IN: Legislators may vote on budget today
A vote is expected today on a new state budget that gives Democrats and Republicans some, though not all, of what they wanted for education.
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Archive of Indiana on Tuesday June 30, 2009
IN: Legislators may vote on budget today
A vote is expected today on a new state budget that gives Democrats and Republicans some, though not all, of what they wanted for education. Read More
IN: Budget deals going down to wire
With a state shutdown looming, negotiators reached a tentative agreement Monday night on a two-year, $28.5 million state budget that splinters both the Northwest Indiana delegation and the Democratic majority in the House. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
KY: Ky. has 7 high-hazard coal-ash piles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has disclosed the locations of 44 "high-hazard" coal-ash piles in 10 states, including seven in Kentucky and one in Indiana, after previously saying it was keeping the locations secret to prevent them from becoming targets of terrorists. Read More
IN: Indiana foreclosure hot line is available
ELKHART, Ind. — The nation's sluggish housing market continues to be crippled by home foreclosures. In fact, Indiana ranks eighth in the country when it comes to foreclosures. Read More
IN: A shutdown would ripple far beyond Statehouse
Ashley Graves, a 23-year-old Franklin resident, has a special reason for hoping legislators strike a deal. Read More
IN: Ballard loses round on plan to bail out CIB
State lawmakers late Monday ignored Mayor Greg Ballard's calls for fewer spending cuts for the Capital Improvement Board and granted him only one of the three tax increases he sought this year to plug the agency's projected $47 million deficit. Read More
IN: State police increasing patrols for holiday
SELLERSBURG, Ind. - About 150 additional state troopers will hit Indiana highways during the upcoming July 4 holiday weekend. Read More
IN: Vote on budget deal pending
Budget negotiators struck a tentative deal Monday that would leave the state with $1 billion in reserves and give most schools a modest increase statewide. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
IN: Legislators may vote on budget today
A vote is expected today on a new state budget that gives Democrats and Republicans some, though not all, of what they wanted for education. If approved by the legislature, the deal would avert a government shutdown. Read More
US: Ten states race to finish budgets
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: States brace for shutdowns
INDIANAPOLIS and DENVER -- The last time Indiana missed its deadline for passing a budget and had to shut down the government was during the Civil War. But on Monday, as lawmakers raced to hammer out an agreement over school funding, state agencies began preparing 31,000 workers to be temporarily out of a job. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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