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Report: Life sciences rocks

Indiana University handed the stateâ??s life sciences industry a nice love letter today in the form of a study.

Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and health care supplies were responsible for nearly a fourth of all jobs
created in the state…

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Franklin ban snuffs out smoking

Tavern owners in Franklin will mothball their ashtrays next month following the passage of a smoking ban May 4. City councilors
voted 6-1 to make the ban one of the most restrictive in the state.

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Critics: Tax hike ‘defies logic’

Critics say the Legislature’s plan to shore up the insolvent Indiana Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund places the bulk of the financial
burden on already ailing businesses with the least ability to pay.

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Top logistics execs draw road map for industry

On the menu of Indiana’s economic development initiatives, the logistics industry has had all the appeal of truck stop coffee.
Meanwhile, the information technology and life sciences sectors—and recently clean tech—have had everyone salivating. Logistics, however, is cooking up a new strategy.

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System meltdown at the Statehouse

Lawmakers sometimes do their best work right after an election, when they have a fresh victory in hand and can think beyond
their political self-interest. Not this time.

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Fodder for special session

Charitably speaking, not much got done in the legislative session that ended Wednesday. Now Gov. Daniels plans
to call a special session to force passage of a budget, the only bodyâ??s only legal requirement.

Should anything else be put on the…

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The new education chief

Tony Bennett has been state superintendent of public instruction for just three months, but heâ??s making plenty
of waves.

Bennett, who replaced longtime chief Suellen Reed after she decided not to run for re-election, has not abandoned
his campaign…

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