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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.
Indiana House rejects minimum wage increase
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's minimum wage will remain at the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour after the Republican-controlled House voted on party lines Monday to reject a proposal increasing the state's minimum hourly wage by one dollar.
Region legislators' revisions rejected by GOP
INDIANAPOLIS | Two Northwest Indiana Democratic representatives learned Thursday just how hard it can be sometimes to win over the House Republican supermajority.
House Republicans dodge vote on governor's tax cut
INDIANAPOLIS | House Republicans used a procedural maneuver Thursday to avoid having to vote against Republican Gov. Mike Pence's proposed income tax cut.
Unions reviewing possible legal challenges to right-to-work
INDIANAPOLIS | Labor leaders have been quietly reviewing Indiana's new right-to-work law but are mum on whether they will go to court to try to stop the law before its main provision takes effect March 14.
Indiana House approves right-to-work bill
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled Indiana House voted 54-44 Wednesday to send right-to-work legislation to the Republican-controlled Senate.
BRIAN HOWEY: Mitch, Morton and Statehouse charades
Gov. Mitch Daniels, facing west as he gave his final State of the State address Tuesday, essentially stood back to back with the statue guarding the eastern entrance of the Indiana Statehouse — that of Gov. Oliver P. Morton.
Right-to-work battle may be proxy election fight
INDIANAPOLIS | Amid promises of new jobs and concerns about wages during legislative hearings on a right-to-work law for Indiana, one state senator explained why Democrats plan to do everything they can to stop it from becoming law in Indiana: It's about winning elections. That is also why m…
Panel endorses right-to-work law
INDIANAPOLIS | Right-to-work is poised to become the dominant issue of the upcoming legislative session after a Republican-controlled study committee voted on party lines Wednesday to recommend the General Assembly consider adopting the labor policy.
Indiana lawmakers assess effects of right-to-work proposal
INDIANAPOLIS | Facts, figures and opinions abounded Tuesday as a legislative committee took testimony on whether a "right-to-work" law would lure businesses to Indiana or reduce the incomes of Hoosiers.
GUEST COMMENTARY: We'll offer good maps, but working on reform
Every 10 years, the Indiana Constitution requires the General Assembly to approve new congressional and legislative maps that will govern our state for the decade to come. The process has been used in past generations to gain political advantage for the majority party, with an eye solely on …
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