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March 5, 2015
Tax Revenue Below Expectations For Sixth Time This Fiscal Year
Tax revenues were just barely below projected levels in January, about $2 million off the mark. Collections were dragged down by sub-par months from both sales and individual income tax revenues.
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Department Of Child Services Studying Workloads
Indiana's Department of Child Services isn't meeting the legal requirements for the number of cases its workers can take on. They would need 77 additional family case managers to comply with the law. But, instead of asking legislators for money to hire more workers, DCS is conducting an internal workload study. That has some worried about the welfare of children.
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Indiana Senate Panel Set To Begin State Budget Work
The state spending plan approved last week by House Republicans is scheduled to be presented to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
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State Appeals Ruling Blocking Fenced Hunting Preserve Rules
The Indiana attorney general's office is appealing a court ruling that state wildlife officials overstepped their authority in trying to shut down Indiana's high-fenced deer-hunting preserves.
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Senate Committee Postpones Vote On Teacher Tax Credit Bill
Teachers would get a $200 tax credit to help pay for classroom supplies under legislation considered Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2015
Bill Regulating Vape Shops Passes Senate Committee
Business owners in Indiana's vaping industry - making and selling liquids for e-cigarettes - say despite all the work that's gone into legislation regulating e-liquids, proposed requirements are still too strict.
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Senate Committee Hears Testimony On 'Right to Try' Legislation
Proposed legislation referred to as "Right to Try," would give terminally ill patients like Jordan access to drugs that have passed through the first of three phases in the FDA's approval process.
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Farmers Say Tax Formula Needs An Update
Legislators are considering whether changes need to be made to the structure for taxing farmland. But every approach has its limitations.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2015
Bill Would Educate Students About Their College Loans
Students using loans to pay for college may get some extra help when it comes to gathering information about their debt load if a House bill becomes law.
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SCOTUS Decision On Affordable Care Act Could Affect Hoosiers
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King vs. Burwell Wednesday. It's a case that challenges one of the main components of the Affordable Care Act. The outcome could affect hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers.
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