Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ budget proposal includes a scholarship tax credit that supporters say would give poor students the opportunity to attend private schools, but opponents say would open the door to vouchers. Daniels’ budget proposal includes a 50-percent tax credit for donations to a not-for-profit scholarship-granting organization that helps students from low-income families attend […]
Democrats who control the Indiana House are considering changes to their proposed one-year state budget proposal. The House Ways and Means Committee planned to consider amendments to the bill today, and then possibly vote to send the measure to the full House for consideration. The one-year plan would increase spending on schools by an average […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Democrats who control the Indiana House are prepared to consider changes to their proposed one-year state budget proposal. The House Ways and Means Committee planned to consider amendments to the bill today, and then possibly vote to send the measure to the full House for consideration. The one-year plan […]
Special session will be longer than all had hoped before because of multiple unresolved issues
Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s failed quest to stop Chrysler’s bankruptcy proceedings will cost state taxpayers $2 million in legal fees, but he has no regrets about what some saw as a Quixotic effort. That sum is on top of the $5.6 million a road construction fund and pension funds for retired teachers and state troopers […]
Indiana lawmakers will convene for a special, budget-writing legislative session today that stands to cost taxpayers at least $12,000 a day in a state that has seen its revenue plunge in the past year. The decisions they ponder will involve how billions of taxpayer dollars are to be spent, but there are few signs that […]
Indiana House Democrats plan to offer a one-year state budget they say would give public schools a statewide average spending increase of 2 percent and guarantee that all districts get as much or more money in the next year as they got this year. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “We want to make sure […]
Democrats who control the Indiana House plan to outline their priorities for a new state budget that would cover one year of state spending instead of a typical two-year plan. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to meet informally today, two days before a special legislative […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels says Indiana’s schools are “among America’s luckiest” since they have so far avoided cuts during the recession. But only some Indiana schools would find four-leaf clovers under Daniels’ budget proposal. Suburban schools with booming enrollments would see funding increases, while urban and rural school districts that are losing students would see decreases. […]
Lawmakers return to Indianapolis June 11 tanned, rested and presumably ready to agree upon a budget that, via gubernatorial assent or a veto override vote, will guide Indiana through fiscal 2010-2011.
House Democrats walked out of a state budget hearing today after complaining that the Republican governor injected politics into the process – and they said they don’t plan to attend other hearings scheduled before a special legislative session starts next week. Democrats on a special joint budget committee complained that Gov. Mitch Daniels was trying […]
Former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith, never one to let grass grow under his feet, has started a not-for-profit
with one-time presidential candidate Howard Dean to promote Goldsmithâ??s pet cause of public-private partnerships.
The Council of Project Finance Advisors aims…
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is calling legislators back to the Statehouse next week to resume work on a new state budget, and legislative leaders are already meeting to lay the budget groundwork. Daniels told a bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday that the special legislative session would begin June 11. The Republican governor said he hopes […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is calling legislators back to the Statehouse next week to resume work on a new state budget, and legislative leaders are already meeting to lay the budget groundwork. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Daniels told a bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday that the special legislative session would begin June 11. […]
Officials in four Midwestern states badly hurt by the auto industry’s woes are lining up to ask the Cabinet secretaries crisscrossing the region for a better deal when it comes to getting funds from the federal recovery act. With the bankruptcy filing of industry icon General Motors Corp. just days old and Chrysler LLC plants […]
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants to slash overall state spending by 2.5 percent, but the budget he outlined in a live broadcast last night would give public schools and student aid a boost. The Republican governor also said he’s willing to reach into the state’s piggy bank – a bit. He said he wants to […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels will outline his latest budget proposal to Indiana residents during a live television broadcast tonight at 6 p.m., a day before going over the plan with lawmakers. Daniels’ office said Friday that the remarks will only last about 5 minutes. Tomorrow, a formal budget presentation will be made to a legislative committee. […]
I went away after the Indianapolis 500 once again convinced I’d experienced the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, but I didn’t
view the race with a critical eye like my pal Robin Miller did.
Of this and that while wondering what happened to the month of May: Rex Early, former Marion County Republican chairman, is the author of one of my all-time-favorite lines. Said Rex, “It’s a mighty thin pancake that doesn’t have two sides.” Early even wrote a book using that as the title. So it was that […]
A fourth prominent Republican has decided to challenge longtime Indiana Congressman Dan Burton in next year’s GOP primary. State Rep. Mike Murphy of Indianapolis announced his candidacy today in Tipton at the vacant Getrag transmission plant that the company stopped building last year during a dispute with Chrysler. Murphy is a former Marion County Republican […]
