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Pence: Flags go half-staff for fallen officers

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:35:11 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mike Pence is directing flags at state facilities across Indiana be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.

Former Gov. Bowen honored in Indiana hometown

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:58:31 -0400

BREMEN, Indiana - The flag-draped casket of former Indiana Gov. Otis Bowen, a small-town doctor who became one of the nation's top health officials, was carried to a cemetery by a horse-drawn caisson Friday as hundreds of people lined the streets of his northern Indiana hometown.

Ind. governor signs $30B state budget into law

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:13:22 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mike Pence signed Indiana's new two-year, $30 billion budget into law Wednesday, praising its tax relief measures and other provisions as incentives that would lure new investment and jobs to the state.

Pence vetoes license bills for dietitians, others

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:23:20 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has vetoed his first legislation since taking office in January, rejecting two bills with new licensing requirements.

Indiana agency OKs money to legislator's company

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:28:35 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Leaders of a state agency have approved $345,000 in economic incentives for a company started by a top Republican legislator and his son following a review sought by Gov. Mike Pence.

Indiana Statehouse ceremony honors late Gov. Bowen

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:33:55 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait and bronze bust.

Pence approves Indiana school safety grants

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:33:31 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Tuesday that will help Indiana schools hire more resource officers to improve safety as lawmakers continue discussions about whether school staff and volunteers should one day be armed.

Ex-Ind. governor, HHS head Otis Bowen dies at 95

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:53:05 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Otis R. Bowen, who overhauled Indiana's tax system as governor before helping oversee the federal response to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic during President Ronald Reagan's second term, has died. He was 95.

Pence sets new rules for more 'Sagamore' awards

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:47:20 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Many more residents are set to receive "Sagamore of the Wabash" designations under new Gov. Mike Pence.

Mixed performance from Pence in first Ind. session

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:10:12 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - At the end of his first session as governor, Mike Pence's influence at the Statehouse remains tough to assess.

Legislature puts 'pragmatic' before 'conservative'

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:29:08 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's Republican-led General Assembly chose a more pragmatic style of conservatism after being largely left to its own devices during the 2013 session.

Size of Indiana income tax cut remains undecided

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:12:18 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's new state budget will include at least a small personal income tax cut, although legislative leaders said Wednesday they weren't certain whether it will be as large as Republican Gov. Mike Pence wants.

Ind. lawmakers approve looser superintendent rules

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:56:57 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - School district superintendents would no longer have to hold an Indiana superintendent's or teacher's license under a proposal that won final legislative approval on Monday.