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Legislature
Next state budget to spend $117M more on pensions
April 1, 2011
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers plan to set aside more money in the next two-year budget to help deal with unfunded pension liabilities,
but experts warn the amount needed to pay retirees will only grow in the next 15 years.
MoreBills would set fall votes for Indiana school boards
April 1, 2011
Associated PressAll school board elections across Indiana would be moved to the November ballot under bills advancing in the state Legislature.
MoreDemocrats skip session while leader discusses fines
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.
MoreIndiana House backs GOP state budget plan
March 30, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana House has approved a Republican-backed state budget plan that would keep overall education funding at current
levels while making major shifts in the way money is divvied up among individual school districts.
MoreLabor bills targeted in boycott pass Indiana House
March 30, 2011
Associated PressRepublicans in the Indiana House on Wednesday pushed through three labor-related bills that had drawn protests from Democrats
during their five-week legislative walkout.
MoreSchool voucher proposal approved by House
March 30, 2011
Associated PressThe GOP-led House voted 56-42 on Wednesday in favor of the bill that would use taxpayer money to help some parents move their
children from public schools to private schools.
MoreIndiana House backs ban on higher minimum wages
March 30, 2011
Associated PressCities and counties across the state would be prohibited from setting higher minimum wages under a bill approved by the Indiana
House.
MoreIndiana Senate panel may vote on smoking ban after all
March 29, 2011
Associated PressSen. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, the chairman of an Indiana Senate committee, said he might call for a vote on the proposal at
the Senate Public Policy Committee's April 6 meeting, but that he likely wouldn't allow any amendments.
MoreIndiana House faces pressure to finish work on time
March 29, 2011
Associated PressHouse Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said the five week "vacation" by House Democrats means lawmakers may
have to work on Fridays and Saturdays. He said representatives would go with little sleep and eat sandwiches and pizza while
working at their desks if necessary to get work done.
MoreIndiana Senate approves marriage amendment
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.
MoreIndiana budget faces hundreds of possible changes
March 29, 2011
Associated PressMore than 330 proposed amendments to the state budget bill were listed online as of Monday night, and Republican House Speaker
Brian Bosma said more are pending.
MoreNo breakthrough in talks to end Indiana House walkout
March 24, 2011
Associated PressLegislators from both parties threw cold water Thursday on optimism about a breakthrough ending the month-long boycott by
Indiana House Democrats.
MoreIndiana bill enhances rural areas for young entrepreneurs
March 24, 2011
Scott OlsonA bill signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels will create a type of auction among rural communities for young entrepreneurs graduating
from some universities in the state.
MorePanel backs Indiana gay marriage ban amendment
March 23, 2011
Associated PressThe Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the amendment on a 7-3 party line vote Wednesday, with Republican senators rejecting
arguments that language prohibiting civil unions could threaten the ability of employers to offer domestic partner benefits.
MoreBoycott reaches 30 days for Indiana House Democrats
March 22, 2011
Associated PressA legislative stalemate in Indiana reached a political milestone on Tuesday as House Democrats stayed away from their jobs
for a 30th consecutive day in what now ranks among the longest Statehouse boycotts in recent U.S. history.
MoreIndiana Legislature moves on without boycotting Dems
March 21, 2011
Associated PressHouse Speaker Brian Bosma directed Republican committee chairmen to hold meetings starting this week to discuss Senate bills,
even though no official action or votes can be taken until Democrats return and provide the quorum required by the state constitution.
MoreSides ponder political fallout of Statehouse boycott
March 20, 2011
Associated PressBoth Democrats and Republicans claim the walkout by Indiana House Democrats is rallying support for their side, spurring new
donations and rousing the party faithful.
MoreFear of GOP dominance fuels Indiana Dems' boycott
March 18, 2011
Associated PressIndiana House Democrats, whose walkout nearly a month ago halted the legislative process, remain in no hurry to return considering
they face the prospect of losing on almost every vote.
MorePanel nixes transportation aid for charter schools
March 16, 2011
Associated PressAn Indiana Senate panel eliminated part of a proposal on Wednesday that would have required traditional public schools to
help provide transportation to students attending charter schools.
MoreIndiana House walkout brings talk of recall elections
March 16, 2011
Associated PressThe Republican speaker of the Indiana House said Wednesday that the ongoing walkout by Democratic legislators has stirred
up interest in one day making such actions illegal or allowing voters to remove boycotters from office.
MoreIndiana House speaker weighing options over boycott
March 15, 2011
Associated PressThe Republican leader of the Indiana House said his patience was wearing thin with Democratic lawmakers who have shut down
the legislative process in Indiana for three weeks by walking out on their jobs.
MoreBanks OK with 'clean energy financing districts'
March 12, 2011
Scott OlsonIndustry feared original bill would have put mortgage lenders at added risk.
MoreThousands gather for union rally at Statehouse
March 10, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThousands of Indiana union members held signs, chanted slogans and cheered speakers outside the Statehouse on Thursday at
a rally to protest Republican-backed bills they consider an attack on public education and labor unions.
MoreIndiana House leaders more genial over boycott
March 9, 2011
Associated PressMore than two weeks after Democratic lawmakers fled Indiana to block GOP-backed legislation, both sides gave optimistic signals
Wednesday about resolving the stalemate.
MoreCharter-school boosters tout findings of new study
March 9, 2011
Francesca JaroszCharter-school advocates are touting a Stanford University study released Wednesday as support for their case to expand charters
throughout the state.
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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.