Top Democrat condemns GOP 'punting' to expand Medicaid eligibility

INDIANAPOLIS | House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, is only half-joking when he describes a new law permitting the sale of uninspected frozen rabbit meat at roadside stands as the jobs bill of the just-concluded 2013 legislative session.

Study: Medicaid expansion worth $3.4B to Indiana economy, 30,000 jobs

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Hospital Association called on state lawmakers Monday to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act after a study showed expansion would provide the state $3.4 billion in added economic activity and support 30,000 jobs.

Pelath demands debate on Medicaid expansion

INDIANAPOLIS | House Democratic Leader Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, lashed out Friday at top legislative Republicans for not taking steps to decide whether Indiana should expand its Medicaid program under the new federal health law.

Legislature won't act on marriage amendment this year

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana General Assembly will wait until next year to decide whether to send a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions to voters for ratification.

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.

Ind. senator wants Legislature empowered to nullify federal law

INDIANAPOLIS | When the U.S. Supreme Court in 1958 explicitly struck down nullification, the theory that states can declare federal laws unconstitutional and ignore them, the court warned state legislators that endorsing nullification violates their oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution.

Daniels, Pence not leading charge for marriage amendment

INDIANAPOLIS | With Hoosiers increasingly saying no, the state's current and future governors are treading carefully as to whether Indiana should add its existing ban on gay marriage to the state constitution.

Zoeller expects finality on gay marriage from Supreme Court

INDIANAPOLIS | Attorney General Greg Zoeller is pleased the U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon whether states can restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples.

Indiana senator's plan to teach creationism evolves

INDIANAPOLIS | The issue of teaching creationism in Indiana science classrooms will be on the legislative agenda when the General Assembly convenes in January — it just won't be called that.

Federal lawsuit on Indiana immigration law to proceed

HAMMOND | An East Chicago-based organization's legal challenge to Indiana's new immigration law will proceed, federal court records show.

Daniels seeks health choices advice from potential successors

INDIANAPOLIS | The three candidates for governor have been asked by the state's current chief executive to help him decide how Indiana should implement portions of the 2010 health care law often called Obamacare.

Laws often come from summer study work

INDIANAPOLIS | The lazy days of summer are upon us, but Northwest Indiana's 21 state lawmakers aren't sitting in the shade sipping lemonade.

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Health law battle shifts back to Congress

INDIANAPOLIS | The U.S. Supreme Court may be done dealing with Obamacare (for now), but the U.S. Congress is just getting (re-)started.

Ruling puts Medicaid coverage for 500,000 Hoosiers in doubt

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana lawmakers and the state's next governor will decide next year whether up to 500,000 more low-income Hoosiers will receive Medicaid health coverage starting in 2014.

Pence equates health ruling with 9/11, apologizes

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, the Republican candidate for Indiana governor, repeatedly apologized Thursday after likening the U.S. Supreme Court's health care ruling to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people.

Supreme Court decision on health care law

Read the Supreme Courts decision on the Affordable Care Act.

Mourdock skewered on 'Colbert Report'

INDIANAPOLIS | Political candidates typically see their poll numbers rise — the famed "Colbert Bump" — after appearing on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" satirical television program.

Constitutionality of Indiana immigration law still unresolved

INDIANAPOLIS | A Northwest Indiana Hispanic social services organization will continue its legal challenge to the state's 2011 immigration law after a U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday involving a similar Arizona law left the constitutionality of most provisions of the Indiana law unresolved.

Challenge to Ind. immigration law put on hold in Hammond

INDIANAPOLIS | A Hammond federal magistrate agreed Wednesday to delay action on a lawsuit challenging Indiana's 2011 immigration law until the U.S. Supreme Court rules later this month in a similar Arizona case.

Merrillville man on super quest to shutter Super PACs

INDIANAPOLIS | Anonymous groups known as Super PACs will spend millions of dollars from undisclosed donors, including corporations, to run thousands of television ads for and against political candidates this election season and in years to come.