Pence education agenda promotes charter schools, job training

By Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's schools would minimize constitutionally mandated focus on general "knowledge and learning," and become worker trainin…

Time uncertain for repairs to damaged Ind. schools

Administrators don't know yet how long it will take to repair two schools near Lafayette that were badly damaged by severe storms last month.

Indiana Guard unit returns from Afghanistan

Members of an Indiana National Guard unit marched behind Santa Claus as they arrived at a ceremony welcoming them home after a 10-month deploy…

Cold snap has Indiana residents bundling up

People across Indiana are bundling up against colder temperatures than parts of the state saw in either of the past two winters.

NW Ind. man guilty in guard's hit-and-run death

A northwest Indiana man has been found guilty of reckless homicide, criminal recklessness and 11 other counts in the hit-and-run death of a La…

Indiana marks 197th anniversary of statehood

By Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078

INDIANAPOLIS | State officials and schoolchildren celebrated Indiana's 197th birthday Wednesday at the Statehouse.

Cheney's daughter boosting Ind. amendment foes

By TOM LoBIANCO

Mary Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, on Wednesday rallied opponents of an effort to write Indiana's gay marriage ba…

Pence open to boosting county income taxes to pay for business tax cut

Dan Carden dan.carden@nwi.com, (317) 637-9078

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence refused to rule out county income tax hikes as a replacement for the more than $1 billion Indiana schools and l…

FEMA rejects major disaster declaration for Ind.

Gov. Mike Pence says the federal government has rejected Indiana's request that Howard County be declared a major disaster area because of dam…

Sebelius, Pence to meet on Healthy Indiana Plan

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has agreed to meet with Gov. Mike Pence to discuss issues that may be blocking federal a…

NW Ind. mayor: Complaint is speculation, innuendo

The mayor of Hammond is asking Lake County elections officials to dismiss a complaint that he paid his wife more than $300,000 over the past d…

2 men arrested following death of homeless man

Peoria police say two men are in custody for the stabbing death of a homeless man.

3 arrested for looting in Washington

Three Peoria men are in custody after investigators say they were looting a tornado-damaged home in the central Illinois community of Washington.

NW Ind. commission to vote on proposed highway

A northwestern Indiana planning board is expected to vote on whether to move forward with building the proposed Illiana Expressway that would …

Memorial placed at Cook Co. indigent burial site

A monument has been dedicated at an indigent burial site in suburban Chicago where thousands of unclaimed or unidentified bodies have been buried.

Chicago man sues archdiocese over sex abuse

A 27-year-old Chicago man is suing the Archdiocese of Chicago, alleging a convicted former priest molested him when he was a boy.

Feds: More than 7K Illinoisans select health plans

CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO | More than 7,000 Illinois residents signed up for private insurance coverage in the first two months of the troubled HealthCare.gov w…

Poisoned Ill. lottery winner's heirs settle estate

The wife and daughter of a Chicago man who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the Illinois lottery have settled his estate with an agreem…

Madigan: Corporate tax breaks need review

By DAVID MERCER

House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday sharply criticized corporate requests for tax breaks like those Illinois lawmakers considered earli…

Senators want check of oil pipeline beneath lakes

By JOHN FLESHER

Three U.S. senators asked a federal agency Wednesday for evidence that a pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes is safe, following a r…

Brady in top ballot spot; Hardiman wins over Quinn

Sen. Bill Brady will be the first Republican listed on next spring's primary ballot for governor.

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