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News - 03/23/2009 - Dems seeks to shield Ind. workers from unemployment cuts (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Democrats in the Indiana Senate plan to offer a flurry of amendments this afternoon that would strike more than $250 million in worker benefit cuts included in a Republican plan to fix the state's insolvent unemployment fund.
News - 03/23/2009 - Obama set to speak at Notre Dame graduation (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
President Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame on May 17, the White House announced Friday.
News - 03/23/2009 - City Democrat takes state post (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
A Fort Wayne woman recognized for her local effort to garner support for President Obama during his campaign has been elected secretary of the Indiana Democratic Party.
News - 03/23/2009 - Bayh, others seek help for soldiers (South Bend Tribune)
Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., has co-sponsored legislation to improve medical care for U.S. soldiers exposed to toxic chemicals during wartime military service.
News - 03/19/2009 - Elkhart mayor to governor: Send stimulus cash fast (Associated Press)
The mayor of beleaguered Elkhart had a simple message for Gov. Mitch Daniels Wednesday: Send us stimulus money, and send it fast.
News - 03/18/2009 - Dems say GOP unemployment plan ‘lost track of reality’ (Evansville Courier & Press)
Indiana Democrats say the poor would get poorer under a Republican plan to rescue Indiana's bankrupt unemployment insurance fund.
News - 03/18/2009 - Mayor: Arena is ‘stimulus’ (Evansville Courier & Press)
Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel used his "State of the City" address Tuesday to once again make the case for construction of a Downtown arena, calling it "another stimulus project for Evansville."
News - 03/17/2009 - Obama Announces Nominee for Appeals Court (Washington Post)
President Obama today said he plans to nominate U.S. District Judge David F. Hamilton to the federal appeals court, turning to a jurist widely viewed as a moderate for his first judicial appointment.
News - 03/17/2009 - Judge dismisses Ind. suit challenging Obama (Associated Press)
A judge in Indianapolis has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Barack Obama is not eligible to serve as president.
News - 03/16/2009 - Bayh among several Congressional moderates winning clout (Associated Press)
Moderate Democrats in Congress who built their ranks in November's elections are nudging their party's liberal agenda to the center, working to add a pro-business dose of pragmatism to President Barack Obama's plans to rescue homeowners, overhaul health care and revamp energy policy.
News - 03/12/2009 - U.S. Chamber heaps praise on Dems (Politico)
The Chamber of Commerce is publicly thanking Democrats who took political risks for supporting the economic stimulus package, striking yet another blow to the traditional alliance of Republicans and big business.
News - 03/12/2009 - Bayh Bolsters Centrism (Roll Call)
Even as Sen. Evan Bayh (Ind.) reasserts himself as one of the Democratic Conference's squeakier wheels, neither his leadership nor Senate Republicans are giving his recent actions more than a passing glance.
News - 03/12/2009 - Indiana needs a checkup (Associated Press/Indianapolis Star)
Indiana ranks near the bottom in a new nationwide survey of well-being that queries people on mental, physical and economic health.
News - 03/12/2009 - Health insurance plan faces dilemma (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The state's health-insurance plan for low-income adults, barely over a year old, already has run out of slots for anyone who doesn't have kids.
News - 03/12/2009 - Obama: Midwest must retool (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Indiana and other states that are hemorrhaging manufacturing jobs must put more emphasis on research, biomedicine, energy technology and other innovation sectors, President Obama recommended Wednesday.
News - 03/12/2009 - Follow McDermott’s lead on reforms (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Among the biggest issues facing the Indiana General Assembly this year is the need to streamline local government. And yet the reforms are facing major obstacles.
News - 03/12/2009 - Ind.‘s mental health care remains lacking (Associated Press)
Indiana does too little to care for hundreds of thousands of mentally ill Hoosiers, leaving many of them in jail, stigmatized, or desperate enough to commit suicide, a top advocate said Wednesday after her group graded states' efforts.
News - 03/11/2009 - Obama stem-cell decision shows respect and trust (Richmond Palladium-Item)
President Barack Obama did the right thing in lifting an eight-year ban imposed by former President George W. Bush on stem-cell research.
News - 03/11/2009 - Henry County Democrats elect new chairman (Muncie Star Press)
Henry County precinct officials have elected Allan Bramlett as the party's new county chairman.
News - 03/10/2009 - Lawmakers want welfare slowdown (Evansville Courier & Press)
Understaffed county offices. Lost documents. Long waits at the call center. Family and Social Services Agency Secretary Anne Murphy has heard the complaints and said her agency is trying to fix the problems arising from the rollout of its modernized welfare-eligibility system.
