Small businesses with 50 or fewer employees were to be exempt from new, expensive healthcare mandates and penalties under the Senate’s healthcare reform bill. But language slipped into the bill at the last minute—and voted on without many Senators even realizing it—altered that exemption from 50 employees to only five employees (and $250,000 in payroll) [...]

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The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association and Indianapolis Economic Development will get a surprise funding boost for economic development initiatives.
It could be 2015 before a replacement for the Cline Avenue bridge is in place, alarming regional development officials who say the lack of a span will hamper economic development efforts on the Gary and East [...]

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