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Video: Gov. Mike Pence speaks at annual 500 Festival memorial service
Gov. Mike Pence spoke Friday at the 500 Festival Memorial Service on the Circle in Indianapolis. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks at a memorial tribute on the Circle in Indianapolis on Vimeo. Video by Jesse Wilson, TheStatehouseFile.com
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Gov. Pence joins Lemonade Day at the Statehouse
Gov. Mike Pence joined a handful of kids as they kicked off Lemonade Day – a day early, actually – Friday on the lawn of the Indiana Statehouse. Check out this video from reporter Tim Grimes: Lemonade Day at the Indiana Statehouse from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo.
IUPUI to play basketball at fairgrounds coliseum
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The basketball team at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis will have a new home for its 2014 season. The Jaguars will play at the facility formerly known as the Pepsi Coliseum as part of a partnership with the Indiana State Fair Commission. IUPUI Coach Todd Howard said the new [...]
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Video: Mayor Ballard lobbies for mass transit bill
The American Public Transportation Association is hosting its annual bus conference in Indianapolis this week and local officials are using the event to promote their mass transit initiative. Brittany Muncy of TheStatehouseFile.com has the story. Indy Mayor Ballard mass transit effort – 5-6-2013 from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo.
Lawmakers have deal to help Indianapolis Motor Speedway
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers in the House and the Senate have reached a deal to help pay for improvements at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a key lawmaker said Thursday. The plan authorizes the state to loan the speedway $100 million – money it will borrow through bonds – to make the grandstands [...]
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Program expands to help more struggling homeowners
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A program aimed at helping Hoosiers keep their heads above water when it comes to their mortgage payments is expanding its efforts. The Hardest Hit Fund supports families who are in trouble of losing their homes to foreclosure. “Today we’re excited to share with you new information that will [...]
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Senate passes bill to send mass transit to study committee
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill passed by the Senate on Wednesday assigns Central Indiana’s mass transit expansion plan to a study committee that would investigate the issue before the legislature’s 2013 session. The proposal, which passed 39-11, would require the bipartisan group to hear testimony on and consider the feasibility of implementing [...]
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Indianapolis Zoo works to save endangered tigers
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Amur Tiger is the biggest cat in the world – and it’s one of the most endangered, with only about 450 left in the wild and there are hundreds more in captivity. The Indianapolis Zoo is home to three of the latter. A 10-year-old female named Cila, a [...]
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Teen’s quest to change state labor law is almost complete
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill inspired by a 13-year-old Southern Indiana boy’s desire to referee youth soccer passed the House on Monday and could be signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence as early as this week. Matthew Burkart of Newburgh said he was told two days before he was to start [...]
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Lawmakers look to fund training hotel for people with developmental disabilities
By Darian Eswine TheStatehouseFile.com Radio report The House budget allots five million dollars for The Arc of Indiana’s new training hotel project, which will offer new career opportunities to those with developmental disabilities. TheStatehouseFile.com’s Darian Eswine reports. INDIANAPOLIS – A group that advocates for people with developmental disabilities is raising money to build a training [...]
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