May 4, 2013
Indianapolis government bill among those the governor must decide to accept or reject.
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April 27, 2013
When partisanship did rear its head—Indianapolis Democrats charged a GOP “power grab” in negotiations over
changes in Marion County government structure—it was not disruptive.
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April 20, 2013
Prodding by legislative leaders and an epidemic of Hoosier common have led to compromises on contentious issues.
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April 13, 2013
For a Legislature dominated by a Republican super-majority and with a Republican governor doing more now than just watching
from the cheap seats, you should be surprised by the uncertainty over the shape—and even the fate—of several significant
bills this late in the process.
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April 6, 2013
In one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the
days leading up to it.
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March 23, 2013
We’re just a few short weeks from the mid-April revenue forecast, the critical non-political, non-policy factor that
will shape the fiscal 2014-2015 budget—and a handful of other big-buck key bills.
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March 16, 2013
We learned just over a year ago that the veteran House fiscal leadership would be a vestige of the past when the 2013 session
began.
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March 9, 2013
Cynics might suggest the General Assembly really hasn’t accomplished much since convening in January. While that’s
a tad unfair, the session does seem unusual.
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March 2, 2013
We’ve made it halfway through the 2013 legislative session with much less in the way of figurative fisticuffs than in
the last several sessions—for which the participants and observers seem grateful.
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February 23, 2013
As the General Assembly passes its first major milestone in the 2013 session—the final round of committee hearings in
a bill’s chamber of origin—we’re picking up a few insights into the dynamics that likely will guide the
remaining two months.
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February 16, 2013
You’ve heard the talk that the bottom-line reason for the General Assembly to meet this year is to fashion a two-year
budget that will carry the state through June 30, 2015.
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February 9, 2013
One month into the administration of Republican Gov. Mike Pence, you can hold one truth to be self-evident: He’s not
the second coming of his predecessor, Mitch Daniels.
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February 2, 2013
Legislative events aren’t proceeding according to a recognizable formula so far, leaving the coming months difficult
to predict.
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January 26, 2013
Many lawmakers and other observers had expected this year's State of the State speech to add key details to Gov. Mike Pence's
roadmap—effectively serving as a GPS of sorts for lawmakers seeking to divine the route taken and the destinations visited
on the journey promised on inauguration day.
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January 19, 2013
While taxes and spending (and related work-force and economic development matters) will consume the bulk of legislative attention
in coming months, several other major issues will dot—or blot—the agenda, and should bear your attention.
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January 12, 2013
Now that you are no longer distracted by an Indianapolis Colts playoff drive (sigh), it’s time to get up to speed on
the key issues the Indiana General Assembly will confront over the next four months.
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January 5, 2013
The 2012 elections brought us a new Republican governor, a GOP House and Senate super-majority for the first time in a generation,
and the first Democrat elected to a state office other than governor since 2000.
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December 15, 2012
When lawmakers reconvene Jan. 7 for the 2013 legislative session, they will do so under a unique structure: a new Republican
governor and Republican super-majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly.
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March 17, 2012
While some editorial writers suggest legislators accomplished little of consequence this session, and House Democrats lament
lost opportunities to restore education funding and fix child services programs, we actually experienced a remarkably productive
final four weeks.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.