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House moves bill to boost historic preservation investment
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Legislation meant to encourage investors to save and reuse historic buildings in communities across Indiana passed the House on Monday but could undergo changes before it becomes law. The bill raises to $2 million the cap on a tax credit that investors can claim for money they spend to [...]
Central Indiana \ local government \ mass transit
Senators deal blow to Central Indiana mass transit bill
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A Senate committee stripped the guts out of a bill that could have led to a mass transit expansion in Central Indiana and inserted instead a study of that issue that would take place before the 2014 legislative session. The change is a setback for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, [...]
Indianapolis \ mass transit \ taxes
Senate committee approves mass transit, bill heads to tax committee
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A Senate committee Wednesday passed a measure that would give Central Indiana residents a chance to vote on whether to pay higher taxes to expand the region’s bus system and add a high-speed rail line. But lawmakers sent the bill to the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee to [...]
Marion County prosecutor endorses mass transit expansion
By Brittany Muncy TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A key public official announced Monday that he will support a plan that could expand the Central Indiana mass transit system and add a high speed rail line between Indianapolis and Hamilton County. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said his office “fully supports the need for a functional urban [...]
local government \ public records
Committee passes bill to change public records charges
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill that would allow public agencies to charge Hoosiers for time spent searching for public records passed a Senate committee Tuesday. House Bill 1175, authored by Rep. Bill Friend, R-Macy, allows state and local government agencies to charge fees for public record searches that last longer than 2 [...]
casinos \ gambling \ local government \ taxes
All counties would give up some cash under legislation to help casinos
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate voted Thursday to strip about $6 million in gambling money away from local governments as part of legislation meant to boost the casino industry. The money comes from about $33 million in admissions taxes that the state has been sending to counties without casinos for a decade. [...]
casinos \ gambling \ local government \ Luke Kenley \ taxes
State would stop paying gambling counties, use money for casino tax breaks
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state would end millions of dollars in annual payments to communities that have casinos under legislation the Senate Appropriations Committee approved Thursday. But those local governments would still keep millions more from tax payments and local agreements with the gambling operators. The phased-in change would save the state [...]
budget \ gasoline \ roads \ taxes \ transportation
Senators debate – but don’t vote – on road funding bills
By John Sittler TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee postponed a vote Tuesday on a bill that would dedicate a portion of the sales tax collected on gasoline sales to fund local roads and streets. Indiana is one of a handful of states that collects sales taxes on gasoline purchases. That [...]
disaster relief \ firefighters \ local government \ natural disaster \ police
Bill would help emergency agencies get reimbursed after disasters
By John Sittler TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – State lawmakers are working to pass legislation that would make it easier for fire departments and other emergency agencies get reimbursed when responding to emergencies declared by the governor. The bill – passed unanimously by a House committee Tuesday – is meant to relieve local communities from carrying the [...]
correction \ local government \ media
Legislation lets local boards meet in executive session more often
This story has been corrected from the version. See the correction below: By Tyler Gribbons TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Local officials could meet behind closed doors more often under legislation a House committee considered Tuesday. House Bill 1102 essentially expands the definition of litigation so that city councils, county councils and other government bodies could go [...]
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