INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels closed the books Wednesday on the legislative session, signing into law a final batch of 23 bills while vetoing a politically tinged attempt to shake up of the state courts system.
The Republican governor inked the Little Calumet River levee commission overhaul that U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., called for in the wake of fall flooding that damaged thousands of homes.
And Daniels paved the way for Indiana to better compete with neighboring states for information technology projects by approving a tax incentive package advocated by the Northwest Indiana Forum.
Absent from the list of new laws is a state budget. Lawmakers will return to the Statehouse for special session next month after failing to accomplish their No. 1 assignment.
For a roundup of the new laws, see A2.
