Ambitious Political Organization Launched in Indiana Looks to Advance Progressive Candidates wfmj.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wfmj.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Hoosier State may continue to be a mishmash of confusing rules and regulations when it comes to carrying firearms at polling places.
Indiana law currently is silent on whether Hoosiers licensed to carry firearms in public are allowed to bring a handgun with them when they go vote â except when their polling place is located in a building where guns always are prohibited, such as a school or courthouse.
State Rep. Tim Wesco, R-Osceola, chairman of the House Committee on Elections and Apportionment, wanted to change that by explicitly allowing guns in all public buildings used as polling places, unless the local unit of government that owns the building containing a polling site took action to specifically prohibit firearms.
Verbatim: County commissioners on proposed food and beverage tax increase
The Journal Gazette
The Allen County commissioners issued this news release today:
(January 28, 2021) The Allen County Board of Commissioners are not promoting an increase to the Food and Beverage Tax or supporting a provision that would allow Fort Wayne and/or municipalities within Allen County to opt in.
The commissioners have provided the following statement to clarify concerns on a Fort Wayne Food and Beverage Tax:
“This is not a priority of the Allen County Board of Commissioners and we’re not advocating for an additional Food and Beverage Tax in the Indiana General Assembly. We have received concerns from local restaurateurs and leaders of municipal fiscal bodies within Allen County and we’re fully committed to supporting our small business owners including those in the bar and restaurant industry to emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever before.”
Efforts to establish a citizen commission to redraw congressional and legislative districts are going nowhere fast in the Indiana General Assembly. If .
Proposed tax change could whack budgets of six Lake County school districts nwitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nwitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.