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By Eric Bradner, Evansville Courier and Press
How best to create and protect jobs will be a key point of contention between Democrats and Republicans as the Indiana General Assembly enters the second half of this year's session.
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By Kevin Allen, South Bend Tribune
Indiana's attorney general says the health-reform bill that passed the U.S. Senate in December is potentially unconstitutional and would add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's annual health care costs.
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Feds may close locks to stop carp
By Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune
At a White House meeting Monday on the Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes, federal officials said they may seek to close navigational locks on Chicago-area waterways for up to three or four days a week, a move that would restrict cargo shipping and recreational boating.
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Governors meet at White House about Asian carp
By Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor
The governors of Michigan and Wisconsin met at the White House Monday to discuss the next steps in preventing the invasive Asian carp's potential entry into Lake Michigan from an Illinois shipping canal. The Illinois governor, Pat Quinn, also participated in the meeting by teleconference.
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State agency sets hearings on closure of Cline bridge
By Chelsea Schneider Kirk, Gary Post-Tribune
INDOT will host two public meetings today regarding the Cline Avenue bridge closure. State officials from the Indiana Department of Transportation will make a brief presentation touching on Cline Avenue's history and near-term solutions for the bridge's closure.
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Indiana bills target dangerous driving
By Kevin Allen, South Bend Tribune
Habitual traffic violators, including those with histories of drunken driving, would have to submit to stricter monitoring if two bills moving through the General Assembly become law.
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Production resumes at Indiana Toyota plant
By The Associated Press, Indianapolis Business Journal
Production work has resumed as planned at Toyota's southwestern Indiana plant after a week-long shutdown for the company to repair defective gas pedals.
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 | Gov. Mitch Daniels (R)
Elected: November 2004
Term expires: January 2009 |
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