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Idea to cut BAC limit fuels talk
South Bend TribuneLowering the threshold for what is considered impaired driving is a good idea on principle, a host of local and state officials said. Whether any such lowering of the threshold becomes reality in Indiana, however, is far less certain, they said. The...Tags: Transportation Industry, Mike Pence, Politics, Executive Branch, National Transportation Safety Board
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County attorney Tony Zappia steps down
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Tony Zappia has guided the county through legal matters for more than 27 years. That's more than 1,400 weeks, 9,800 days or 235,000 hours -- but, according to Zappia, it feels like it was just yesterday that he got a call in April 1986 from...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Local Elections, Public Officials
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'Doc' laid to rest
BREMEN — Hundreds gathered along the streets of downtown Bremen today to bid farewell to their beloved “Doc.” Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former Indiana governor, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, Mitch Daniels, Jackie Walorski, U.S. House of Representatives
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Interfaith prayer breakfast focuses on unity
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Various faiths may not agree on theology, but they can still work together to make the community a better place, attendees of an annual interfaith prayer breakfast said Thursday. An estimated 300 people, representing at least 10 religious...Tags: National Government, University of Chicago, Religion and Belief, Politics, Arts and Culture
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UPDATE: Bowen remembered in Bremen
BREMEN – Today, family, friends and dignitaries gathered to pay their final respects to a former Indiana governor from Bremen. Visitation was being held for the late Otis “Doc” Bowen, who died last weekend at the age of 95. Bowen...
Tags: Politics, Executive Branch
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Lieutenant governor visits ND, meets business and agriculture leaders
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann said she found local business owners enthusiastic to have a dialogue with state officials. "Local business leaders said they saw an ability to work toward economic development...Tags: Local Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, University of Notre Dame, Business Enterprises, Business
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Former Indiana Gov. Bowen dead at 95, funeral to be held in Bremen
Former Indiana Governor Otis "Doc" Bowen, a man with strong ties to our area, has passed away. He was 95 years old. Indiana's current Governor Mike Pence made the announcement Sunday afternoon. And since that time, we've been working the phones, talking...
Tags: Politics, AIDS, Human Interest, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Push continues to fix Mich.'s indigent defense
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution. It has been nearly a...Tags: Republican Party, Rick Snyder, Politics, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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FEMA teams in Indiana to assess flood damage
KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Federal Emergency Management Agency teams are in Indiana assessing damage caused by recent flooding, which also claimed two lives. Local, state and federal officials moved into Huntington, Grant and Tippecanoe on Friday to take...Tags: Politics, FEMA, Executive Branch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Floods
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With a population of 658, Snyder clears way for recently-endangered wolves to be hunted
Additional information from WSBT-TVTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that takes the decision to hunt or not hunt wolves out of voters' hands. It clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the animal was driven to...Tags: Energy Resources, Rick Snyder, Conservation, Natural Resources, Hunting
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Indiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $30 billion budget early Saturday that gives Gov. Mike Pence a partial victory in his quest for an income tax reduction and restores some money cut from education and...Tags: Education, Amazon.com Inc., Luke Kenley, Politics, Mitch Daniels
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Wolf hunt opponents: Legislation an attempt to suppress voice of the people
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state Senate approved legislation Thursday that could block a group's effort to ban wolf hunting in Michigan and make hunting and fishing rights a part of the state constitution. Wolves were taken off the...
Tags: Animal Attacks, Energy Resources, Referenda, Rick Snyder, Conservation
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