Join us in ‘prioritizing students, protecting taxpayers’

An email from the Indiana GOP Senate Majority Caucus: GOP To Democrats: Join Us In 'Prioritizing Students, Protecting Taxpayers' House Republicans stand with Senators in seeking budget...

Budget rhetoric heats up

State Budget Director Chris Ruhl's comments about the House Democrat proposed budget bill: Commentary: "Governor Daniels made a sincere attempt to meet House Democrats...

Governor’s press release for Thursday’s conference

Press release from the Governor's conference held last Thursday. Governor Daniels' message about a special session Governor Daniels met with media to discuss the 2009 legislative...

Local government reform: excuses du jour

Marilyn Schultz, Executive Director of MySmartgov.org, has written an op-ed piece for Indiana newspapers: I've been struck over the last few months how...

Gaming Bill introduced today

Today, House Bill number 1677 was given it's first reading in the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures.  The Bill is authored by Indiana State...

Hugh McCulloch would have been excited!

It seems that the Indiana General Assembly is considering a bill that would require the treasurer of state to designate one or more electronic gold...

Council President election

At last evening's City Council reorganization meeting, Councilman Tom Smith was selected to lead the Council over Councilman Marty Bender.  You can read the...

Governor Daniels: Initiatives for reforming local government

On December 19, 2008, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced his local government reform initiatives.  This stems from his Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform which...

Senate Bill 17

I received the following from Indiana State Senator Robert Meeks via email: Senate Bill 17 passed the Senate in its third reading on January 22nd...

Governor Mitch Daniels – State of the State

In tonight's State of the State address, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels stated: "...And fourth, genuine limits on total local spending and borrowing, with none of...