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The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Julie Olthoff, R-Merrillville, said the chair of the House Ways and Means committee, Dr. Tim Brown, R-Crawfordsville, told her he wouldn’t hear the proposal after Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, informed him the Senate wouldn’t be hearing any food and beverage tax requests in this session.
The town joins the City of Hobart in seeking a food and beverage tax in this legislative session and would join at least 14 other communities in the state that already use the funding source.