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Police around the state likely were breathing a little easier Tuesday morning.
That s because controversial legislation that leaders of many Indiana law enforcement agencies argued would make them less safe died without discussion in the Senate on Monday.
House Bill 1369 would have eliminated permits to carry guns. It was an unnecessary measure groups including the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Association and the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police said would leave officers without access to information about whether potentially dangerous people have access to firearms.
Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux, Fort Wayne Police Chief Steve Reed and Allen County Prosecutor Karen Richards also were against the bill, which drew widespread support among Republican members of the General Assembly. It easily passed the House on a 65-31 vote in February and had 21 Senate co-sponsors, including Sens. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, and Andy Zay, R-Huntington.
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Way to prove once again your total ineptitude on cigarette taxes.
Indiana lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on a two-year budget and, as part of that ongoing negotiation, have stripped out a 50-cent-per-pack cigarette tax increase.
Two weeks ago as I was writing my annual dead mom column, recounting the six years since she died at age 57 of lung cancer due to a lifetime of smoking, I called the 50-cent increase a half-butt effort (only because I figured I wouldn t be allowed to use a three-letter word that more strongly epitomized my frustration and disdain for the yearly impotence out of our legislators).
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