May 4, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumIndianapolis government bill among those the governor must decide to accept or reject.
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April 6, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumIn one 48-hour stretch early in the first week of April, lawmakers provided a truer lay of the session land than in all the
days leading up to it.
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March 23, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumWe’re just a few short weeks from the mid-April revenue forecast, the critical non-political, non-policy factor that
will shape the fiscal 2014-2015 budget—and a handful of other big-buck key bills.
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March 16, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumWe learned just over a year ago that the veteran House fiscal leadership would be a vestige of the past when the 2013 session
began.
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March 9, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumCynics might suggest the General Assembly really hasn’t accomplished much since convening in January. While that’s
a tad unfair, the session does seem unusual.
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March 2, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumWe’ve made it halfway through the 2013 legislative session with much less in the way of figurative fisticuffs than in
the last several sessions—for which the participants and observers seem grateful.
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February 23, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumAs the General Assembly passes its first major milestone in the 2013 session—the final round of committee hearings in
a bill’s chamber of origin—we’re picking up a few insights into the dynamics that likely will guide the
remaining two months.
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February 16, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumYou’ve heard the talk that the bottom-line reason for the General Assembly to meet this year is to fashion a two-year
budget that will carry the state through June 30, 2015.
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February 9, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumOne month into the administration of Republican Gov. Mike Pence, you can hold one truth to be self-evident: He’s not
the second coming of his predecessor, Mitch Daniels.
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February 2, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumLegislative events aren’t proceeding according to a recognizable formula so far, leaving the coming months difficult
to predict.
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January 26, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumMany lawmakers and other observers had expected this year's State of the State speech to add key details to Gov. Mike Pence's
roadmap—effectively serving as a GPS of sorts for lawmakers seeking to divine the route taken and the destinations visited
on the journey promised on inauguration day.
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January 19, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumWhile taxes and spending (and related work-force and economic development matters) will consume the bulk of legislative attention
in coming months, several other major issues will dot—or blot—the agenda, and should bear your attention.
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January 12, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumNow that you are no longer distracted by an Indianapolis Colts playoff drive (sigh), it’s time to get up to speed on
the key issues the Indiana General Assembly will confront over the next four months.
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January 5, 2013
Ed FeigenbaumThe 2012 elections brought us a new Republican governor, a GOP House and Senate super-majority for the first time in a generation,
and the first Democrat elected to a state office other than governor since 2000.
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March 17, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumWhile some editorial writers suggest legislators accomplished little of consequence this session, and House Democrats lament
lost opportunities to restore education funding and fix child services programs, we actually experienced a remarkably productive
final four weeks.
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March 10, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumEven many lawmakers expected the Major Moves transportation fund would obviate the need to find large amounts of state dollars
for critical projects.
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March 3, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumThis year, with the right-to-work debate having sucked all the air out of the session—and largely all the fight out
of House Democrats—before the Super Bowl, the final weeks of the session are less intriguing than usual.
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February 25, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumIt may seem the next few weeks will be devoid of major public policy debates you’re accustomed to expect as sessions
wind down, but rest assured that activity below the surface is already paving the way for intriguing major action in 2013.
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February 18, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumYou might be surprised to learn that Indiana’s casinos have passed the $10 billion mark in wagering and admissions taxes
paid to the state and their respective host cities.
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February 11, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumMany issues that address daily commerce, business relationships, education policy, and the internal functions of state and
local government remain to be addressed.
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February 4, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumHouse Democrats and Republicans, who had been bickering like Patriots and Giants fans, suddenly seemed to drop all political
pretenses, and returned to conducting the people’s business.
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January 28, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumWhile the end game sought by House Democrats was elusive as they tried to halt the right-to-work bill advocated by all but
a handful of House Republicans, the Jan. 25 passage of the legislation in the House doesn’t necessarily offer new certainty.
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January 21, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumEven before the first full month of the year has passed, every conceivable metaphor for the importance of the right-to-work
issue in the 2012 legislative session has been (ab)used.
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January 14, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumOn the evening of the New Hampshire presidential primary, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered his eighth and final State
of the State address to the Indiana General Assembly and Hoosiers at home in the television audience.
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January 7, 2012
Ed FeigenbaumHoosiers may never have started a January with the likely litany of top 10 stories of the year lined up quite as transparently
as they seem for 2012.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.