Ind. House leader sidelined following surgery

INDIANAPOLIS | House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, will miss most of the final month of the legislative session after undergoing emergency knee surgery.

Male ultrasound plan has difficult time in House

INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier men won't have to undergo penile ultrasounds prior to obtaining prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs thanks to a narrow reading of the Indiana House rules Monday.

Dem leader warns on social issues ahead of House abortion battle

INDIANAPOLIS | Standing in front of an oversized report card on the House floor Thursday, Democratic Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, awarded midterm grades to the Republican supermajority: "D-" for supporting traditional public schools; "Incomplete" for aiding the middle class; and "B+…

Legislature likely to wait for U.S. Supreme Court ruling before acting on marriage amendment

INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican leaders of the Indiana House and Senate have hinted they will delay voting on a proposed state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue in June.

MARK KIESLING: Half a smoking ban better than none, I guess

Indiana is on the brink of enacting what is a somewhat toothless smoking ban that exempts bars and taverns.

Tavern smoking exemption still smolders

INDIANAPOLIS | Lawmakers remain divided on whether a proposed statewide indoor smoking ban should exempt bars and taverns.

Indiana House honors retiring Highland representative

INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Dan Stevenson, D-Highland, was praised Tuesday by his fellow representatives as a quiet but hardworking leader in the Indiana House.

Work begins on smoking ban compromise

INDIANAPOLIS | The four state lawmakers charged with devising a compromise smoking ban met briefly in public Monday, then retreated behind closed doors to start hammering out a deal.

Brown faces uphill battle to remove exemptions from smoking ban

INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, watched last week as his dream of a statewide indoor smoking ban transformed into a nightmare, as exemption after exemption was added to his proposal to improve Hoosier health.

Legislature poised to reduce or eliminate state's inheritance tax

INDIANAPOLIS | A tax paid by an average of only 9,529 people a year that has contributed $1.56 billion in state revenue and millions more to counties over the past decade appears headed for the chopping block.

Ind. House approves smoking ban, again

INDIANAPOLIS | For the sixth time in five years, the Indiana House on Tuesday approved a statewide indoor smoking ban.

Smoking ban close to winning House committee approval

INDIANAPOLIS | A statewide indoor smoking ban with limited exemptions appears likely to win committee approval in the Indiana House.

Brown joined by top Republicans in push for smoking ban

INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, has enlisted two leaders of the Indiana House Republican majority to help him win passage of a statewide indoor smoking ban.