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Next year’s State Fair to feature Japanese exhibit

Japanese culture will be on display at the Indiana State Fair next year. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced today, while
traveling on a economic development mission in Japan, that the Asian country will be featured in its own exhibit at the fair
for the first time in 2010.

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Governor defends Asia trip as necessary

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says his 12-day privately-funded trip to China and Japan is necessary to help attract business
to the state and is dismissing criticism of it from a top state legislator.

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ICVA unlikely to seek loan to pay for enhanced marketing

The idea of the not-for-profit Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association taking out a loan was not warmly received by
city officials. And financial institutions were less than thrilled with the idea given the ICVA’s diminishing revenue
and increasing costs.

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Indiana expects jobless fund troubles until 2015

Indiana officials say it will take longer to resolve the state’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund’s funding troubles
than projected when a law designed to start fixing the system was enacted in April.

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Ron Gifford’s blog from China

Indy Partnership CEO Ron Gifford is traveling with Gov. Mitch Daniels and a delegation of Hoosier business and community
leaders on a trip to Asia through Sept. 16. Gifford is blogging about his experiences as he works to bring
new jobs and investment to the economic development group’s 10-county Indianapolis region. Bookmark this
page and check back for updates.

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Rokita proposes new plan for redistricting

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita pitched a plan today that would make it illegal for lawmakers to consider political
data when redrawing congressional and legislative district maps.

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