Showing posts with label indiana state legislature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indiana state legislature. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

State Legislature Meddling in Indy Yet Again

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Last night began the City-County Council committee work to review, amend, and adopt the 2016 budget. There was one particular item that go...
Friday, April 26, 2013

SB621 - The MDC Appointments

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As I noted in my last blog entry, SB621, which has now passed through the Legislature and awaits Governor Pence's signature, would remov...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Transit Bill is Getting More Interesting

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The transit bill got a lot more interesting this morning as I read Chris Sikich's article in the Star (" New roadblocks may loom fo...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

Welcome to the Republican World

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We are witnessing what happens when Republican elected officials get full reign in our Statehouse. Don't like a Democrat running the W...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Indiana - Giving Arkansas a Run For Its Money

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The State Legislature that once tried to legally redefine the area of a circle and require pi be rounded off has again demonstrated its ign...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

HB1006 - Proposed Elimination of Certain Professional Licenses and Inspections

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Its one thing to let Aunt Hilda put a bowl on your head and proceed to give you a hair cut.  Its quite another to trust her with a chemical ...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

WIBC Reporting Deal To Put Right To Work On Ballot

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WIBC is reporting that there has been a deal struck by the Legislators to put Right To Work up for a vote by Referendum on the November bal...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Arrogance of Power - Lobbyists Over Citizens

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Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' decision to limit the occupancy of the State House to 3000 people is clearly and obviously designed to k...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Navistar/Pure Power Abatement Illuminates New Law - New Bad Law

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The Metropolitan Development Commission is in the process of granting Pure Power, a Navistar company, a 7 year abatement amounting to about ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In a Democracy, The Public Comment Period Never Ends

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Stealing a motto from the I-69 movement - In a Democracy, the public comment period never ends. Today I am heading to the Statehouse to supp...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

IndyStar Reporting Breaking News - Indiana Democrats Trigger Showdown

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The IndyStar website is reporting that Indiana House Democrats have left the State in order to kill so-called 'right to work', also ...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Union Busting Reaches Fever Pitch In Indiana

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Union busting is all the rage these days, and the backlash is just about to be ramped up in earnest. At the Indianapolis International Airpo...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

I'll Jump In -- Indiana's Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Limit Marriage Defies Common Sense

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Democrats are rightly taken to task by Matt Stone of IndyStudent (see " To My Democrat Friends "), and Bil Browning of The Bileric...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Following the State Legislature From Your Living Room

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If you'd like to keep up with what is happening in the 2011 General Assembly, there are options you have to do so from your living room ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Did the CIB Really Need Those Tax Increases & Loans?

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Remember the CIB bailout saga over the last two years? Back in early 2009, the CIB and its local allies, pleaded with anyone at the Statehou...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The CIB Is Working Hard For the Pacers

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Time is tight for me today, so I will be sending you to read some good blogs arising from two IBJ articles on the CIB and its finances. Shor...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Wishard Referendum - Role of Legislature and Added Information

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I want to take a short detour into the actions of the Legislature, that in the 11th hour of the last night of the 2009 Special Session, gutt...
Friday, May 1, 2009

The Role of the Press

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I see two opinion pieces in today's Star regarding the train wreck that is this Legislative Session. First is Matt Tully's great co...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Deep Pock'-et

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deep pock'-et 1. n . what the Indiana State Legislators, particularly Senators Luke Kenley, Teresa Lubbers, James Merritt, Patricia Mil...