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General Assembly Panel chair says time not right as economy recovers DAVE GONG and NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette The Indiana General Assembly will not hear any bills seeking to increase local food and beverage taxes this legislative session. Sen. Travis Holdman, chairman of the state senate's Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, said in a news release Wednesday that he and his fellow Republican committee members agree that now is not an appropriate time to consider these tax increases as the economy continues to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Holdman's statement comes a wee...

A move too long in the making.

Red River again facing scrutiny by City Council DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette Fort Wayne's trash collection contractor will again face City Council scrutiny next week under a resolution proposed by 2nd District Councilman Russ Jehl. If it approves the resolution, the City Council would be declaring it has no confidence in Fort Wayne's Solid Waste Department and would urge Mayor Tom Henry to take action. “The administration, for three years, has ignored council and told us it is not our place to try to manage the Solid Waste Department,” Jehl said. “The only time the administration has...