INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) — Indiana lawmakers have failed to strike deals on some major issues and meet a tentative deadline of adjourning the session.
Democratic House Speaker Patrick Bauer abruptly adjourned the House shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday and said the chamber would reconvene Wednesday. The statutory deadline for adjourning is March 14, but lawmakers had hoped to finish by midnight Thursday.
Democrats who control the House and Republicans who rule the Senate appear close to a compromise that would allow schools to shift money from property tax funds to help offset $300 million in budget cuts.
There also are partisan differences over unemployment insurance tax increases and tax breaks, and job creation incentives.
Bauer said the break would give Senate Republicans time to consider compromises.
