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IICOR.3:17 75CENTS CITYEDITION earlysnow. foryourweekend? Indy.Metromix.comhasa metro-areaeventscalendar, andabarandrestaurantguide. Getbreakingnews onyourcellphone TextINDYNEWSto 44636 (4INFO)forbreaking-news headlinesastheyhappen. ORPHANEDDOLPHINFINDS AHOMEININDIANAPOLIS fromhisfamilyoffthecoastofFlorida. B1 INDEX Business A8-9 Comics E5-6 Classifieds B7-9 Deaths B5-6 Editorials A10 Lottery A2 Movies E3-4 Puzzles Scoreboard C6 Playingtheblamegame Perfect pears ByJonMurray jon.murray@indystar.com IndianapolisMayorGregBallardsaid Thursdaythatthecityisonitswaytore- vitalizingneighborhoodswithasurgein streetrepairsandothereffortsbyhisad- ministration.

Butjustacrossthe WhiteRiverfrom willmatterafteramas- siveGeneralMotors stampingplantisshut- teredinJune.Inhis outthatpotentialfor101acresofblight andannouncedanefforttocombatit thatwillbringoneofhispredecessors backtoIndianapolis. rowattheIndianapolisArtsgardenas IndianapolisMayorGregBallardoutlinedhis goalsforthefinalyearofhistermduring hisannualStateoftheCityaddressThurs- dayattheIndianapolisArtsgarden. Ballardhas hopesfor GMsite Ex-MayorHud- nuttohead redevelopment panel. A6 InStateoftheCityspeech, mayortoutsstreetrepairs, effortstoreducecrime ByDanMcFeely MaryBethSchneider andHeatherGillers dan.mcfeely@indystar.com Withbothpoliticalparties calstalemateamongIndianalaw- makersispoisedtolastthrough HouseDemocratsarevowingto staycampedoutinIllinoisuntil Hoosiersisover.Republicanscall thedemandstokillnearlyadozen andvowednottotalkcompromise unlesstheDemocratscomehome. Aboutonlyonethingiscertain: Nothingwillbedonetoday.

HouseactivityuntilMondayafter Democratsmadeitclearthey werenotcomingback. mindiswhatexactlywillgetthem canswouldbewillingtogiveup, orwhatDemocratswouldbewill- ingtoswallow. theywillprevailonmuchoftheir agenda.Butitalsoseemsreason- couldgetinteresting. TheRepublicansalreadyhave relentedononepieceoflegisla- tionDemocratscalledunaccept- ablyanti-unionandanti-worker: theirlistof11billstheywantdead, includingeducationreformbills suesthatatleastappearto NOENDGAME INSIGHT aright-to-workbillisdeadforthislegislativesession. HOUSEACTIONPOSTPONEDUNTILMONDAY; ByAmyBartner amy.bartner@indystar.com A llenSmithneverconsideredhimself watchingwithafriendeachweek.

andEMTsaid.Then,onenight,hisfriend are thedigitalreadoutonhis canrememberhoppingoutoftheshowerand are abigperson.You’velet THURSDAY ATTHE STATEHOUSE Republicanstook actionThursdaytotry tosalvagesomeof thebillsthat otherwisewoulddie proceduraldeaths walkout. Thursdayshould havebeenthe so-called second- readingdeadline thedayonwhich Housebillsmustgo throughaprocedural hurdletobeamended, ordertomovetoa finalvote. TheHouseRules Committeevoted Thursdaymorningto changetherulesto movethedeadlines backoneweek rulechangecanbe adoptedwithasimple majorityvoteofthe House. TheHousestill needsa fullquorum of67representatives togointosessionso thatatleast51 representativescan votefortherules change. Ifthechangegoes billsscheduledtobe includinganewstate relatedbillsandbills thatallowpublic dollarstobespentfor privateschooltuition next Friday tomakeitout oftheHouse.

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