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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - Where are we in the legislative session?
Three days remain. Here are some reports:
Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier and Press writes under the heading: "Three days, two 'must' issues: Budget, jobless fund task lawmakers."
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story headed "Hoosier lawmakers race to finish work before session's end: Budget, funding for jobless are legislative priorities," that concludes:
Lawmakers have yet to decide how -- or if -- they will pass a plan to help the Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board, which operates the city's sports and convention facilities, deal with a funding shortfall.They are considering plans to allow the city to keep more of the income and sales taxes generated downtown and to raise tourism-related taxes.
Also, legislators are debating a bill that would require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at area hospitals and grappling on whether the requirement should be extended to all doctors who do invasive procedures.
And tomorrow, Republicans and Democrats will determine whether they can find an agreement on legislation that would ban drivers younger than 18 from using cell phones or texting while driving.
But most lawmakers said last week that the only bills that were essential to pass were the budget and the unemployment fix, and both should be done without a special session.
"I think people want us to get done on time," said Sen. Connie Sipes, D-New Albany. "We need to be done by Wednesday."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 26, 2009 08:56 AM
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