Mitch Daniels
Background
Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949 in Monongahela, PA) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. A Republican, he began his four-year term as Indiana's 49th Governor on January 10, 2005. On June 16, 2007, Daniels announced he was running for re-election in 2008. He will face former Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson, the Democratic nominee.
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Latest news - About Mitch Daniels
An Indiana University poll on education issues found weak support at best for proposals to consolidate small school districts in the state.
Gov. Mitch Daniels recently proposed forcing school districts with fewer than 1,000 students to merge their
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Indianapolis Star
GREENFIELD -- Mayor Brad DeReamer has eliminated the city water utility leaders job to cut costs.
David Scheiter, the citys wastewater superintendent, will pick up the responsibilities of heading the water utility, eliminating the job of its
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Indianapolis Star
During his campaign for re-election, Gov. Mitch Daniels talked about many ideas he wanted to implement during his next term.
One was to complete what he started, which was to fully fund full-day kindergarten. So far, the state only partially pays for
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NewsandTribune.com
If you call the Indiana State
Police Sellersburg Post, you may find yourself talking to a dispatcher in Versailles.
ISP is moving toward a plan that will reduce the number of dispatch centers from 18 to six regional centers, said Sgt. Jerry Goodin,
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NewsandTribune.com
...saying he failed to offer a plan or add capital spending to create jobs for Hoosiers. House Speaker Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, said lawmakers will focus the General Assembly session that opens today on "whatever it takes to put people back to work." That...
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Louisville Courier-Journal
...off track. "At least the governor is being realistic in terms of the economic situation we're in," State Sen. John Broden (D-South Bend) said. "He's bracing the public for what I think we all agree will be tough choices." But Bauer says the plan is also missing...
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South Bend Tribune
...their season average of 310 yards a game through the air by passing for 193. They added 439 yards rushing. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels was scheduled to attend the Ball State-Tulsa game but canceled his plans Tuesday morning because of weather concerns. The...
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The Star-Press | Muncie, IN
...and unequivocal conflict of interest that has no repercussions under Indiana law. Just a week ago, The Star Press joined Gov. Mitch Daniels in calling on the General Assembly to prohibit or limit city and county workers from serving in any elected political...
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The Star-Press | Muncie, IN
...telling that Gov. Mitch Daniels used the word "sober'' more than once Tuesday in describing the financial challenges facing Indiana's state government. It's sobering when the state downsizes its revenue forecast and then falls $33 million short in the first...
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Indianapolis Star
...Gov. Mitch Daniels unveiled a budget blueprint Tuesday that was immediately assailed by Democrats because it set aside almost no new money for public education or jobs creation. In justifying his budget, Daniels said Indiana is facing the global economic crisis...
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Indianapolis Star
Last Week - About Mitch Daniels
...from Evansville are drafting legislation that would halt the rollout of changes to Indiana's welfare intake process. Governor Mitch Daniels, a fellow Republican, isn't happy about the plans by State Senator Vaneta Becker and Representative Suzanne crouch...
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WFIE-TV
...local recycling programs offered through the state's solid waste districts. But Carey Hamilton, executive director of the Indiana Recycling Coalition, said she's worried what the funding cutoff would mean for the nonprofit coalition's 160 member groups statewide...
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Indianapolis Star
...has shifted the tax revenue generated by sales of Indiana's Native American license plate away from Prophetstown State Park near Lafayette and into a fund for a state commission. But what the Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission will do with the...
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WTHR
...by Statehouse insiders and their cronies in local government over a set of common-sense efficiency steps proposed by Gov. Mitch Daniels is to be reminded yet again of the self-serving nature of politics. A year ago, a bipartisan commission led by two of the...
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The Star-Press | Muncie, IN
...be their biggest challenge given a recession that's already taken a big toll on Indiana's economy and pocketbook. Gov. Mitch Daniels already plans $767 million in cuts to the current budget that expires June 30 in hopes of keeping it balanced, and he and legislators...
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Palladium Item
...could tell the Indian side and also tell about today's Indiana Indians." Near the town of Battle Ground, about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Prophetstown State Park incorporates part of the site of a settlement founded by the Shawnee warrior Tecumseh...
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Louisville Courier-Journal
... VIEWPOINT I enjoyed Jack Colwell's Nov. 16 column on the lost opportunity of Mitch Daniels as a vice presidential candidate for John McCain. As Colwell implies, Gov. Sarah Palin was a bad choice, putting McCain's short-term political gain ahead of the country's...
6 days ago from
South Bend Tribune
...lawmakers might introduce legislation to halt the rollout of changes to Indiana's welfare intake process, and Gov. Mitch Daniels isn't happy about it. Sen. Vaneta Becker and Rep. Suzanne Crouch, both of Evansville, are considering introducing similar bills...
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Indianapolis Star
...orders that didn't come in, Wabash National Corp. institutes the temporary layoff of 130 production workers. 7 -- Allied Waste Industries Inc. announces plans to open a regional customer and financial support center at Morocco, in the building that formerly...
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The Courier-Journal
...orders that didn't come in, Wabash National Corp. institutes the temporary layoff of 130 production workers. 7 -- Allied Waste Industries Inc. announces plans to open a regional customer and financial support center at Morocco, in the building that formerly...
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The Courier-Journal
Last Month - About Mitch Daniels
...will go to a food bank, he says. In West Virginia, a Charleston Daily Mail editorial last month criticized Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin for planning "a lavish inaugural ball." His 2005 ball, funded by private donations and sponsorships, had a budget of about...
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USA Today
...between consumer spending and education funding. In an effort to shield schools from potential funding shortages, Gov. Mitch Daniels in July ordered the transfer of $33.4 million into an education "rainy day fund." That's on top of $50 million already scheduled...
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Courier Press
...state's 2,600 gas stations are the only retailers forced to prepay the state's 7 percent sales tax. All of the others, including the Gap, hh gregg and car dealers, collect sales taxes and then remit them to the state each month. Gas station owners had to start...
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Indianapolis Star
...| On the first day of a federal regulation protecting Great Lakes waters, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' office took the helm Monday of the group that initiated the rule. In a gathering peppered with self-praise, the myriad of stewards of Great Lakes protection...
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NWI.com
...A bill that would require legislators who leave office to wait at least one year before they could become lobbyists got a chilly reception in a Senate committee last session and went no further. That isn't stopping Republican state Sen. Patricia Miller of...
30 days ago from
WTHR
...to lawmakers a regional solution to the problem. Several lawmakers, along with Jane Jankowski, spokeswoman for Gov. Mitch Daniels, immediately threw cold water on the proposal, but Monday the mayor indicated he would move forward with soliciting the support...
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NWI.com
...request from the Post-Tribune of Merrillville for copies of calendars that show when IDEM employees met internally or with Gov. Mitch Daniels' office, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and BP regarding the permit, saying the calendars were exempt from...
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Indianapolis Star
...media market. The president-elect did win five of the counties abutting Chicagoland, compared to just two that went for John Kerry in 2004. That is far from the whole story, however. Kerry won only two Indiana counties outside the Chicago media market; Obama...
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The Hill
...gains in November — including winning the White House - don’t mean the end of conservatism, said Kristol, editor of “The Weekly Standard” and a contributor to The New York Times and FOX News. He spoke and took questions at the University of Notre Dame for...
29 days ago from
South Bend Tribune
...Insurance Trust Fund is insolvent. This is a revelation in conflict with the rosy campaign commercials purchased for Gov. Mitch Daniels by big corporate donors. Hoosiers might wonder how 10 days before the story appeared Daniels claimed the state's finances...
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South Bend Tribune