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Indiana-Illinois border bill heads to Gov. Braun’s desk
With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana ...
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Indiana House sends Illinois secession bill to Braun. What happens without Illinois input?
The bill creates the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission ... while Indiana lawmakers already have a $2 billion budget gap to fill in the two-year state budget, might outweigh the ...
‘Sin tax’ looms over Indiana budget as legislators face shortfall of more than $2 billion
Indiana’s cigarette tax hasn’t been increased since 2007, Nichols said, and it remains the lowest in the country at 99 and a ...
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Do Illinois breakaway counties want to become Hoosiers? Annexation bill nears finish line
Driving west from Central Indiana into Illinois, the farmhouses and crops ... were being spent by Chicago politicians during perennial budget crises while pension plans were severely underfunded ...
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Cigarette tax part of final Indiana budget deal
RELATED: Bill to invite Illinois counties to join Indiana passes One thing that’s not being cut in this budget, funding for K-12 education. That funding will go up 2% each year over two years, with an ...
Indiana House sends Illinois secession bill to Braun. What happens without Illinois input?
House Bill 1008, which was led by House Speaker Todd Huston, stemmed from Illinois counties that have voted to secede from ...