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News - 02/19/2009 - Mayor gives State of the City address (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Mayor Brian Snedecor on Wednesday led off his State of the City speech with new initiatives and programs he started last year including a special events committee, which sponsored two downtown events in 2008 and which has six events planned for this year.
News - 02/19/2009 - Ellsworth talks stimulus with local constituents (Greencastle Banner-Graphic)
He may be out of Washington this week, but 8th District Representative Brad Ellsworth is still thinking and talking about Congress's recently passed economic stimulus plan.
News - 02/18/2009 - Rep. Brad Ellsworth visiting with constituents (Terre Haute Tribune-Star)
The $787 billion economic stimulus plan isn't perfect, but Congress has decided "we can't sit back and do nothing," Brad Ellsworth, Indiana's 8th District congressman, said Tuesday.
News - 02/18/2009 - Enviros say IDEM overstepped authority (Gary Post-Tribune)
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management might have overstepped its authority when it recently made changes that make it tougher to crack down on polluters.
News - 02/18/2009 - Kokomo mayor to discuss auto industry at Yale (Associated Press)
An Indiana mayor is traveling to Yale University to talk with graduate students there about the auto industry.
News - 02/18/2009 - Democrats OK spending $200M from Indiana reserves (Associated Press)
Democrats who control the Indiana House moved forward Tuesday on their version of a one-year budget plan that includes some key differences from a proposal recommended by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.
News - 02/17/2009 - Mayor reflects, looks ahead (South Bend Tribune)
Drawing on words from President Abraham Lincoln, Mayor Stephen Luecke said in his annual State of the City address tonight that "times are tough but South Bend is up to the challenge."
News - 02/17/2009 - Sen. Sipes taking higher profile (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Sen. Connie Sipes, D-New Albany, came into the 2009 session with a new leadership position: Minority Caucus leader.
News - 02/17/2009 - Bayh points out perks to stimulus (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Sen. Evan Bayh promotes a college tax credit during a stop at Atlantic Aviation on Monday. Doing nothing is no option for the government, he says.
News - 02/17/2009 - Visclosky calls ‘Buy American’ provision crucial (Gary Post-Tribune)
Local machinists and aerospace workers, including some temporarily unemployed, met with U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky to talk about the economic stimulus package and the job outlook.
News - 02/16/2009 - Senator Bayh Talks About College Tax Credit (MyWabashValley.com)
United States’ Senator Evan Bayh was in the Valley Monday promoting a new college education tax credit. That credit is just a small part of president Obama’s stimulus plan.
News - 02/16/2009 - Toast of the town: Hundreds turn out to honor Bill Cochran (New Albany Tribune)
When former State Rep. Bill Cochran stepped inside the Culbertson West on Sunday after to collect tickets for a murder mystery play, he had no idea that about 350 people awaited to honor him with a Roast and Toast, not a murder mystery.
News - 02/16/2009 - Union rallies includes “Buy American’ calls (Associated Press)
Union members who took part in weekend rallies across Indiana mixed complaints about the nation's recent job losses with calls for consumers to "Buy American."
News - 02/13/2009 - Feds: Ethics conflict in Ind. workforce contract (Associated Press)
A former top official in the Indiana Department of Workforce Development initiated a $2.8 million state contract that ultimately went to a company he had just sold, violating federal and state rules at a time when Gov. Mitch Daniels was ordering higher ethical standards for his administration.
News - 02/10/2009 - Two interchanges might be postponed (Evansville Courier & Press)
The Indiana Department of Transportation is modifying its plans for the Interstate 69 extension through Southwestern Indiana.
News - 02/10/2009 - Governor named defendant in children’s home case (Anderson Herald Bulletin)
Officials fighting to keep the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home open want state officials to stop archiving items from the facility before its doors are closed.
News - 02/10/2009 - Bayh, Lugar split votes as Senate passes stimulus (Associated Press)
Indiana's two senators followed the party lines in splitting their votes on the $838 billion economic stimulus bill backed by President Barack Obama.
News - 02/09/2009 - Indiana Senate Democrats detail stimulus plan (Associated Press)
A plan by Indiana Democrats would spend about $2 billion in state money and an expected influx of federal dollars on a variety of capital projects and programs in hopes of creating jobs.
News - 02/09/2009 - Obama finds Elkhart Co. changed from 6 months ago (Associated Press)
Six months after making a campaign stop here promising change, President Barack Obama returned to find a lot has, indeed, changed. It hasn't been for the better.
News - 02/09/2009 - Hard-hit Elkhart eager for aid from Obama, stimulus plan (Indianapolis Star)
President Obama today told an enthusiastic crowd of 2,000 here that Congress needs to act now to deliver relief for people like those in this city, which has lost jobs faster in the past year than anywhere in the nation.
