This is the last day of the Indiana General Assembly and lawmakers have until midnight tonight to sign a property tax restructuring plan. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
This is the last day of the Indiana General Assembly and lawmakers have until midnight tonight to sign a property tax restructuring plan. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
On Wednesday, a day after Democrat Andre Carson won the special election to finish his late grandmother Julia Carson’s term in the United States Congress, challenger David Orenticher is kicking off his campaign. The state representative from Indianapolis wants to defeat Carson in the May primaries, to run for the next congressional term, which begins in 2009. Wednesday Orentlicher was joined by Derek King, the nephew of Martin Luther King, Junior, a religion professor at Indianapolis’ Martin University. King explained why he’s throwing his support behind Orentlicher instead of the other high-profile candidates.
In addition to Andre Carson, another of the high-profile candidates is challenger Carolene Mays. She’s a state representative and publisher of the Indianapolis Recorder, a one hundred thirteen year old newspaper covering predominately African American issues.
Governor Mitch Daniels has issued his first veto of the year on a bill approved by the Indiana General Assembly. The legislation would have allowed teachers to obtain their state teaching license if they came within three points of passing their licensing exam after their third attempt taking the exam. Bill author Vernon Smith of Gary says teachers would still have been within the test’s margin of error, and could have helped fill critical teacher shortages in Gary and other school districts in the state. In a statement issued with the veto, Governor Mitch Daniels said the bill would have weakened Indiana’s education system by allowing less qualified teachers into the classroom.
Arizona senator and presidential hopeful John McCain will appear on the ballot in Indiana’s May sixth primary. That decision came from the Indiana Election Commission Wednesday after a challenge to the number of required signatures the senator got in western Indiana’s fourth congressional district. Indiana’s Marianne Holland reports.
