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Indiana Rushes To Spend Virus Relief Aid On New Jobs Program
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Indiana rushes to spend virus relief aid on new jobs program
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Montgomery: State lawmakers have inched closer to approving a ban on so-called vaccine passports that would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access services from a business or state agency. The House Health Committee voted Wednesday to send the bill to House of Representatives for a vote. It has already cleared the Senate. The bill contains a number of exceptions. Surgeons, dentists, medical institutions, hospitals and other health care providers are exempted. Universities could still require students to receive a vaccine; however, there would be exceptions for vaccines approved for “emergency use” by the FDA, as is the case with all three COVID-19 vaccines given in the United States thus far. The idea of vaccine passports is to have a document that shows a person has been inoculated against COVID-19. Federal officials say there are no plans to make them broadly mandatory, but some Republican governors have issued orders b
First published April 23, 2021 in TheStatehouseFile.com
Current and former state legislators and a former Indiana Supreme Court justice are raising concerns that a bill to extend rather than adjourn the 2021 session blurs the separation of powers and could have “dangerous” implications for the future.
The Indiana General Assembly passed House Bill 1372 late in the session with little discussion or opposition, extending the legislative session until Nov. 15. The coronavirus pandemic postponed 2020 census results and the change was necessary in order to vote on election redistricting in the fall, proponents say.
Now some worry the unusual move could set a precedent for a full-time legislature, and others wonder about lawmakers fundraising while technically still in session, which is typically not allowed.
Indiana’s massive
multibillion-dollar state budgettook center stage on the last day of the 2021 legislative session.
Rep. Tim Brown, a Republican from Crawfordsville, is the State Budget Committee chair and House Ways and Means Committee chair. He said Thursday, “We do a lot. We are balanced. We are strong. We are ready of the next budget. If there’s an economic bubble because of what the economy does nationwide, we are prepared, we are ready.”
The budget includes
State Rep Ed DeLaney, a Democrat from Indianapolis, said “There’s real support for public education, and there’s two parts that I point to in particular: the substantial pressure to have a minimum pay of $40,000 for our teachers. That will increase recruitment, which is critical. We’ve got to get young people to want to be teachers and get them in there.”
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