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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Armed Forces, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Unemployment Benefits, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Al Franken, Carl Levin, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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GOP senators block Ind. online sales tax proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans headed off a scheduled state Senate vote Thursday on a bill aimed at forcing Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax this summer. The bill that cleared the...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Government, Executive Branch, Mitch Daniels, Brandt Hershman
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Tax cut plan close; Pence backs inheritance cut
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence shifted his stance on tax cuts somewhat Wednesday, saying he would consider a longer phase-in of the income tax cut he is seeking but still won't budge on the size of the cut. The Republican governor...
Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Luke Kenley, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting
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Walorski gives weekly national GOP address
In this week's national Republican address, Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) discusses President Obama's budget: a tax increase on middle-class families, hundreds of billions of dollars added to the national debt, and never achieving balance. Walorski says...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Symptoms, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, White House
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Bill increases Michigan minimum wage to $10 an hour
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced more legislation to raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10 an hour over three years. The current state minimum wage is $7.40 per hour. The main sponsors of the legislation announced...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Fiscal tug-of-war stalls Indiana voucher expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The timing would seem perfect for an expansion of school vouchers in Indiana, where the state's high court recently upheld the nation's broadest voucher law and the initiative enjoys broad support in one of the country's most...Tags: Public Schools, Indiana Legislature, Justice System, Charter Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Ind. House speaker returns from surgery absence
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The leader of the Indiana House was greeted with a standing ovation Wednesday as he returned to the Statehouse after undergoing surgery for a knee infection. Republican Speaker Brian Bosma took the House podium for the first...
Tags: Knee Replacement, Politics
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Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
ATLANTA (AP) — National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and social conservatives. But weeks after GOP Chairman Reince Priebus unveiled the "Growth...
Tags: Reince Priebus, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Social Issues, Democratic Party
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Indiana House backs tighter abortion pill rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bill that would tighten state laws on distribution of the abortion pill and require clinics that provide only drug-induced abortions to meet the same standards as clinics that perform surgical abortions was approved by a wide...Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Crime, Law and Justice, Family Planning
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Former St. Joseph Co. registration worker pleads guilty in ballot petition fraud
She pleaded guilty to forgery and ballot petition fraud but if Bev Shelton cooperates with prosecutors, she might not get any jail time. Shelton is one of three people accused of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's...
Tags: Justice System, Hillary Clinton, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Primaries
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Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Rick Snyder, American Civil Liberties Union, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Justice System
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