As Indiana’s reserves dwindle toward zero and federal stimulus money disappears, trying to keep political debate friendly
and the budget in the black will be quite a challenge. Half a year before they must craft the next state budget, Democrats
and Republicans already are squabbling.
BP's employee political action committee donated nearly $24,000 to Indiana legislative candidates in June, but not everyone
wants to cash the checks after the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
State regulators are gearing up to crack down on companies thought to be treating people as though they are independent contractors
instead of employees.
The state is suing IBM for more than $1.3 billion, claiming the company breached one of the biggest outsourcing deals in state
history. IBM wants Indiana to pay $52.8 million it says it’s owed in deferred payments and equipment costs.
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration attorneys do not believe federal law was broken when officials balanced
food stamp
payments against a state-run supplemental aid program.
An Indiana agency is telling about 36,000 people who collected a $25 stimulus payment as part of their unemployment check
that they must repay the money because they were later ruled ineligible.
Indiana brought in $957 million less in revenue than it budgeted for fiscal year 2010, forcing it to use almost half its reserves,
Indiana State Auditor Tim Berry announced Friday morning.
The Indiana Supreme Court says youth who outgrow foster care are at risk of homelessness, unemployment, substance abuse, criminal
involvement and mental health issues.
The statewide average for the 2008-09 school year is similar to previous years but still trails the nationwide average by
5 percentage points, according to a budget official.
Conserving Hoosier Industrial Power, or CHIP, grants will range from $50,000 to $400,000.
Rep. Randy Borror of Fort Wayne is ending his re-election campaign to become a senior vice president for Indianapolis-based
Bose Public Affairs Group.
A new report says health insurance for Indiana's public schools and universities could cost at least $450 million less annually if they joined the state's plan for public employees.
The state is working to build an online system that will allow casinos to check the names of winners against a database of
people who owe child support, said Mike Smith, president of the Casino Association of Indiana.
John Gorman, who worked for the same company for 31 years before he was fired in December, has been waiting on a decision
for at least 100 days, and he still hasn't received his unemployment check, according to the American Civil Liberties
Union of Indiana.
Indiana Chamber of Commerce president says several members have inquired about pursuing legal action, though nothing formal
is in the works
yet.
The latest batch of Indiana laws takes effect Thursday, with new provisions raising the age at which teenagers can get driver's
licenses and requiring ID checks for everyone buying alcohol.
State Rep. Pat Bauer says employment figures provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are a good start but insists
the
agency is not revealing everything it can.
A new state law allows the securities commissioner to award up to $15,000 or 25 percent of unrecovered awards to victims who
can prove that a court or other agency awarded restitution for fraud that occurs after July 1 of this year.
Officials say they believe a northwestern Indiana casino might owe $5 million more in back property taxes than previously
estimated.
Indiana will soon get its first comprehensive review of the state's criminal code and sentencing policies since 1976,
and officials hope the project will save taxpayer money and reduce how frequently released inmates return to prison
