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Bopp backs labor law ads
Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr. has helped spearhead a political lobbying fund to pay for televisions ads advocating passage of a contentious right-to-work bill in the Indiana General Assembly.
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Amazon OKs online sales tax — but not until 2014
The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon.com, has agreed to start collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases made in Indiana, beginning in 2014.
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Indiana House GOP sets initial right-to-work vote
An Indiana House committee has scheduled its initial vote on divisive labor legislation that has brought hundreds of union protesters and sparked a three-day boycott by Democrats.
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Indiana Democrats ending boycott, won’t promise labor vote
Indiana House Democrats are ending a three-day boycott of the Legislature over a contentious labor bill but are not promising to stay long enough to allow a final vote on the divisive measure.
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Indiana legislators advance right-to-work bill
A Republican-dominated Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill that has prompted a three-day standstill in the Indiana House.
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Protesters on hand for Indiana right-to-work hearing
A few hundred union protesters are on hand for a public hearing before Indiana legislators on a divisive labor bill that’s prompted a two-day standstill in the Indiana House.
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Dems a no-show for second day
As Indiana House Democrats stalled legislative business for a second day in row Thursday, hundreds of union members crowded the Statehouse hoping to dissuade lawmakers from taking up a contentious labor bill.
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UPDATE: Panel backs tougher Indiana sex-trafficking law
An Indiana Senate committee has endorsed a proposal toughening penalties for those convicted of human sex trafficking that legislators hope to pass before football fans arrive in Indianapolis for next month’s Super Bowl.
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UPDATE: Fines pending for Indiana House Dems in labor battle
Indiana House Democrats could soon get hit with $1,000-a-day fines over a labor bill that has stalled work in the 2012 session.
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Indiana House Dem leader hints at possible walkout
The leader of Indiana’s House Democrats is hinting that a walkout may be in the offing to block a divisive GOP labor bill.
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Indiana Legislature’s 1st day draws more protesters
Hundreds of union members are at the Indiana Statehouse for the start of the Legislature’s new session and its upcoming debate over a Republican-backed “right-to-work” proposal.
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Indiana House Speaker plans fast start for labor bill
Indiana’s Republican House leader said today that lawmakers will almost immediately take up labor legislation that’s likely to dominate much of the state’s 2012 session after it spurred a Democratic walkout last year.
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Share-a-job idea could save jobs in Indiana, supporters say
A legislative proposal that would let companies cut costs while sparing workers’ jobs is gaining support from labor and business — and both sides of the political aisle.
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Dem caucus picks Crooks as 8th District candidate
From cities, farms and the towns in between, Democrat leaders of the “Bloody 8th” named Dave Crooks their man for 2012.
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MAUREEN HAYDEN: Possible controversial conditions on government assistance raising questions
Should Indiana require welfare recipients to take a drug test?
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Using ‘power’ for ‘good’
Among the favored speaking venues of state Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson are fourth-grade classrooms where Hoosier schoolchildren are taught Indiana history.
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Skinner backing bill to teach cursive writing
Students, keep practicing those swirly letters: State lawmakers say they feel so strongly that kids should know how to write in cursive that they’ll push to keep it in schools next year.
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Coalition picks ‘Cyber Monday’ to launch
Indiana's bricks-and-mortar merchants are ratcheting up pressure on state lawmakers to close the online sales tax loophole that lured the Internet retail giant Amazon into the state four years ago.
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MAUREEN HAYDEN: Contentious ‘right to work’ issue about to take center stage again
It’s hard to think of anything that will take up more oxygen in the next legislative session than the contentious “right to work” bill.
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Unions protest ahead of Indiana Legislature’s start
Union members are rallying at the Indiana Statehouse ahead of a 2012 session set to be dominated by “right-to-work” legislation.
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GOP eyes ‘right to work’ as top issue
If there was any doubt about how the next session of the Indiana General Assembly was going to play out, legislative leaders cleared that up with a dose of hot rhetoric Monday.
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Indiana House speaker: ‘Right to work’ top priority
The Republican leader of the Indiana House says that passing a contentious “right-to-work” proposal will be his top priority during the coming legislative session.
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MAUREEN HAYDEN: Indiana General Assembly ready to unleash 1,000-pound gorilla
In just a few short weeks, the Indiana General Assembly kicks off what’s known as the “short session’’ — a fast romp of lawmaking that begins just after the New Year and ends, with a bang or a whimper, by the Ides of March.
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Changes not over, Bennett declares
Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett kicked off a statewide conference on education reform with this warning: Brace yourself for more to come.
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MAUREEN HAYDEN: Be wary of reading too much into election results
Last week’s mayoral elections prompted some victory crowing from Indiana Republicans and rightly so.
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MAUREEN HAYDEN: Much has changed financially for the state in 12 months
Man, what a difference a year makes.
Last November, I was on the receiving end of dire warnings from state budget makers facing the worst fiscal outlook in 30 years. -
Legislative fix may be needed for new law
A new law that gives thousands of Indiana residents the legal right to shield their criminal histories may need a legislative fix for it to work as intended.
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Indiana panel dismisses complaint against Democrats
The Indiana Election Commission has dismissed — for now — a campaign finance complaint involving House Democrats who staged a five-week walkout earlier this year.
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State lawmakers want to deal with pension now
Some Indiana lawmakers are vowing to find a longterm solution to a $14 billion problem in the state’s public pension funds.
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State Rep. Grubb will not seek re-election
State Rep. F. Dale Grubb (D-Covington), who has served in the General Assembly since 1988, announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2012.
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