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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.

News - 02/26/2009 - Indiana�s first stimulus project stimulating Ohio, Michigan? (Times of Northwest Indiana)

Indiana's first stimulus project - a water treatment plant near Fort Wayne - is creating jobs for five workers from Indiana, 11 from Michigan and 10 from Ohio.

News - 02/26/2009 - House passes bill on restaurant nutrition info (Associated Press)

A bill to require chain restaurants in Indiana to make nutritional information available to customers at each location has cleared the Indiana House.

News - 02/26/2009 - Evansville stimulus-ready projects updated (Evansville Courier & Press)

Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel's office Wednesday updated the list of $112,344,979 in projects that would be started immediately if federal stimulus dollars become available.

News - 02/26/2009 - State House slows FSSA rollout of welfare system (Evansville Courier & Press)

The Indiana House Wednesday evening passed Rep. Suzanne Crouch's bill to pause the expansion of the state's problem-plagued welfare-eligibility system to 33 remaining counties.

News - 02/25/2009 - Sheriff: Daniels politicized deaths (Indianapolis Star)

Gov. Mitch Daniels has raised the ire of the Hamilton County sheriff by citing a tragic traffic accident in Carmel as an example of inefficiency in government.

News - 02/25/2009 - Gary mayor says he’s cut public costs (Times of Northwest Indiana)

Mayor Rudy Clay portrayed his administration Tuesday as a team of cost-cutters who have improved city services in the face of financial challenges.

News - 02/25/2009 - Groups worried about IDEM plan (Gary Post-Tribune)

A proposed enforcement policy would require proof of harm before the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will enforce for permit violations. That means the state can't protect public health and the environment, according to the Valparaiso-based Legal Environmental Aid Foundation.