Full Indiana House returns, but impasse continues
The full Indiana House returned to the Statehouse after a five-day break, but partisan differences remained over an unemployment
insurance tax bill.
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CIB turns down Axe deodorant ad for stadium
The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board on Monday rejected a request from Axe deodorant to place an advertisement in Lucas
Oil Stadium because the message is too racy for youngsters.
Talks resume at Statehouse after brief impasse
Negotiations on some major issues resumed in the Indiana General Assembly on Monday after a meltdown occurred last week.
Democrat stalwart Hogsett said to be U.S. attorney nominee
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Indianapolis has been without a presidentially appointed U.S. attorney for more than two years.
Joe Hogsett, a former secretary of state, is likely the frontrunner.
Indiana General Assembly still at an impasse
The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate kept working Friday while House Speaker Patrick Bauer adjourned his Democrat-led
chamber until Wednesday.
Angry at Indiana politicians
An observer says Hoosiers are really honked at incumbents. Except for Daniels.
Indiana lawmakers fail to wrap up session
Lawmakers hoped to adjourn by midnight, days before a March 14 statutory deadline for finishing business, but are still bogged
down on several issues.
Workplace guns bill gets final legislative OK
The Indiana General Assembly approved a bill that lets workers keep firearms locked in their cars in trunks or out of sight
while parked on company property.
Local government reform still sputtering
The second legislative session since the Kernan-Shepard report on local government reform is about to end. Joe Kernan and
Randall Shepard can still say, “We’ve got to stop governing like this.”
Ballard solicits business help in aid of Indy Parks
Corporate contributions, volunteerism help shore up struggling city department after recession-driven cuts reduce budget by
nearly one-fifth.
Indiana lawmakers still hoping to adjourn Thursday
Lawmakers are close to a compromise on a work-site guns bill, but remain farther apart on several other issues.
Ballard to visit Brazil on business-development trip
Economic development mission targets clean technology and motorsports business-development opportunities.
PANEL: Progress is being made on environmental issues in state
Experts
say Indianapolis is moving forward on recycling, that environmental research is discovering promising technologies, and that
manufacturers are finding new things to make. Local cognoscenti from the green community testify to these developments in
five included videos.
Center Township revival in the offing?
Finally, a perceptible population spurt. One observer thinks the future is bright.
Ethics bill gets final legislative approval
The most sweeping bill in years to tighten Indiana ethics and lobbying rules goes to Gov. Mitch Daniels for his likely signature
into law after a 97-0 vote.
Indiana tax collections for February down $86 million
Tax collections for February fell $86 million below a revised December forecast. Revenue is down $166 million in the first
three months since that forecast.
Bill approving Sunday microbrew sales heads to governor
The Indiana Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill allowing Indiana’s microbreweries to sell beer for carryout
on Sundays.
Indiana Senate strips jobs provisions from bill
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate stripped several tax credits and other measures to create jobs from an unrelated
agricultural bill Monday.
A Daniels presidential strategy
Attorney, lobbyist and long-time Republican fundraiser John Hammond thinks Daniels should go to cognoscenti before early states
and tea parties.
$22.3 billion public pension merger poised to fail again
Key House Democrat recommends summer study for a Gov. Daniels legislative priority: consolidation of the $14.2 billion Indiana
Public Employees Retirement Fund and the $8.1 billion Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund.