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Lawmakers to return to Statehouse in June to consider veto override
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers will return to the Statehouse in June for an unusual one-day meeting to consider overriding Gov. Mike Pence’s veto of local tax legislation. The so-called technical corrections day is set each year but rarely used. However, legislative leaders said Thursday that the tax bill – which effects income taxes [...]
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Pence: Federal media shield law is needed
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence renewed his call Wednesday for a media shield law in light of news that the Justice Department has been investigating the Associated Press and Fox News. Pence sponsored media shield legislation – meant to protect reporters from revealing their sources – while he was in Congress. [...]
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Pence: State will partner with private firms to finish I-69
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday he’s “firmly committed” to completing the extension of Interstate 69 to Indianapolis but he wants to do so using partnerships with private business. Pence said that doesn’t mean tolls. He said there’s “no plan for tolling” the sections of I-69 from Crane to Indianapolis. [...]
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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.
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Indiana unemployment rate drops in April
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s unemployment rate dropped in April to 8.5 percent but remains higher than the rate for the nation and Indiana’s neighboring states. The number is 0.2 percentage points lower than it was in March, which represents the largest one-month decrease in more than a year. Gov. Mike Pence [...]
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Podcast: Statehouse news for the week ending May 10
The governor vetoes his first bills. The fairgrounds coliseum gets a new tenant. And former Governor Otis Bowen dies at 95. Those are your Statehouse headlines for the week ending May 10. Listen below for all the details:
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Pence signs gambling, speedway bills
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed bills Friday that will give tax breaks to casinos and finance improvements at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pence had expressed concerns initially about both bills but the governor said in separate statements that the laws will be good for important Indiana businesses. The speedway bill [...]
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Pence appoints new DNR director from within agency’s ranks
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence has appointed Cameron Clark to serve as the director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. “Our administration is focused on continuing the good work already begun in Indiana’s parks, furthering conservation efforts around the state, expanding recreational opportunities and improving services for Hoosiers,” Pence said Friday [...]
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Pence signs voucher expansion bill into law
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill into law Thursday that will expand the state’s school voucher program in front of 150 students, including some who already are benefiting from the program. Students from seven different private vouchers schools met at the Calvary Christian School auditorium with signs that said, [...]
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Analysis: Pence makes good on promise to oppose new regulations
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence vetoed his first bills this week and it turns out the moves should have been fairly predictable. He was looking for less regulation of occupational licenses – not more. Pence axed bills that would have created licenses for diabetes educators, anesthesiologist assistants and dietitians. One of [...]