April 29, 2011
Greg AndrewsFair Finance's trustee says Bosma has agreed to return a $10,000 contribution from Durham. Meanwhile, Carl Brizzi, another
big recipient of Durham donations, is in settlement discussions with the trustee.
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April 29, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe five lawsuits filed this week do not include the biggest recipients of Tim Durham’s political largesse—campaign
committees associated with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.
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April 28, 2011
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are set to vote Friday on a new $28 billion state budget that would give slight funding increases to schools
without raising taxes, leave the state with more than $1 billion in reserves and give taxpayers refunds if the state takes
in more money than it needs.
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April 27, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana House voted 66-32 Wednesday to approve a bill cutting the $3 million in federal money the state distributes to
the organization for family planning and health programs. The Senate approved the measure earlier this month.
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April 27, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana House voted 55-43 to give final approval to a bill creating the controversial voucher program. It would allow
even middle-class families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools.
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April 26, 2011
Michael W. HoskinsMarion Superior Judge David Dreyer has ruled that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels doesn’t have to testify about his involvement
in the cancelled multimillion dollar IBM contract to modernize the state’s welfare system.
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April 21, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate has approved a bill that would allow Gov. Mitch Daniel to appoint a new secretary of state if indicted
Republican Charlie White is found to be ineligible.
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April 20, 2011
Associated PressRepublican frustration over the five-week walkout by Indiana House Democrats re-emerged Wednesday as the state Senate approved
a method for $1,000-a-day fines against boycotting legislators.
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April 19, 2011
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has written lawmakers to urge them to restore an automatic taxpayer refund that was removed from
a budget proposal this week.
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April 18, 2011
Associated PressIBM wants to depose Daniels soon because it's concerned he will announce he's running for president and would be too
busy on the campaign trail to give a deposition.
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April 14, 2011
Associated PressA Republican-led Indiana Senate committee on Thursday approved a plan for new Senate election districts that Democrats maintain
unfairly dilutes black and Hispanic voting strength.
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April 13, 2011
Associated PressOutnumbered Democrats in the Indiana House argued Wednesday that the new election districts proposed by Republicans would
lead to fewer competitive races and create more solidly GOP seats.
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April 11, 2011
Associated PressThe Senate Election Committee on Monday released proposed new district maps for Indiana's nine congressional and 50 state
Senate districts.
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April 8, 2011
J.K. WallKarega Rausch will become the Indianapolis director of Stand for Children, an Oregon-based not-for-profit that pushes education
reform through grass-roots organizing and legislative lobbying.
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April 8, 2011
Associated PressDemocrats who boycotted the Indiana House for five weeks are receiving smaller stipends because fines incurred during their
walkout are being deducted from their checks, but at least one Democrat is fighting the process.
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April 7, 2011
Associated PressA judge ruled Thursday that Democrats may have a valid argument in challenging whether Republican Secretary of State Charlie
White should be kicked out of office, but said the issue should be decided by a state election recount commission.
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April 7, 2011
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama was scheduled to pay a Friday visit to Allison Transmission, a supplier plant that makes transmission
systems for hybrid vehicles.
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April 7, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe federal government is suing a former Indianapolis businessman and major Republican donor to collect a $600,000 federal
penalty for commodities trading violations.
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April 6, 2011
J.K. WallRussell Cameron, who is challenging Westfield Mayor Andy Cook in a May 3 Republican primary, accused Cook’s deputy mayor
of improperly using his position and city resources to campaign for Cook’s reelection.
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April 6, 2011
Associated PressA Marion County judge is set on Wednesday to weigh whether Republican Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White is legally
qualified to serve in the office to which he was elected in November.
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April 4, 2011
President Barack Obama plans to make a trip to Indianapolis on Friday to visit Speedway-based manufacturer Allison Transmission
Inc., the company confirmed Monday afternoon.
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March 31, 2011
Associated PressA House session scheduled for Thursday morning never took place as Democratic leader Pat Bauer Republican leader Brian Bosma
discussed fines the Dems received for walking out on their jobs.
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March 30, 2011
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels and his chief of staff were both deeply involved in Indiana's decision to outsource the automation
of welfare intake, and they should provide depositions in lawsuits over IBM Corp., a lawyer for the company argues in a brief.
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March 29, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly OK'd a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage
and civil unions.
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March 28, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe trustee in the Fair Finance bankruptcy has renewed a call for recipients of political contributions from accused Ponzi
schemer Tim Durham to return the tainted cash after a federal grand jury indicted Durham on 12 felony counts.
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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.