January 30, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence turned to the top judge of one toughest juvenile court systems in the state to lead the troubled Indiana Department
of Child Services, naming Lake County's Mary Beth Bonaventura to direct the agency Wednesday.
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January 30, 2013
Associated PressU.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly asked veteran Capitol Hill staffer John Zody this week to run the Indiana Democratic Party, but his
appointment hinges on approval of the party's state central committee.
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January 30, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressBall State University economist Mike Hicks said the quarterly contraction in the economy only confirms his fears that the
United States is already in another recession.
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January 30, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House Transportation Committee is considering new limits on specialty license plates for drivers one year after
the effort was derailed by controversy over plates for a gay youth group.
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January 30, 2013
Associated PressThe chairman of the Indiana Senate Education Committee says any proposals to expand the state's private school voucher
system will have to be first approved by the Indiana House.
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January 29, 2013
Associated PressLawmakers in the last state in the nation to bar retail alcohol sales on Sundays are making a push to lift the restriction,
but strong opposition from liquor stores could hinder the effort.
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January 29, 2013
Associated PressLocal school superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under a
bill endorsed by an Indiana House committee.
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January 29, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana Senate committee has backed tougher limits on quantities consumers may buy of cold medications that can be used
to make methamphetamine.
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January 29, 2013
Associated PressAccelerated Tanks and Trailers, a division of a Carmel-based company, plans to open a Fort Wayne manufacturing plant that
could bring about 300 new jobs to northeast Indiana by 2016.
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January 28, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson has been named Sporting News' NFL Executive of the Year, the
publication announced Monday.
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January 28, 2013
Associated PressThe Indiana House has approved a bill that would shorten the time that school districts must hold onto vacant buildings in
case a charter school operator wanted to move into the building.
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January 28, 2013
Associated PressA bill that would certify Indiana therapists who specialize in using music to treat people with autism, Alzheimer's and
other conditions is advancing in the General Assembly.
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January 27, 2013
Associated PressTop Democrats and Republicans in the General Assembly agree that more money is needed to improve Indiana's education system
in the next two years, but how that money will be spent is a point of debate.
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January 27, 2013
Associated PressFor the first time in history, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's bylaws on recruitment are no longer being
applied to high school students alone. With the passing of Bylaw 20-2, potential student-athletes as young as 10 could lose
their high school eligibility if recruitment is found.
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January 27, 2013
Associated PressPetroleum refiner Calumet Specialty Product Partners is exploring whether to build a crude oil loading dock on Lake Superior,
near its refinery in Superior, Wis., to ship crude oil on the Great Lakes.
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January 26, 2013
Associated PressAn economist from a California college will take over in July as president of Wabash College in western Indiana.
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January 26, 2013
Associated PressFrank Russell, the former president and chairman of Central Newspapers Inc., which published the Indianapolis Star
before being sold to Gannett Co. Inc., has died. He was 92.
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January 25, 2013
Associated PressThe Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession
in 2007, lifted by strong earnings from Procter & Gamble and Starbucks.
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January 25, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's new governor and state schools superintendent are from different political parties but they seemed in agreement
Friday on getting schools to focus more on preparing students for careers.
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January 25, 2013
Associated PressA Michigan attorney claims in a lawsuit that former Indianapolis prosecutor Carl Brizzi and former Indiana Secretary of State
Todd Rokita used unwarranted charges against her in a cemetery theft scheme to enhance their political reputations.
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January 25, 2013
Associated PressPurdue University President Mitch Daniels says he won't be lobbying state lawmakers on Purdue's behalf this session
because it's too soon after his departure from the governor's office.
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January 24, 2013
Associated PressA group of private investors and the Kentucky State Fair board on Thursday reached a 50-year lease agreement for the shuttered
Kentucky Kingdom amusement park with the new operators saying the facility should reopen in 2014.
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January 24, 2013
Associated PressIndiana Senate Republicans are in the middle of overhauling a safety measure aimed at better protecting schools after a shooting
last month in Connecticut left 20 first-graders dead.
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January 24, 2013
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers looking to plug a hole in state transportation spending are considering diverting the state's sales
tax on gasoline to transportation.
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January 24, 2013
Associated PressThe Republican leaders of Indiana's General Assembly said Thursday they have not decided whether to take up a constitutional
ban on gay marriage, one day after a pair of House lawmakers filed separate proposals to place the ban before voters in 2014.
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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.