Opinion
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Lunch with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels
Opinion -In 2009, Illinois has faced widespread budget woes, out-of-control spending sprees, and rumblings of tax hikes. Our neighbor Indiana, meanwhile, boasts healthy budgets and a business-friendly climate. What's the difference ... and what can we do about it? -
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Reaps Big Rewards for Fiscal Prudence
Opinion -Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) of Indiana does not presume to tell other governors or lawmakers what policies they should follow, but he does hope they’ll take note of his easy re-election in November. -
2009 February Budget & Tax News: Rewards, High Praise for Mitch Daniels
Opinion -The February 2009 issue of Budget & Tax News highlights the successes of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose fiscal prudence was rewarded at the polls in November and in praise from state elected officials and national opinion leaders alike. -
Daniels Requests Indiana Gubernatorial Candidates’ Input on Obamacare Implementation
Opinion -Mitch Daniels, the Republican governor of Indiana, has reached out to his potential successors for input on how to proceed with implementation of President Obama’s health care law. -
Obama Administration May Wipe Out Daniels’ Healthy Indiana Plan
Opinion -News -The Healthy Indiana Plan, a vaunted state-sponsored health insurance plan for uninsured low-income adults, has been denied an extension by the Obama administration, forcing Indiana to reapply through a more complex waiver process. -
Governing Magazine Names Daniels Public Official of the Year for 2008
Opinion -With the Indiana state government enjoying a $1 billion-plus budget surplus while most states are reporting deficits and some are asking the federal government for bailouts and other help, Indiana citizens aren’t the only ones taking note of the -
Daniels and Blagojevich: The Contrast Couldn’t Be Greater
Opinion -East of the Wabash River we have Indiana and a governor--Mitch Daniels--who is winning national awards for good governance, and citizens who are benefiting from the lowest unemployment rate, one of the strongest state budgets, and some of the lowest tax -
Indiana Government Workers, Taxpayers Saving Big Through HSAs
Opinion -With more than 70 percent of Indiana's 30,000 public employees choosing to have a health savings accounts, there is growing interest in how the state’s Governor, Republican Mitch Daniels, launched the ambitious cost-saving health measure that has -
Indiana Governor Proposes Tax Hike on $100,000-Plus Earners
Opinion -Barely one week into his first term as Indiana's governor, Mitch Daniels--the state's first Republican governor in 16 years and former budget director for President George W. -
Former Indiana Governor Recognized for Private-Public Partnership Work
Opinion -The Reason Foundation has recognized former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels’ (R) efforts to save taxpayers money and increase the efficiency of public services, awarding Daniels with the first annual Savas Award for Public-Private Partnerships. -
Indiana Bucks Rust Belt, Enacts Right-to-Work Law
Opinion -A battle in Indiana that lasted more than a year and two legislative sessions ended Feb. 1 when Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed a right-to-work bill into law, making Indiana the 23rd right-work state—and the first in the Rust Belt. -
Indiana’s State Workers Enjoy Consumer-Directed Reforms
Opinion -Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has repeatedly criticized the U.S. health care system’s lack of price signals for consumers as a driver of the rising cost of care. -
Indiana’s Innovative System Clings to Life
Opinion -As governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels has achieved remarkable success in a policy area that challenges every governor across the country: the desperate need for Medicaid reform. -
Consumer Power Report: The States Lead By Example
Opinion -Last week I told you about the Obama administration’s denial of the Medicaid waiver extension request for Mitch Daniels’ Healthy Indiana Plan. -
Real-Life Examples Belie Charter Comparison
Opinion -Tracy Warner’s effort to compare Gov. Mitch Daniels’ school reform proposals to a similar, fictional reform of Indiana’s police forces should be judged a clever failure (“Policing the rush to charter schools,” Jan. 16). -
Heartland Experts React to Indiana’s New Education Agenda
Opinion -Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett unveiled their education agenda Wednesday at a meeting of the Education Roundtable in Indianapolis. -
Bargaining, Contributions an Issue in Indiana
Opinion -A labor union with a large public-sector membership is pledging to spend any amount necessary to elect in Indiana a Democrat governor who will restore collective-bargaining powers that have been rolled back by incumbent Mitch Daniels (R). -
Indiana Uses Market-Based Plan to Help Uninsured
Opinion -Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) has used free-market thinking and a healthy dose of individual responsibility to create an innovative program to help uninsured people in the state get health insurance. -
Indiana Governor Orders Agencies to Cut Spending
Opinion -Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) ordered all state agencies to cut budgets by 5 percent after receiving word 2008 state revenues could be $231 million less than expected. -
BP Expansion No Threat to Lake Michigan
Opinion -The BP oil company's plans to expand its Whiting, Indiana refinery will not hurt Lake Michigan, according to a study commissioned by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) and conducted by Indiana University environmental professor James Barnes. -
University Study Vindicates BP in Lake Michigan Controversy
Opinion -BP’s plans to discharge 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more suspended solids into Lake Michigan from its Whiting refinery will not environmentally damage the lake, concludes a study commissioned by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and -
Property Tax Rollback Is Good for Taxpayers
Opinion -If Indianapolis has $52 million less revenue because of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ order to roll back property tax collections to 2006 levels [“$52M tax hit in Indy now, an aftertaste to follow?” Aug. -
Indiana Nearly Doubles Its Cigarette Tax
Opinion -In the closing hours of its 2007 session, the Indiana General Assembly on April 29 passed a cigarette tax to help pay for Gov. Mitch Daniels' (R) health care plan. Daniels signed it into law on May 10. -
Telecom Competition Comes to Ind.
Opinion -Implementing a plan for sweeping telecommunications deregulation, on March 14 Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) signed into law House Enrolled Act 1279, which the Indiana House and Senate had both passed by strong margins. State Sen.