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Monday, April 25, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - "With one week to go, there is no telling what’s left to come"

That from this good overview today by Niki Kelly in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headlined "Finishing kick gets squeezed: Lawmakers on tight plan to OK budget, redistricting."

Maureen Hayden of CNHI Statehouse Bureau has this story that touches on additional issues.

Kristin Maiorano of WLFI 18 gives the view of several legislators in its listening area.

Focusing on specific issues:

Kevin Allen of the South Bend Tribune reports: "Indiana House makes some alterations to redistricting maps: General Assembly closing in on district retooling."

Lesley Stedman Weidenbener's weekend column for the Louisville Courier Journal is headed: "Anti-bolting provision would weaken legislative minorities." Some quotes:

Lawmakers are facing an interesting policy question as they enter the last week of the 2011 session: Should they tamp down the ability of a minority caucus to block legislative business?

Republicans — who have the majority in the House and Senate — say it’s a necessary step to protect the legislative institution, to protect democracy from disruption.

Democrats, though, say it’s a terrible idea that is anti-American and would disenfranchise all the Hoosiers represented by members who happen to serve in the minority.

For more, see this detailed April 21st ILB entry that gives the text of the 1867 law, and the current proposal.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 25, 2011 09:10 AM
Posted to Indiana Government