Government

Mahern wants council members to disclose free game tix

January 25, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlin
The Indianapolis City-County Council is poised to approve a huge increase in ticket taxes on professional sports, and one council member wants to make sure those voting on the hike disclose the freebies they get for Pacers and Colts games.
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Daniels says he won't lobby for Purdue this session

January 25, 2013
Associated Press
Purdue 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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Senate overhauling $10M school safety proposal

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
Indiana 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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Top senators eye state's sales tax for road needs

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
Indiana 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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GOP leaders say gay marriage ban not priority

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
The 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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Indiana senator seeks gas plant contract review

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
A top Indiana senator is calling for a review of Indiana's plans to subsidize a proposed coal-gasification plant.
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Indiana House panel backs online sales tax collection

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
Amazon.com and other online-only retailers would have to start collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax this summer under a bill endorsed by a state House committee.
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Lugar to join IU faculty, donate papers to school

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
Former Sen. Richard Lugar will join former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton as a professor in Indiana University's new School of Global and International Studies.
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U.S. Postal Service hiring 400 workers in Indiana

January 24, 2013
Associated Press
The U.S. Postal Service says it's hiring 400 new employees across Indiana, including in Indianapolis, but job-seekers have to apply online by Sunday night.
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Carmel tech consultant plans expansion, 36 jobs

January 24, 2013
Allegient LLC said it will add the jobs by 2017 and expand its Carmel headquarters by 4,000 square feet.
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Lawmakers press Pence aide on school dollars

January 23, 2013
Associated Press
The Pence budget calls for roughly $6.4 billion in education spending in each of the next two years, with another $64 million for high-performing schools beginning the summer of 2014, at the start of the 2015 budget year.
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Bill aimed at boosting Indiana casinos advances

January 23, 2013
Associated Press
The Senate Public Policy Committee voted 9-0 in support of a bill that would overhaul the state's casino taxes, along with allowing Indiana's 10 riverboat casinos to move inland to adjacent property and permit live table games at the two horse track casinos.
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Ex-councilor Bateman agrees to plead guilty to fraud charges

January 23, 2013
J.K. Wall
Paul C. Bateman Jr., a former Democrat city-county councilor, agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to 13 counts of money laundering and wire fraud for his part in defrauding an Indianapolis physician of $1.7 million.
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Marion County assessor bracing for more tax appeals

January 23, 2013
Scott Olson
Marion County property-tax appeals from the 2012 assessment are due Monday and will add to a backlog of roughly 27,000 existing appeals from previous years that the office is continuing to wade through.
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Indiana bill to overturn school standards delayed

January 23, 2013
Associated Press
The chairman of the Indiana Senate's Education Committee says he's working on a compromise to a bill that would pull the state from the Common Core State Standards national education initiative.
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Bill to make IEDC more transparent moves to full senate

January 23, 2013
 The Statehouse File
The Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee unanimously passed legislation Tuesday meant to makes the state’s job-creation efforts more open to the general public.
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Pence spells out vision for Indiana in first big address

January 22, 2013
Associated Press
Gov. Mike Pence used his first State of the State address Tuesday night to lobby for a personal income tax cut, an expansion of Indiana's school voucher system and improved vocational training.
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Pence address set to expand on 1st-year priorities

January 21, 2013
Associated Press
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence might be shying from specifics ahead of his first State of the State address, but the details of a first-year agenda that will focus on jobs training, expanded spending on private schools and an across-the-board tax cut are largely known at this point.
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Former state ag director joins Dow AgroSciences

January 21, 2013
Joseph Kelsay, who had served as director of Indiana's Department of Agriculture since 2009, is joining Dow AgroSciences' government affairs team as senior manager of biotechnology affairs.
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Indiana lawmakers aim to shore up riverboat casinos

January 21, 2013
Associated Press
Lawmakers have introduced legislation to help Indiana's riverboat casinos hold onto business in the face of growing competition from casinos in neighboring states.
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Indiana Beach owes $347,000 in taxes, county says

January 20, 2013
Associated Press
Indiana Beach Amusement Resort on Lake Shafer neglected to pay an estimated $180,000 in innkeeper's taxes and about $167,000 in 2011 property taxes, according to White County officials.
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Shape of 'jobs budget' depends on the state

January 20, 2013
Associated Press
The proposals of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley epitomize the reality of the Red State and Blue State philosophy of just what a 'jobs budget' looks like.
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Health insurance changes daunting for Indiana employersRestricted Content

January 19, 2013
Scott Olson
A portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring companies in 2014 to begin offering health insurance to more workers is causing a lot of anxiety.
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SHORT: Obsolete laws, regulations stifle advance of 'telehealth'Restricted Content

January 19, 2013
Jeffrey W. Short / Special to IBJ
You might remember seeing Elroy Jetson sitting in front of a television in the Jetson home, with Astro, his trusty dog, and Jane, his mother, at his side, while the doctor appeared on the screen providing medical care to Elroy. This scene is no longer so futuristic.
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Advocacy group waging war against welfare 'cliff effect'Restricted Content

January 19, 2013
Dan Human
Reform advocates say it’s common for parents to get a new job with a meager pay raise that is just enough to push them out of the eligibility limits. Ultimately, the families have less money.
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