Indiana House leader backing tighter cold medicine law
The top Republican in the Indiana House on Tuesday endorsed tightening state law to require a doctor's prescription for cold and allergy medications that can be used to make methamphetamine.
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GOP bill on Indiana LGBT rights has religious exemptions
Indiana Senate Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would extend state civil rights protections to LGBT people while also carving out broad exemptions for religious institutions and some small businesses that object to working with gay people.
East Chicago councilman pleads not guilty to murder charge
An East Chicago councilman charged with murder has pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing in federal court.
Company drops request for immigrant detention center
A Florida-based company has withdrawn its request for a zoning variance to build an 800-bed immigration detention facility near the Gary Chicago International Airport.
EPA intends tougher downwind air-pollution rule in 23 states
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed tougher new limits on Tuesday on smokestack emissions from nearly two dozen states — including Indiana — that burden downwind areas with air pollution from power plants they can't control.
House staff told by judge to obey insider probe subpoenas
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and a former top staff member must obey subpoenas in a Securities and Exchange Commission insider-trading investigation tied to health-care legislation, a federal judge ruled, rejecting their claims of immunity from such an inquiry.
GOP legislator resigning year after costly re-election win
A Republican state legislator is resigning his seat a year after winning a re-election campaign that cost nearly $500,000.
Pence says he hasn’t reviewed GOP bill on LGBT rights
Republican Gov. Mike Pence says he has not reviewed a GOP proposal to address LGBT rights as well as religious protections during the coming legislative session.
Lawyers say Marion County certified mail notice is broken
Attorneys filing collections cases in Indianapolis say they’re at their wits’ end trying to determine whether summonses have been served on defendants long after cases have been opened.
Settlement: Ex-Brown Mackie, Art Institutes students get loan forgiveness
More than 5,500 students of Brown Mackie College and The Art Institutes will receive loan forgiveness totaling more than $5.7 million under one of two settlements, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Monday.
Pence designates November as ‘adoption awareness’ month
Gov. Mike Pence has declared November is Adoption Awareness Month in Indiana. The Republican governor and first lady Karen Pence are hosting an adoption fair at the Statehouse between 4 and 6 p.m. Monday.
Heft not enough to justify insurer deals, top DOJ lawyer says
Health companies saying they need to consolidate to preserve their heft when negotiating with service providers isn’t enough to justify mergers, a top U.S. antitrust enforcer said Friday in comments that could hint at the Justice Department’s thinking on two major health insurance deals.
GOP, Democratic leaders to preview Indiana session
Leaders in Indiana's House and Senate are set to speak at a forum today where they will give a glimpse of issues on the horizon during the upcoming legislative session.
Hotels must pay EEOC legal fees for contempt of consent decree
Companies that own an east side Indianapolis hotel have been ordered to pay the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission $57,248 in attorney fees and costs after violating a consent decree settling a race discrimination lawsuit.
West Lafayette school officials considering drone ban
School officials in West Lafayette are considering a ban on the use of drones during school hours and school-related activities.
Coal ash expert to address Indiana environmental advocates
An expert on the nation's coal ash ponds will address Indiana environmental advocates during their annual gathering focusing on the state's upcoming legislative session.
New business group will promote Indiana LGBT protections
Another business group has formed to lobby for extending Indiana's civil rights protections to members of the LGBT communities.
The problem with New York’s move against fantasy sports
While the legality of daily fantasy sports turns on the skill-versus-chance question, the cases made both by advocates and critics have a fundamental contradiction.
Hackers accessed global banking with phony pet stores, lies
Criminals hoodwinked banks, credit-card networks and a payment-security firm while moving hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. government. It won’t be easy to stop it from happening again.
Congress OKs bill banning Guantanamo detainees from US
Congress sent President Barack Obama a $607 billion defense policy bill Tuesday that bans moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States — something Obama has been trying to do since he was sworn in as president.