Indiana Government News

Do you want to know if your street is slated to be torn up in the next few years, if you are going to see orange barrels on your daily commute or do you want to voice your opinion for a road project you desperately want to see completed? Now's your chance.

Legislation further enhancing ethics in state government will be among proposals authored and considered by state senators during the upcoming 2010 Indiana General Assembly session.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has kicked off an effort to raise private money to help feed the needy.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller challenged Hoosier corporations today to help a statewide collection of food banks to feed the hungry this holiday season.

Gail Riecken of Evansville made clear she plans to take another heavy swing at privatization within Indiana's human services agency.

TELL CITY Improvements to Indiana 66 between Cannelton and Tell City projected for 2011 has been delayed until 2016, according to a document provided by Alvin Evans, who said it may not occur at all.

INDIANAPOLIS - Despite a nationwide dip in university construction spending, Indiana colleges are seeing a boom in building with more than $1 billion in projects approved by the state in the past 18 months.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Ind. Courts - "Changes could reshape the face of Indiana's courts" Harold J. Adams of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today on the plan to restructure Indiana's courts.

City and town courts in Indiana would be eliminated, circuit and superior court judges would be appointed rather than elected and county clerks would no longer process and hold court records under a broad plan intended to improve how Indiana courts operate.

Read more at HeraldTimesOnline.com/pages/lobby. They just had to say thank you. Thank you to the lobbyists who supplied the 50 members of the Indiana Senate with popcorn, milk, soft drinks, bottled water, candy and even a Wal-Mart gift card throughout the General Assembly's 2009 regular session.

Web-only op-ed column: Lobbying reform needed in executive and legislative branches and with state contractors Patrick Bauer I know it is tempting to portray the Indiana General Assembly as having a deaf ear toward ethical behavior, but I find such opinions do not match the commitment that the men and women in the Indiana House and Senate have ...

If high-speed rail comes to northern Indiana, the state Department of Transportation favors a corridor passing through Fort Wayne, not Elkhart and South Bend, as sought by boosters here.

Indiana's Department of Administration has laid off 33 workers because of dwindling state revenues, the department's commissioner said Friday.

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to hear from the public on its draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.

The state highway department might withhold tens of millions of dollars for projects around Bloomington as the agency is pushing local officials to adopt plans for the Interstate 69 extension through southwestern Indiana.

Highway signs around Indianapolis are getting makeovers to help direct Super Bowl 2012 visitors to downtown attractions.

FORTVILLE, Ind. - Indiana 13 will close near Fortville on Monday as crews begin work on a Major Moves Project along the roadway, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation .

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said $34 million in new budget cuts include a 5 percent cut in its reimbursements to hospitals for serving patients on Medicaid.

The Greensburg resident met with supporters at the Batesville McDonald's Nov. 9 to make the announcement.

In Summary: In light of Ohio casinos opening, local economic leaders need to push efforts to diversify the local economy.