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Indiana tax collections down $76.5 million
INDIANAPOLIS — There’s more bad news on Indiana’s fiscal front.
Officials announced Thursday that state tax collections in July were down $76.5 million from a revised revenue forecast issued in May. That forecast already projected that revenues through June 2011 would be about $1.1 billion less than a forecast issued in April.
Total revenue collections in July were $867 million, 16 percent below revenue for the same month last year. Individual income taxes for the last six months are 20 percent below the same six-month period last year.
State budget officials said sales tax revenue has been consistently declining, which they say is no surprise given tightening consumer credit conditions and a dramatically higher personal savings rate.
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A ‘quilty’ conscience
Sultans of sewing from around the region were at First Church of God in New Albany on Saturday afternoon in celebration of Quilter’s Day Out, a nationwide celebration of the craft of quilting.
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Baron Hill to support health care bill
U.S. Rep. Baron Hill says he will vote in support of a bill overhauling the nation’s health care system.
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider the long-debated Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Sunday. -
Census 2010: Stand up and be counted
With budget cuts affecting everything from school closings to roads getting fixed, filling out the census form may mean more than just being counted.
It can mean more dollars in Southern Indiana. -
Reserve funds gone for Clark County
The Clark County Council entered its meeting Friday afternoon with a plan to cover the $3 million gap between the budget it submitted and the certified budget that came back this month from the state Department of Local Government Finance.
It was going to use the $3,185,750 left in the county’s rainy-day fund to cover the difference. Even after the council agreed to move forward with that plan, $96,393 remained in the fund, which the council promptly spent. -
3 Parkview employees facing termination
Parents of students at Parkview Middle School who are potentially affected are being notified that a portion of their child’s ISTEP test may be invalidated because of allegations of inappropriate test procedures and protocols by one teacher. That’s according to Marty Bell, chief operating officer for Greater Clark County Schools.
And that’s not all. Bell said a separate internal investigation found that two people, a counselor and a dean, whom Bell would not identify by name, had significant inappropriate use of the district’s technology system and breached the acceptable use policy. -
Trying to find e-Harmony
Sunshine Week is a nationwide initiative by media outlets around the country to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.
To do its part, The Evening News requested access to e-mails sent by 10 public officials during the month of January. The exercise was less about reading e-mails and more about seeing what would be released. -
What are the rights to public access in Indiana?
In Indiana, state code IC 5-14-3 ensures that the public will be able to access governmental records and IC 5-141.5 is an open door-protection allowing the public to attend governmental meetings.
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Public access bill again dies
An Indiana House Bill that would have imposed fines on public officials who knowingly violated the state’s open records and open door laws did not pass this year.
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