Statehouse Happenings: Property Tax Rally Rocks Statehouse
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Close to 1000 people filled the Statehouse on Monday to protest skyrocketing property taxes, inaction by the legislature, and offer support of Governor Braun's plan to reform the system. It was a wild day filled with counter protests, passionate speakers, and a strong performance by the governor. Will the rally move the needle as session heads to the finish line? Rob Kendall, Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, and Jim Merritt discuss on this week's Statehouse Happenings.
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| 0:43.2 | Rob Kendall, Abdulakim Shabazz, Jim Merritt, the program, a statehouse happenings, your weekly |
| 0:47.2 | look at what's going on with Indiana politics and government. |
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| 0:55.2 | Abdul Akeem Shabazz. Hello. |
| 0:57.1 | Hello, my friend. How's it going this morning? |
| 0:58.2 | Doing well. And joining us via phone today. You know him for 30 years in the Indiana Senate. |
| 1:02.2 | Jim Merritt. Hello. |
| 1:04.0 | Robert. Robert. All right. Well, let's start with the big event on Monday. Abdul, you were there, the property tax rally. Okay, you give us a little |
| 1:13.2 | credit right. I mean, it's pretty good showing. It's pretty good showing the property tax rally at the |
| 1:16.8 | state house. Yeah, I mean, yeah, like I said, I have no, I've never had a problem with people |
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