Among the bills legislators plan to introduce during the upcoming session of the Indiana General Assembly is one that would require lawmakers to wait one year between the time they’re in office and becoming a statehouse lobbyist. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is advising people on how they can make their Thanksgiving celebrations more environmentally friendly. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
According to information released today by Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, the November election was a recording breaking one in terms of turnout in the state. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
Over a quarter million Hoosiers are now enrolled in programs to get help paying for their prescription drugs. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
Purdue University has the second largest international student population among U.S. public universities. That’s according to a report released by the Institute of International Education. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
Indiana lost an additional five thousand eight hundred jobs last month, raising the state’s unemployment rate to six point four percent. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
The head of Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development says the state now has just forty million dollars left to pay unemployment benefits through the end of the year. With a monthly payout of about sixty six million dollars, that means Indiana will be forced to borrow money, either from the federal government, or other sources, before the end of the year. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
Today is Organization Day at the Indiana statehouse. It’s a day that’s largely ceremonial, with work beginning in earnest in January. But as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports, this year, legislators are facing troubling economic conditions as they create the next state budget.
Legislative leaders attending an Indiana Chamber of Commerce event in downtown Indianapolis today say one of their chief concerns for the upcoming session is how to maintain adequate funding for schools. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports.
Economists at Indiana University released their 2009 economic forecast today, predicting Indiana could escape the year with only a moderate recession. But as Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports, they say that still means tougher times are ahead for Hoosiers.
