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Unemployment rate dropsin April; private sector employment grows
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Private sector jobs have grown faster in Indiana in 2012 than in all but a few other states, helping to push unemployment among Hoosiers down to its lowest level since November 2008. Indiana’s unemployment rate in April was 7.9 percent, which was lower than the national rate [...]
State considers private firm to help run Hoosier Lottery
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – The state will take steps to hire a private company to help run the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to make more money from the games – a step already taken by Illinois and under consideration in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other states as well. Hoosier Lottery [...]
Gregg offers tax cut plan
By Samm Quinn The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Gregg proposed a plan Wednesday to cut corporate tax and targeted tax credits for businesses headquartered in Indiana. Gregg said his plan would create jobs and growth by leveling the playing field for homegrown businesses and companies that create job growth within [...]
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State takes steps to help foster children achieve at schools
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – The state is working to boost the educational success of students in foster care with a new program that focuses case managers, family members and others on the issue. The Indiana Department of Child Services announced Monday that it will base the new program – called FosterEd: [...]
Graphic: The gay marriage landscape in the United States
Graphic by Stateline.org. Click on this graphic twice to see it larger. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Center on the States that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy.
State launches ’100 Reasons’ marketing campaign for economicd development
Staff report The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – State officials have launched an online marketing campaign called 100 Reasons Indiana to tell industry executives why the state is a good place to do business. The campaign by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation also asks Hoosiers to submit additional reasons to add to the list. “Every state [...]
Tax revenue spikes in April but is expected to even out in May
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – State tax collections in April were 25 percent higher than during the same month one year ago, but Gov. Mitch Daniels cautioned against too much celebration, saying the increase was due in part to the faster processing of income tax returns. “A lot of that is going [...]
alcohol \ higher education \ immunity \ Mitch Daniels \ students
Daniels credits student leaders with passage of alcohol Lifeline law
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – College leaders said Friday they are spreading the word about a new law that will grant limited immunity to minors who call 911 to help a friend who’s had too much to drink – and Gov. Mitch Daniels said state government may help out. State Lifeline Laws: [...]
courts \ Indiana Supreme Court \ judges \ small claims courts
Task force finds small claims court problems that ‘need to be addressed now’
By Lauren Casey The Statehouse File An investigation of the Marion County Small Claims Courts has found serious problems with the management and procedures of the township-based judicial system. A task force created by the Indiana Supreme Court released a report Tuesday following a four-month investigation of the practices inside the courtrooms. Read the full [...]
college \ higher education \ loans \ students
Indiana students join effort to prevent increase in loan rates
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Student leaders from at least seven colleges and universities in Indiana have signed a letter urging Congress and President Barack Obama to act quickly to prevent student loan interest rates from increasing – and take other action to stem rising student debt. The young leaders are among [...]
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