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Effort To Drug Test Welfare Recipients Is Likely Dead

For the fourth session in a row, legislative language creating a program to drug test welfare recipients appears dead. The author of this year’s version...

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Amendment Halts Progress Of Ethics Reform Bill

With less than a week left in the session, legislative leaders say an amendment to the ethics reform bill added by the full Senate is holding up the...

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Community Corrections Expected To Get $80M In State Budget

The final budget proposal released Tuesday provides around $80 million for community corrections programs. The amount is in between the House and...

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General Assembly Fully Funds Regional Cities Initiative

Gov. Mike Pence’s Regional Cities Initiative will get all the money Pence requested. Lawmakers identified a funding source that won’t take dollars out...

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Exotic Dancing Regulation Aimed At Reducing Human Trafficking

Lawmakers approved legislation Wednesday aimed at the exotic dancing industry. The new regulations are legislators’ latest effort to reduce human...

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Final State Budget Provides Funding Source For Hoosier State Line

Supporters of the Hoosier State Passenger Rail Line experienced some nervy moments in the final day of session after funding for the line was seemingly...

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Gaming Bill Headed To Governor's Desk

Much of the final debate on the gaming bill revolved around the looming specter of a tribal casino that’s headed for South Bend. The legislation is...

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General Assembly Passes New Biennial Budget

Republicans declared “mission accomplished” on the new budget as they brought a close to the 2015 legislative session. The $31-billion two-year budget...

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Lanane Says Adding Live Dealers Would Have Created Jobs

Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, says the General Assembly missed a prime opportunity for guaranteed job creation this session by not...

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Bosma Says Not Enough Funding For Infrastructure In 2015

House Speaker Brian Bosma says his one disappointment from the 2015 legislative session is a failure to boost infrastructure funding as much as he’d...

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Pence Signs Regional Cities Fund Bill

Governor Pence says the Indiana Economic Development Corporation has spent months traveling around the country, talking to leaders in areas that...

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Unions Back John Gregg As Governor Repeals Construction Wage

The common construction wage is a kind of minimum wage for construction workers on public projects. The wage is set for each project by a local board....

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With April Revenue Report, State Sits Ahead Of Projections

Indiana tax collections surged in April after struggling through much of the last year, and the state now sits comfortably ahead of projections heading...

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Congressman Marlin Stutzman To Run For Senate

The Republican primary for outgoing Senator Dan Coats’ seat is shaping up to be a battle between the GOP establishment and more hard-line ideological...

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Law Aims To Boost Drivers Education Participation

Hoosier teenagers who take driver’s education classes will be able to get their license a little sooner under legislation set to take effect in July....

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