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Daleville motel fire leaves one person dead
A Wednesday morning Daleville motel fire has left one person dead. IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports. Wiechmann — Daleville Fire Fatality Fire and rescue crews work on the Daleville Budget Inn. Photos by Stephanie Wiechmann.
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State officials want higher education funding to be performance-based
Indiana’s Higher Education Commissioner told members of the State Budget Committee today to expect more funding for the state’s publicly funded colleges and universities to be based on performance. Teresa Lubbers says increasing the number of students who earn degrees, and do so on time, will be tied to more of the dollars those schools […]
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46 Counties Still Have Open Burning Bans
The Indiana Department of Homeland Security reports this (Wed.) morning 46 of the state’s 92 counties have either county-wide or local open burning bans in effect. In the IPR listening area, eight counties have such bans: Miami, Howard, Tipton, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware, Fayette, and Union . Most of the 46 affected counties, however, are in […]
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Attorney General talks about death penalty cases and mortgage foreclosure at South Bend summit
A two-day criminal justice summit in South Bend has turned its attention to mortgage foreclosures today. Indiana is working with all other U.S. states in investigating so-called “robo-signing” in the mortgage services industry and fraudulent companies offering help. Gabrielle Owens is the director of the state’s Homeowner Protection Unit and a speaker at the summit. […]
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Next state budget dominates legislative preview
The next Indiana state budget dominated a legislative preview by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in Indianapolis today. The Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute forecasts the state will have about thirteen and a half billion dollars of revenue… but up to fourteen and a half billion dollars of obligatory expenses. State legislators will need to make […]
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Anderson schools chief calls for union cooperation to avoid state takeover of district
The superintendent of Anderson Community Schools says the teachers’ union must work together with school administrators to avoid a state takeover of the district. In a memo to staff last Friday, Dr. Felix Chow says at the current agreement with the Anderson Federation of Teachers, district administrators forecast “a financial meltdown by December 2012.” He […]
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Indiana Court of Appeals on the road
The Indiana Court of Appeals is hitting the road to hear a case Tuesday at an Indianapolis high school. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Sharon Alseth reports. Alseth — Appeals Court For more stories from Indiana Public Broadcasting, please visit their news blog.
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Gov. Daniels on another trade mission to Asia
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is in Asia again this week, promoting the Hoosier state to overseas companies. On Thursday, Daniels met with representatives of two large Chinese auto manufacturers in Hangzhou. One is already working with Indiana-based EnerDel. The other just acquired Volvo. During the visit, Daniels spoke positively about the U.S. and China connection. […]
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Veterans’ Day 2010
Wiechmann — Veterans’ Day 2010 SOUND: 21 gun salute and TAPS fade down… An honor guard salutes fallen veterans on the Ball State campus. Indiana is remembering those Hoosiers who served in the armed forces today with events all across the state. According to the Indiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs, nearly 550,000 Hoosiers are military […]
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Henry County passes countywide smoking ban
Henry County is the latest Indiana municipality to pass a smoking ban for public places. The Henry County Commissioners approved the countywide ban on Wednesday night. Three exceptions to the ban are bars, bingo halls, and private clubs. Bars have to meet four strict requirements to be exempted — they have to hold a state-issued […]
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Anderson volunteers demolish house for city
Anderson city officials are praising several local excavating businesses that came together and voluntarily tore down a Walnut Street house – at no cost to the city. Department of Municipal Development Director Michael Widing says the burned-out house at 1616 Walnut Street has plagued the block for years. Crews have been at work since November […]
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Nebraska doctor to open abortion clinic in Indianapolis
A Nebraska abortion doctor tells an Omaha television station that he will open three out-of-state abortion clinics by January … including one in Indiana. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports. Holland — Indianapolis Abortion Clinic The proposed Indianapolis clinic replaces the services of an existing clinic. For more stories from Indiana Public Broadcasting, please visit […]
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Indiana beverage group wants to ban alcoholic energy drinks
The Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers is asking the state to ban high-alcohol, high-energy drinks being sold by Hoosier stores… and asking their members to pull the drinks off the shelves now. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports. Holland — Ban on Alcoholic Energy Drinks? For more stories from Indiana Public Broadcasting, please visit their […]
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Vectren CEO talks clean coal and jobs with students
The CEO of the Indiana-based energy company Vectren talked up clean coal energy and job creation to students on the Ball State University campus today. As a Miller College of Business executive-in-residence, Carl Chapman says Americans use one quarter of the world’s energy – with only five percent of its population. Chapman spent most of […]
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Ball State gets grant to help Kandahar University with economics program
Ball State University has received a million dollar grant from the U.S. State Department to help Afghani college professors develop a new economics curriculm at Kandahar University. Mike Goldsby is the Executive Director of Ball State’s Entrepreneurship Center. He says the goal is to transition economics education from a Marxist-based system to one of capitalism, […]
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State recognizes schools for outstanding learning growth
Nine Indiana schools were recognized at the Statehouse today for achieving the highest academic growth in mathematics and language arts. The results are based on the Indiana Growth Model, which state schools superintendent Tony Bennett says can look at every individual student’s progress and how they learn in one year. Bennett says that means urban […]
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Increased Fire Danger, Sunday
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Hoosier Environmental Council at Statehouse on Saturday
The Hoosier Environmental Council will be hosting its third annual “Greening the Statehouse” event tomorrow in Indianapolis. The group wants to inspire ordinary people, lawmakers, and green businesses to get involved and promote environmental policy … which they say leads more and more to economic development and jobs. This year, the council will present an […]
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Governor Mitch Daniels unveils his next legislative agenda
Just days after the election that brought Republican control to both Indiana legislative houses, Governor Mitch Daniels announced his agenda for the next legislative session. Changes to education top the list. Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Marianne Holland reports. Holland — Daniels Agenda For more stories from Indiana Public Broadcasting, please visit their news blog.
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Voters show unhappiness with taxes with voting trends
Indiana voters spoke up against taxes this election by adding property tax caps to the state constitution and refusing property tax increases for schools across the state. Seventy-two percent of Hoosiers voted to add property tax caps to the state constitution. On the other hand, 70 percent of those at Madison County polls voted down […]
