Public Safety
Advocates want no weakening of Indiana smoking ban
February 9, 2012
Associated PressAnti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption for bars that's included in a bill for a statewide
smoking ban, and are aiming to prevent the proposal from being watered down.
MoreBallard to veto tougher smoking-ban proposal
February 9, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard plans to veto a proposed ordinance that would expand the city’s public smoking ban,
his spokesman confirmed Thursday.
MoreCompany: Sugarland resisted delaying state fair concert
February 8, 2012
Associated PressSugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert at the state fair despite threatening weather that caused a deadly stage
collapse, the fair's top official testified against the company that built the stage rigging.
MoreIndiana stage builder cited in state fair disaster
February 8, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe State Labor Department says the company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse
showed "plain indifference" to safety standards.
MorePolice adjust downtown crowd-control plan after injuries
February 4, 2012
Associated PressOverwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control
Saturday on the eve of the big game.
MoreDaniels signs new penalties for sex trafficking
January 30, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a law Monday giving prosecutors more tools to battle human sex trafficking ahead of this
weekend's Super Bowl.
MoreCouncil votes to expand citywide smoking ban
January 30, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis City-County Council voted in favor of an expanded public smoking ban Monday night. Members voted 19-9 in
favor of expanding the citywide ban to include bowling alleys, hotel rooms and most bars.
MoreIndiana legislators OK tougher sex-trafficking law
January 27, 2012
Associated PressA bill to toughen Indiana's penalties for sex trafficking is on its way to Gov. Mitch Daniels for him to sign into law
ahead of next weekend's Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
MoreFight looming over banning smoking in Indiana bars
January 26, 2012
Associated PressSome Indiana legislators are expected to push for exempting bars and certain other locations from a bill calling for a broad
statewide smoking ban.
MoreNaming-rights deal to benefit city's snow-removal efforts
January 24, 2012
The agreement calls for longtime salt supplier Cargill Inc. to give Indianapolis 125 tons of salt and five pickup trucks equipped
with snow plows and salt spreaders.
MoreIndiana Senate backs bill on right to resist police
January 23, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate on Monday approved by a wide margin a proposal that gives residents limited rights to resist police officers
trying to enter their homes.
MoreHouse bill would cut barber licensing requirement
January 19, 2012
Scott OlsonBesides no longer requiring barbers and cosmetologists to be licensed, the bill also exempts dieticians, hearing aid dealers,
private investigators and security guards.
MorePolice to keep eye on Super Bowl drinking
January 16, 2012
Associated PressIndiana excise police say officers will be watching partiers to make sure public drinking doesn't get out of hand during
the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
MoreState sentencing overhaul to take another year
January 14, 2012
Associated PressLegislators stung last year by county prosecutors who opposed a sweeping plan to overhaul Indiana's criminal sentencing scheme
won't push the issue this year. Sheriffs now are worried that an attempt to reduce crowding in state prisons could aggravate
overpopulation in their jails.
MoreIndy tests its snow-removal plan for Super Bowl
January 13, 2012
Associated PressA light snowfall that's blanketed Indianapolis is giving the city's street crews a chance to test their snow-removal
strategy for the Super Bowl.
MoreIndiana county leaders worried over 911 funding
January 12, 2012
Associated PressCounty officials across Indiana scrambling to find money to pay for 911 emergency services say they aren't confident of
getting help from state legislators, who might be leery of boosting cellphone fees during an election year.
MoreIndiana House panel backs smoking-ban bill
January 11, 2012
Associated PressThe House health committee voted 9-3 in favor of the bill Wednesday after adding an exemption for retail tobacco shops. The
bill would prohibit smoking in most public places and workplaces, including bars.
MoreIndiana Senate backs tougher sex-trafficking law
January 10, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana Senate has approved a bill to toughen penalties for sex trafficking, and supporters hope it will become law before
football fans converge on Indianapolis for the Super Bowl in less than a month.
MoreNew push set for broad Indiana smoking limits
January 5, 2012
Associated PressThe bill announced Thursday by Republican Rep. Eric Turner of Cicero would prohibit smoking in most public places and workplaces,
including bars.
MoreDaniels rescinds crowd limits at Indiana Statehouse
January 4, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has rescinded new Statehouse security rules that put a 3,000-person limit on the number of people
allowed in the building at any one time.
MoreIndiana officials standing by Statehouse crowd limits
January 3, 2012
Associated PressState officials vigorously defended a new 3,000-person Statehouse capacity limit on Tuesday, saying it was driven by public
safety concerns and not by political motives as labor unions and other opponents maintain.
MoreIndiana Statehouse capacity limit angers Dems
December 30, 2011
Associated PressA plan by Indiana officials to limit the number of people who can be inside the Statehouse at any given time has angered Indiana
Democrats and union officials.
MoreHouse Speaker: State lawmakers may seek smoking ban
December 15, 2011
Associated PressIndiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says lawmakers may seek passage of a statewide smoking ban before the nation's attention
turns to Indianapolis for the February Super Bowl.
MoreGroup plans another push for Sunday alcohol sales
December 14, 2011
Franklin College News BureauA coalition of convenience and grocery stores said Wednesday that they will renew their push for Sunday carry-out alcohol
sales and cold sales of beer, but with a twist.
MoreCity-County committee nixes tougher smoking ban
December 14, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe City-County Council's Rules and Public Policy Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday night against sending a tough smoking-ban
proposal to a full council.
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Members must realize if you stop paying your dues you will lose. Why else would your employer honor the rtw bill. Before you take this step think about what you may be giving up in the long run. Very little of your dues money goes to any dem candidate. YOu will never know how much your republican employer gives his party with money he could be paying the employee. Who will step up and demand better wages or benefits if you have no representation. Union is the way for a better life. Our carpenter union offers a 4 year apprenticeship and 2 year degree from Ivy Tech all paid for with union dues . This is a great opportunity for kids who cant afford schooling after high school. The same opportunity is there for any person,any age, either sex to provide a better living for their family. Pension, anuity, health insurance all for your dues. How is this a bad choice.
The FDIC is funded by assessments paid by banks, not taxpayers. That is not to say that bank customers don't ultimately pay the cost because, in the end, banks don't survive if they don't make profits.
SCB Bank's failure is expected to cost the government $33.9 million,dont you mean middle class another bailout our government has no money
Diogenes, the company did not call "pro-life" statements inflammatory. The IBJ article used the words "pro life."
All, the company did, is what it should do which is apologize profusely for offending people with a program that offered statements that support an infamous apartheid proponent, Dr. Verwoerd, suggest that sometimes rape is justified, and quote Biblical text to people, not looking for it.
If this is what you think is "insanity" then more companies need to behave insanely.
I totally disagree with $45mil being given to the state Attorney General's office. That money is a waste. All of the money should go to help the homeowners & the people who were foreclosed on. Why such a big percentage to state govt? They'll get to start another agency staffed with people who have new-found power & don't care about the people they serve. As soon as the program was announced, I knew the states would end up with a huge chunk of the money for themselves that would just be squandered. Or maybe Mitch Daniels will just happen to "find" another big chunk of money that was "posted in the wrong section of the state's books."