February 25, 2013
Associated PressSome welfare recipients would face drug testing under a proposal that's been approved by the Indiana House.
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February 21, 2013
Associated PressHouse Republicans blocked a vote Thursday on Gov. Mike Pence's proposed tax cut, fending off — at least for now
— an attempt by Democrats to force them into the awkward position of rejecting one of the new GOP governor's top
legislative priorities.
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February 21, 2013
Associated PressKindergartners and some other students in Indiana would be immediately eligible for the state's private school voucher
program under an expansion plan the House approved Thursday.
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February 21, 2013
Associated PressA Senate committee is leaving a contentious battle over a proposed $3 billion coal-gasification plant in the Indiana Supreme
Court's hands for now.
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February 21, 2013
Associated PressGov. Mike Pence is battling with House lawmakers over expanding health care coverage for roughly 400,000 Indiana residents,
amid concerns that the state's health care program for the poor won't be able to handle the flood of new enrollees.
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February 21, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indiana House on Thursday approved a bill regulating cash-for-gold stores, which have proliferated since gold prices shot
up in 2008.
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February 20, 2013
Associated PressThe bill would require the state to suspend the business license for a year of any retailer caught selling synthetic drugs
or lookalikes.
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February 19, 2013
Associated PressRepublicans sparked protests from teachers and union officials Tuesday by pushing legislation through a House committee that
would bar Indiana schools from automatically deducting union dues from teacher paychecks, an issue that critics thought was
off the table this year.
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February 19, 2013
Associated PressA plan providing up to $100 million in state funding toward improvements at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has won approval
from the Indiana Senate.
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February 15, 2013
Associated PressThe leader of the Indiana House is hesitant about the chances of an overhaul of state casino taxes and regulations aimed at
helping them against growing competition from surrounding states.
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February 15, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe change would save the state $24 million in 2015 and another $48 million each year thereafter—all money that's now
being collected from gambling taxes and sent to cities, towns and counties.
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February 11, 2013
IBJ StaffNearby businesses hope upgrades to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from a proposed state taxing district would pave the way
for additional offerings at the venue, including night racing.
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February 9, 2013
Legislator says the recent tax increases aren't being used for the purpose intended when such increases were authorized in
2009.
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February 7, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's Republican House and Senate leaders said Thursday they will wait a year before they take up an effort to write
a same-sex marriage ban into the state's constitution.
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February 7, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's craft breweries account for only a tiny percentage of annual statewide beer sales, but they've enjoyed a
sweet spot on Sundays for the past two-plus years.
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February 5, 2013
Associated PressSenators voted 36-13 Tuesday in favor of the proposal despite arguments from some senators that it represents an unwarranted
mandate from the state on local school districts.
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February 4, 2013
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are considering a bill that would crack down on sales of stolen goods to the state's secondhand stores.
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February 2, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinClear Channel Outdoor, which owns most of the billboards within city limits, has lined up two city-county councilors to sponsor
a bill that would loosen a decade-old ban on digital billboards.
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January 31, 2013
Associated PressIndiana's legislative leaders are casting doubt on the prospects of taking up a same-sex marriage ban this year.
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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 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 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 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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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.