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Pence signs dozens of bills; new laws open records and help veterans
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Tuesday that requires the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to make incentives and reports transparent to taxpayers and policy makers. Senate Bill 162 requires the jobs-creation agency to make public information about business performance reviews, recaptured incentives, numbers of recipients and tax credits claimed [...]
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Rockport developers say they’re done investing in coal-to-gas plant
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Developers that financed a project that would turn coal into synthetic natural gas say they’re closing up shop. Indiana Gasification LLC, financed by Leucadia National Corp., is embroiled in a court case over the validity of the 30-year contract it signed to sell its gas to the state from [...]
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2013 session: What passed, what didn’t
Lawmakers adjourned their 2013 legislative session early Saturday morning after passing dozens of bills and a state budget that Gov. Mike Pence can now sign, veto or allow to become law without his signature. Here’s a sampling of what lawmakers passed bills to do: Taxes Phase down individual income tax rates from 3.4 percent to [...]
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Gov. Pence signs workforce development bills into law
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed bills Monday that are meant to bolster economic development in Indiana by boosting vocational training in high schools and matching job training to business needs. One of the bills – Senate Bill 465 – was a key part of Pence’s legislative agenda and his campaign [...]
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Works council bill heads to Gov. Pence for consideration
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill pushed by both leaders of the House is on its way to Gov. Mike Pence to be signed into law. House Bill 1002 would establish a council of 16 leaders from private industry and from the legislature. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said the group aims to [...]
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Lawmakers try to woo gun manufacturers to Indiana
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A resolution that tries to tempt small arms manufacturers to come to Indiana passed the House on Tuesday. The Senate Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure also passed an almost identical resolution the same day. Senate Resolution 61 and House Resolution 63 aim to attract gun manufacturers to Indiana [...]
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House sends governor IEDC transparency bill
By Jesselyn Bickley TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The House of Representatives sent Gov. Mike Pence a bill Tuesday that requires the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to make reports transparent to taxpayers and policy makers. Senate Bill 162 will require the IEDC to include information on a number of things, including performance reviews, recaptured incentives, total number [...]
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House sends Pence his vocational ed bill
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Gov. Mike Pence checked off one of the key pieces of his legislative agenda on Monday after the House approved a vocational education bill unanimously. Senate Bill 465 creates regional Indiana Works Councils to develop new career, technical and vocational education opportunities for Hoosier high school students. The [...]
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Works Council bill keeps moving through legislature
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com Radio report A bipartisan bill meant to bolster the state’s workforce development has passed a Senate committee. Lesley Weidenbener of TheStatehouseFile.com has the story. INDIANAPOLIS – A Senate committee unanimously passed legislation that’s meant to bolster the state’s economy with a new council charged with aligning workforce training efforts. House Bill [...]
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Commentary: Republicans miss jobs that government can, does create
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – When the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly opened, legislative leaders said, over and over again, that the legislature’s top priorities were jobs, jobs and jobs. Now that the end of the session is in sight, there is scant evidence that they meant it. Gov. Mike Pence, a [...]