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Lawmakers failed to take action on a bill last night before the General Assembly adjourned that would have given Indianapolis local taxing options to help its struggling stadium agency. The bill may have some hope if it is revived in the special session that is now necessary after lawmakers failed to pass a new state […]

The Indiana General Assembly failed to pass a new state budget before last night’s midnight deadline for adjourning, making a special legislative session certain. The Democrat-led House decided to put a Senate Republican budget proposal up for a vote with only minutes left until midnight, even though they disliked it because it cut $100 million […]

Supporters of a bill to regulate large-scale dog-breeding operations hope the legislation will have an immediate impact on so-called “puppy mills” around Indiana. Bill sponsor Rep. Linda Lawson (D-Hammond) said the bill that won final legislative approval late tonight will allow the state to start cracking down on irresponsible breeders. “It’s a great start,” Lawson […]

State lawmakers last night approved a plan designed to fix the state’s bankrupt unemployment fund. It would dramatically raise taxes on employers and make administrative changes in hopes of saving money, but it would not cut benefits. It passed the Senate on a bipartisan 46-3 vote, then passed the House 52-47 along party lines, with […]

Unemployment rates rose in all of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas for the third straight month in March, with Indiana’s Elkhart-Goshen region once again logging the biggest gain. The Labor Department reported today that all 372 metropolitan areas tracked saw jobless rates move higher last month from a year earlier. Elkhart-Goshen’s rate soared to 18.8 […]

State legislators seem willing to give Indianapolis officials the power to raise several local taxes to help fund the city’s troubled stadiums agency. That plan, though, would force Mayor Greg Ballard to take some of the heat for increasing any of those taxes – and the task of persuading the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers […]

Indiana lawmakers will be scrambling to meet tonight’s midnight deadline for adjourning the legislative session, but differences remained yesterday over a new state budget and fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Negotiators for House Democrats and Senate Republicans said yesterday that they had reached a tentative compromise on a plan designed to start fixing the […]