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USI to seek boost in state appropriations

By John Martin, Evansville Courier and Press

By the University of Southern Indiana's calculations, the institution is able to receive up to $42.8 million in operating funds from the state over the next two years.
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Indiana lawmakers consider ban on synthetic marijuana

By The Associated Press, The Indianapolis Star

State lawmakers are set to take up proposals that would ban synthetic marijuana substitutes known as K2 or Spice.
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State board keeps Republican off ballot

By Dan Carden, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)

The Indiana Election Commission refused to add a Lake Circuit Court candidate to the Nov. 2 ballot due to the method of his selection. Read More

Indiana to get share of Botox settlement

By The Associated Press, Indianapolis Business Journal

Indiana's attorney general says a pharmaceutical company that makes Botox will pay the state nearly $636,000 in a civil settlement. Read More

Neighbors oppose air permit for MAC asphalt plant at Jeffersonville hearing

By Ben Zion Hershberg, The Courier-Journal (Louisville)

About 60 Jeffersonville residents attended a public hearing conducted by state environmental regulators on Thursday to oppose a new air-quality permit requested for an asphalt plant near the Jefferson Court subdivision. Read More

Superior claims concrete caused bridge failure

By Chelsea Schneider Kirk, Gary Post-Tribune

Chief executives of Gary-based Superior Construction Co. and the engineer for the Martin Luther King Drive bridge in Gary said Thursday the bridge's untimely end wasn't caused by its construction or design. Read More

Daniels raises cash for Mississippi Republicans

By Staff, The Indianapolis Star

JACKSON, Miss. -- Two governors seen as potential 2012 presidential candidates appeared together Thursday night at a fundraiser for the Mississippi Republican Party. Read More

Indy residents feeling bedbugs' bite

By Will Higgins, The Indianapolis Star

Bedbugs -- those nasty parasites your grandma warned you about -- are back. And they're out for blood. Read More

Education's less-than-certain windfall

By David Harrison, Stateline Staff Writer

There's $10 billion for schools in the state aid bill Congress passed last month. But some school systems have reason to wonder whether they are going to see the money. Read More

Gov. Mitch Daniels (R)
Elected: November 2008
Term expires: January 2013

	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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