What you can do
Want to demand changes in Indiana’s lobbying laws? Here’s how to contact your legislators:
Send an email: To find email addresses for your senator and representative go to
www.IndyStar.com/lobby
Write a letter to your representative or senator:
House
Indiana House of Representatives
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2786
Senate
Indiana State Senate
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2785
Call your representative or senator:
House phone numbers:
(317) 232-9600
(800) 382-9842
Senate phone numbers:
(317) 232-9400
(800) 382-9467
TDD Telephone Numbers
TDD (317) 232-0404
TDD (800) 548-9517
xSpecial Editorial Series: Access to Power
November 11, 2009
What you can do
Want to demand changes in Indiana's lobbying laws?
- xSpecial Editorial Series: Access to Power
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- Legislator to lobbyist: Indiana's revolving door The Indiana General Assembly isn’t a destination for some legislators. It’s a launching pad.
- Editorial: Hoosier Park playing by broken set of rules Hoosier Park and its parent company, Centaur, spent more than $530,000 lobbying members of the Indiana General Assembly during the annual reporting period that ended April 30. That’s the largest lobbying total for any business in Indiana.
- Editorial: Senior legislator Kenley should have known better Luke Kenley, a member of the Indiana Senate for almost 18 years, should have known better.
- Lobbying: Racino, parent firm spent $534,434 in ‘09 ANDERSON — In the high-stakes game of paying for political influence, Hoosier Park and its parent company have more money on the table than nearly anyone.
- One lawmaker’s bounty: Indiana House Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend
- Editorial: Bauer’s lobby reform plan falls well short Efforts to push legislative ethics reform through the Indiana General Assembly have long faced an insurmountable obstacle in the person of House Speaker Pat Bauer.
- Our proposed reforms Twenty-three Indiana newspapers, serving more than 1.5 million readers, have banded together to advocate for the following reforms:
- One lawmaker's bounty: David Wolkins What he had to say: “In my 20 years, I’ve gained a lot of friends in the lobbying community. They know that I like sporting events.’’
- Lobbyists channel handouts to key members of legislative committees State Rep. David Wolkins isn’t shy about what he likes: golf, basketball and football. As ranking Republican member and former chairman of the Indiana House Environmental Affairs Committee, he’s in a position to indulge his interests thanks to the very companies he’s supposed to help regulate.
- One lawmaker's bounty: Trent Van Haaften What he had to say: “I make my decisions in the legislature based upon what I think is right and wrong, not on who invited me to dinner.’’
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