Tasked with boosting Indiana’s economy following the Great Recession, the 2010 General Assembly tinkered at the edges
by passing a handful of incentives meant to spur small-business growth.
Investors who had challenged the bankruptcy sale, including the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, had argued that Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner violated the Constitution by using TARP money to finance the sale, and had their arguments overruled
in the appeals court.
Eighteen states, including Indiana, argue the federal government cannot force citizens to buy health insurance coverage.
Several Republicans had objected to Dawn Johnsen's criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation
policies.
Concerns about separation of church and state have prompted a national watchdog group to express reservations.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is fast becoming critic-in-chief of the health reform law.
State attorney general says the federal health care law raises serious constitutional questions, including whether Congress
has the authority to enact a mandate that most Americans purchase health insurance.
The potential flaws in this bill are so enormous that to opponents of the bill it looks like planned failure, designed to usher in a national health service.
Attorneys general in at least 13 states have signaled they intend to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation in
court.
Beginning July 1, employees will be able to bring guns to work. A labor lawyer says employers will need to get creative.
The law, which takes effect July 1, lets workers keep guns locked out of sight in their vehicles while parked on their employers’
property.
Contrary to popular-but-uninformed belief, religion is a matter of civil liberties, not majority rule.
The 2010 legislative session ended strangely: ahead of deadline, yet a week beyond the expected schedule, and the last full
day saw more mood swings among lawmakers than Indianapolis Colts fans experienced during the Super Bowl.
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence told a crowd of "tea party" supporters Monday that Democrats in Congress don’t have
enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation.
K-12 education in Indiana already has faced $300 million in reduced state funding this year as the state has cut spending
in the face of lower tax revenues.
The Indiana General Assembly finally adjourned its 2010 legislative session early Saturday with deals including a one-year
delay on unemployment insurance tax increases and aid for schools reeling from state budget cuts.
A top-ranked senior at Greenwood High School is asking a federal judge to stop a graduation prayer that the senior class voted
to approve in September. The lawsuit by 18-year-old Eric Workman says the prayer and the vote unconstitutionally subject religious
practice to majority rule and violate the First Amendment. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed suit Thursday
on behalf of Workman in federal court in Indianapolis. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
At the very least, regulators need to get control of derivative trading—transactions need to be more transparent and carried
out on an exchange.
The buzz as the days ran out suggested that nothing on the agenda was “must-pass” legislation, leaving Democrats
and Republicans, the House and the Senate, and the governor and the General Assembly with little leverage to exert.
