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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.
News - 03/10/2009 - Veteran Democrat elected party chair in Hartford City (Muncie Star Press)
Blackford County Council member Larry Hile has been elected chairman of the county's Democratic party.
News - 03/09/2009 - A year into office, Congressman Carson is going strong (Indianapolis Star)
A year ago this week, Andre Carson became U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, winning the congressional seat that had been held by his late grandmother. As a big fan of anniversaries, I decided to check in with the Indianapolis Democrat last week.
News - 03/08/2009 - Despite high jobless rate, Indiana gets less stimulus cash (Indianapolis Star)
Indiana is getting a smaller slice of the federal stimulus package than many other states hit less hard by the recession.
News - 03/08/2009 - Southern Indiana residents voice concerns at Saturday session with Baron Hill (New Albany Tribune)
Janice Shumate talked through tears to a packed room at the Jeffersonville City Hall Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon as she explained her situation.
News - 03/06/2009 - U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh discusses the omnibus spending bill (CNBC)
Sharing insights on the $410 billion spending bill, with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana and CNBC's Larry Kudlow.
News - 03/05/2009 - Hammond mayor’s State of the City celebrates history, looks forward (Times of Northwest Indiana)
Festooned with yellow and black balloons and banners commemorating the city's 125-year anniversary, the city's historic First Midwest Bank building served as the backdrop for Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr.'s 2009 State of the City address on Wednesday.
News - 03/05/2009 - New tax eyed to aid jobless insurance (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Workers shouldn't have to pay a new tax to help fix Indiana's broken unemployment insurance system and can't afford significant cuts or benefit changes, representatives of labor groups told state senators yesterday.
News - 03/03/2009 - Accept all U.S. aid for jobless, Hill urges (Louisville Courier-Journal)
U.S. Rep. Baron Hill said yesterday that Indiana should accept all the federal stimulus money available for unemployment insurance -- even if it means expanding the state's current program.
News - 03/03/2009 - Elkhart’s top focus: Jobs (South Bend Tribune)
Elkhart Mayor Dick Moore hammered home the need to keep the jobs they have and the dire urgency to attract new ones to a town in desperate need of help.
News - 03/02/2009 - Bills would require lenders to meet with homeowners to avert foreclosures (Indianapolis Star)
State lawmakers appear poised to give Hoosiers facing foreclosure an extra shot at working out a deal to save their homes.
