Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said the state likely faces more tight fiscal times ahead over the next two years.Daniels told a national conference of statehouse reporters in Indianapolis this morning that if fiscal forecasts are accurate, Indiana will take in less revenue in 2011 than it did two years ago.The state is expected to have a surplus of about $1 billion in June 2011 ...
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is callinglegislators back to the Statehouse next week to resume work on a newstate budget.Daniels told members of the bipartisan State BudgetCommittee today that the special legislative session would beginJune 11. Daniels said he hopes that give lawmakers plenty of time to ...
A memorial service for fallen members of the Indiana State Police will be held this morning. The service is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Indiana Law Enforcement and Firefighters Memorial at 100 N. Senate Ave., between the Indiana Government Center North and the Statehouse ...
Construction workers are gathering in Indianapolis today 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 states unemployment insurance fund, which has been paying out hundreds of millions of dollars more in benefits than it has been collecting in employer taxes.Republicans who control the Senate have proposed a plan that would increase employer taxes ...
Indiana lawmakers appeared to move a bit closer to a compromise on a contentious bill to regulate large-scale dog breeding operations yesterday - the same day a group of pet lovers brought their dogs to the Statehouse to demand a crackdown on so-called puppy mills.Both the House and Senate have approved versions of the bill to regulate dog breeders ...
Democratic leaders at the Indiana Statehouse are questioning whether the governor should have the power to withhold state cash from certain programs after lawmakers allocate money for them in the state budget.Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson (D-Bloomington) said Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels should ...
Gov. Mitch Daniels told a group of students gathered at the Indiana Statehouse that Holocaust Remembrance Day is more important now than ever before ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels told a group of students gathered at the Indiana Statehouse that Holocaust Remembrance Day is more important now than ever before ...