Construction workers gathered in Indianapolis for a midday rally at the Indiana Statehouse to protest proposed cuts in unemployment insurance benefits. Lawmakers have been trying to come up with a solution for the state’s unemployment insurance fund, which has been paying out hundreds of millions of dollars more in benefits than it has been collecting […]
Thousands of union workers packed the Statehouse yesterday to protest proposed cuts in jobless benefits as lawmakers try to compromise on legislation to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Republicans who control the Senate have proposed a plan that would increase employer taxes, reduce benefits for most jobless claimants and tighten eligibility standards. Democrats who […]
Negotiators for House Democrats and Senate Republicans have reached a tentative compromise on a plan designed to start fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund, but remained at an impasse today on a new state budget. Lawmakers were scrambling to finish business before tomorrow’s midnight deadline for adjourning the regular session. Although negotiations continued on several […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Democratic Indiana House Speaker Patrick Bauer is blaming Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels for the need of a special legislative session. The General Assembly did not pass a new state budget by last night’s midnight deadline for adjourning the session, which will force Daniels to call a special session to get one approved. Bauer said today […]
Compared with some of his pharmaceutical CEO peers these days, John Lechleiter has his company on a diet. Instead of using a mega-merger to bulk up before the famine that patent expirations will bring on the industry next year, Lechleiter has Eli Lilly and Co. burning management fat while looking for smaller companies to munch […]
No matter how the Capital Improvement Board funding mess plays out, we’re left with resentment coming from all directions and an unprecedented splintering of the long-standing bipartisan cooperation that helped propel our city forward. I have to think that the late Larry Conrad and Jim Browning, two of the visionaries who sought to bring Indianapolis-and […]
Compared with some of his pharmaceutical CEO peers these days, John Lechleiter has his company on a diet. Instead of using a mega-merger to bulk up before the famine that patent expirations will bring on the industry next year,
Lechleiter has Eli Lilly and Co. burning management fat while looking for smaller companies to munch on.
On the menu of Indiana’s economic development initiatives, the logistics industry has had all the appeal of truck stop coffee.
Meanwhile, the information technology and life sciences sectors—and recently clean tech—have had everyone salivating. Logistics, however, is cooking up a new strategy.
You wouldn’t have expected it going into the final week of the Indiana General Assembly, but we’re headed for a special legislative
session.
No matter how the Capital Improvement Board funding mess plays out, we’re left with resentment coming from all directions
and an unprecedented splintering of the long-standing bipartisan cooperation that helped propel our city forward.
Republicans and Democrats in the Indiana House had plenty to disagree about before they voted down a proposed state budget, forcing a special legislative session. But in the thick of talks over state spending, a heated debate emerged about whether the growth of charter schools should be limited. That discussion will likely continue as lawmakers […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The number of unlicensed, faith-based child care centers has grown by nearly 30 percent in Indiana since 2001, worrying supporters of state-licensed child-care centers struggling to hold their own. The state’s child care ministries are tax exempt and face minimal regulations, unlike Indiana’s highly regulated licensed centers, The Fort […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Three days before the Indiana General Assembly was to end last week, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said one way to avoid an extra session was to be clear about what he could and could not accept in a new state budget. He said budget plans passed by House Democrats […]
Three days before the Indiana General Assembly was to end last week, Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said one way to avoid an extra session was to be clear about what he could and could not accept in a new state budget. He said budget plans passed by House Democrats and Senate Republicans were not acceptable […]
Customer groups say an 18-percent rate hike sought by the Indianapolis Department of Waterworks is excessive even for a utility drowning in variable-rate bond debt that’s swelled since financial markets collapsed. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is weighing the department’s request filed in February to tap customers for an additional $22 million in the wake […]
