Indiana Legislature
NEW: Shutdown looms as Indiana lawmakers consider budget
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s state agencies are preparing for a government shutdown even though officials hope lawmakers will pass a new budget by midnight today when the current budget expires.
Without a budget or a backup spending plan, most of state government would stop running. The state Board of Finance was prepared to meet Wednesday to keep prisons and state police running.
Campers at state parks learned today they would have to leave at midnight if no budget is passed because park workers would not be there. Bureau of Motor Vehicles license branches would shut down, but the BMV’s database would stay active so police officers could verify driver information.
Lawmakers were expected to vote on a budget today, but it’s unclear whether it would pass.
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Moving on: Talks resume at Statehouse
Negotiations on some major issues resumed in the Indiana General Assembly on Monday after a meltdown occurred last week between Democrats who control the House and Republicans who rule the Senate.
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Lawmakers race toward tentative adjournment
Indiana lawmakers were trying to strike deals on some major issues Thursday as they raced toward a tentative midnight deadline for adjourning the 2010 session.
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Indiana jobless fund tax increase a hot topic
Whether to delay increases in taxes that employers pay to Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund is becoming a contentious issue in the General Assembly.
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NEW: Indiana Senate panel approves school start date bill
An Indiana Senate committee has endorsed legislation that would prevent the state’s public schools from starting classes before Labor Day.
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Daniels: Reading bill has no price tag
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said he was stunned that his proposal to hold back third-grade students who can’t read well came with such a large price tag that a key lawmaker said it shouldn’t pass this year.
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Indiana House panel approves guns-at-work bill
A bill that would prohibit companies from banning guns in people’s locked cars at work is on its way to the Indiana House floor.
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NEW: Property tax caps head to Indiana voters for decision
The Indiana Senate has given final approval to a proposal that would allow voters to decide whether property tax limits belong in the state constitution.
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NEW: Indiana House backs fines for public access violators
The Indiana House has passed legislation that would allow judges to fine government workers who violate the state’s public access laws.
The House approved the bill unanimously today and sent it to the Senate.
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NEW: Indiana lawmakers to take up alcohol bills
Committees in the Indiana House and Senate plan to consider bills that would change Indiana’s alcohol laws.
The Senate Public Policy Committee will take up a bill today that would allow Sunday takeout alcohol sales from microbreweries.
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NEW: House approves measures on taxes, ethics
The Indiana House has approved legislation aimed at putting caps on property tax bills into the state constitution.
The House also approved a bill today that would tighten lobbying and ethics rules.
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Moving on: Talks resume at Statehouse
