Development Commission had received no bids to buy the property. MDC
is set to begin reviewing bids at its Wednesday meeting.
Biz leaders relieved over one-year payroll tax-hike delay
Legislators postponed a $400 million tax hike to shore up Indiana’s bankrupt Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, but state’s
most
troubled employers still face automatic payroll tax hike this year.
Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam’s IOUs
This year, for the first time since the 1980s, when Congress last overhauled Social Security, the retirement program is projected
to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes. And its giant coffers have been raided over the years for other government
expenses.
The gavel drops: Legislature ends session with compromises
The Indiana General Assembly finally adjourned its 2010 legislative session early Saturday with deals including a one-year
delay on unemployment insurance tax increases and aid for schools reeling from state budget cuts.
In about-face, state lawmakers find compromise late Friday
Both parties reportedly agreed to tentative deals on the issues that threatened to push the legislative session all the way
to the brink, including a one-year delay for a planned increase in unemployment taxes.