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Guns-at-work bill gets Daniels' OK



Most employers will not be able to ban guns from their property under legislation Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law Thursday.
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Workplace gun law 'appropriate'



PORTAGE, Ind. -- A new law allowing people to carry guns into parking lots on business property won't cause more work place violence, Northwest Indiana officials say.
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Illiana Expressway plan signed into law


The Illiana Expressway bill garnered Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature on Thursday. The law will allow the state to enter in a public-private partnership to build and develop the Illiana Expressway.   Read More
New state fund reimburses securities fraud victims


Kevin and Kimber Lane and nine other people thought they were investing in a Japanese steakhouse in Avon several years ago. Turns out they were ripped off.   Read More
Jobs bill not seen as game-changer in Indiana


For all the Washington fanfare for the new jobs bill signed Thursday by President Barack Obama, it drew a shrug in Indiana.   Read More
Full day kindergarten hurt by sour economy, cost


Northwest Indiana parents who pay their school districts for full-day kindergarten may face steeper costs next year as districts struggle to find revenue in the wake of $300 million in cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.   Read More
Opinions differ in local rally on health care bill


SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The heated rhetoric on both sides of the health care reform debate moved from Washington to hometown Main Street, literally, at a lunch-hour rally Thursday outside the downtown offices of U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger.   Read More
GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill


WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.   Read More
Will union make allowances for school reform?


SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- If the South Bend Community School Corp. goes through with state mandates to lift failing ISTEP test scores at Bendix, Riley and Washington high schools — specifically, the state's list of "must do" tasks — it will have to violate the teachers contract.   Read More
U.S. Supreme Court may rule on Asian carp case


WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as today if it will consider a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox seeking immediate closure of the locks near Chicago to keep the invasive Asian carp out of Lake Michigan.   Read More
More hearings sought on Great Lakes levels


A coalition of environmental groups worried about dropping water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron is asking the U.S. and Canadian governments to expand a planned series of public hearings on the issue.   Read More
Lawmakers 'did no harm' in session


State legislators were willing to claim that victory Wednesday when they gathered at the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St., to reflect on the General Assembly session that ended last weekend.   Read More
Regional grant policy faces delay


PORTAGE, Ind. -- Final adoption of the much-discussed Complete Streets Policy by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission Executive Board was delayed Thursday because of the same concerns expressed in several committee meetings.   Read More
Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer


A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.   Read More
An alternative to 'alternative' assets


Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?   Read More
The empire strikes out
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Speaking of StatesNew York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.   Read More
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Gov. Mitch Daniels (R)
Elected: November 2004
Term expires: January 2009

 

 

State capital: Indianapolis
State nickname: The Hoosier State
Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman (R)
Secretary of State Todd Rokita (R)
Attorney General Greg Zoeller (R)
Senate President Pro Tempore: David Long (R)
House Speaker: B. Patrick Bauer (D)


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