It’s the eighth week of session; coincidentally, it was eight years ago that the General Assembly passed enabling legislation allowing Marion County to invest in mass transit to make Indianapolis a more competitive, connected city. While local voters spoke loud and clear in favor of improved transit service, some lawmakers…
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The Valentine’s Day week has been far from a lovefest at the statehouse. Committees tackled some of the most controversial bills remaining on the legislative docket and clashed on a number of important issues–starting with a key Senate panel putting the high-profile House tax plan in the fiscal friendzone. The…
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After most of Central Indiana spent the weekend digging out from snow and ice, lawmakers dug into the work of assigning and hearing the hundreds of bills that survived the first half. There’s just over a month to go in this short-but-hectic session. Dealing with the winter storm brought to…
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This week marks the halftime break for the General Assembly, a pause after third reading deadlines that gave lawmakers a chance to stock up on milk and bread before digging out to focus on the legislation that survived the other side of the statehouse. As any Bengals fan will happily…
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This was the last full week of legislative action before halftime of the 2022 session–the final chance for bills to get passing grades out of committee and through second reading amendments. That means plenty of pressure to test the patience of lawmakers, advocates, and observers as deadlines for final floor…
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Let’s start this update by indulging in some hometown pride: Two weeks after Indianapolis drew rave reviews (again) as the host city for the College Football Championship Game, Realtor.com ranked the Indy metro among…
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This week saw the General Assembly settling into a typical early session schedule: Lots of committee hearings as both chambers sort through the nearly eight hundred bills filed, floor action starting on some top priorities and consensus proposals, behind-the-scenes maneuvering on more controversial issues…it’s a busy time. You’ll read about…
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Happy New Year and welcome to a new session of the Indiana General Assembly; after a couple of special hearings on HB1001 in November and December, lawmakers reconvened for regular business on Tuesday. Maybe it’s because the last two years were so draining, but fewer Americans report making New Year’s…
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It’s been a fairly frenetic week at the Indiana Statehouse, packed with announcements and activities with the potential to shape the next session of the General Assembly—this despite the fact that session won’t officially start until January 4th. So before you break for the weekend (or perhaps the holidays), we…
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Indiana’s largest regional business group elects new officers, approves legislative agenda—leaders say Indy is “ready to rise” in 2022 (December 15, 2022–INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) The Indy Chamber held its annual all-member meeting today, electing volunteer leadership for 2022 and endorsing legislative priorities on behalf of thousands of employers across the nine-county,…
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