In the wake of the 2008 election, State Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, has been promoted. to chairman of the powerful Senate
Appropriations Committee, which oversees the state budget.
The system works, proclaimed Indiana University coach Tom Crean yesterday after the NCAA handed down its ruling for transgressions in the Hoosiers’ basketball program last year.
It certainly does. But most people have little…
Several major issues with business implications are expected to receive ample attention when legislators convene next month,
particularly the continuing saga of property-tax relief and the state’s ability to pay jobless benefits.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has no plans to repeat Indiana’s tax-amnesty program that recovered about $245 million from delinquent
payers in 2005.
Soaring property taxes were arguably Indiana’s biggest problem in 2007. In 2008, the Legislature approved property tax caps
as a solution. But because the caps haven’t been implemented, debate is still raging over the consequences the caps will have
for local governments and whether they should be made permanent.
President-elect Barack Obama today announced plans to appoint an Indiana University law school professor to a post at the U.S. Department of Justice.A press release from Obama’s office stated, and the law school confirmed, that Obama will name Dawn Johnsen as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. In late 2008, she was […]
Gary officials are asking a state board to increase property tax caps that limit annual tax bills for the city’s homeowners and businesses.City officials went before the state’s Distressed Unit Appeals Board Monday, seeking an exemption from the caps imposed by the General Assembly last year.Gary officials say the city may lose $30 million under […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels cautioned lawmakers about Indiana’s fiscal challenges during his State of the State speech last night, saying that drafting a new two-year budget this session will be full of hard decisions. But Daniels, sworn in to a second term on Monday, said spending restraints and other actions taken during his first term have […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels cautioned lawmakers about Indiana’s fiscal challenges during his State of the State speech last night, saying that drafting a new two-year budget this session will be full of hard decisions. But Daniels, sworn in to a second term on Monday, said spending restraints and other actions taken during his first term have […]
Spotlight on Hamilton County Named for Alexander Hamilton, a member of the Continental Congress and a framer of the U.S. Constitution 5 LARGEST CITIES/TOWNS population Carmel ……………………………………….68,677 Fishers ……………………………………….65,382 Noblesville ………………………………….41,561 Westfield …………………………………….20,459 Cicero ………………………………………….4,439 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau special census (Fishers and Carmel) and July 2007 estimates 5 LARGEST EMPLOYERS employees Roche Diagnostics………………………….3,650 Conseco […]
Two weeks ago in this space, I offered an over-the-top column about online networks. Many readers failed to recognize the tonguein-cheek approach to linking up with others. Instead, they interpreted that hyperbolic diatribe as an attack on computers, the modern age, progress and humanity. Your author was described as an isolationist doomed to a lonely […]
Most lawmakers say the biggest issue before the Indiana General Assembly this year is passing a balanced budget during tough economic times. But there are a few hot topics that some legislators also want addressed this session. They include taking the next step toward amending caps on property tax bills into the state constitution, starting […]
Jobs themselves may become “Job One” for our elected officials.
Former Indiana University coach Bob Knight is contemplating coming out of retirement. Multiple sources said if the University of Georgia offers Knight its vacant men’s basketball coaching job, Knight would accept.
“I have never…
The nation’s largest liquor distributor is suing the state in hopes of overturning an arcane law that requires distributors doing business here to be owned by Indiana residents. Southern Wine & Spirits of Indiana Inc., part of a Miami-based company that does business in 30 states and distributes about 20 percent of the country’s booze, […]
A Florida firm is suing to overturn Indiana’s resident-ownership law regarding liquor.
Stimulus talk continues to dominate discussion at the Indiana Statehouse, creating indecision for lawmakers who were supposed to be devoting their full attention to assembling a two-year budget under difficult economic circumstances.
The Republican-controlled state Senate has approved a proposal to put limits on property tax bills into the Indiana constitution. The proposal passed on a 34-16 vote yesterday and now moves to the Democrat-controlled House. If the measure clears both chambers this year or next, voters would decide in 2010 whether to amend the caps into […]
After a surprisingly slow month of January, the pace of legislative action picked up considerably during the first two weeks
of February.
It may sound like a nice problem for states – figuring out how to spend the billions in infrastructure funding they’ll receive as part of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. But the task is more complicated than it seems, as state officials try to set priorities while managing competing pressures from communities, watchdog groups […]
