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Coats defends NSA surveillance programs
INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., believes secret National Security Agency programs collecting the telephone and Internet records of all Americans are needed to protect the country from terrorist attacks.
4 top Hoosier Republicans quitting party posts
INDIANAPOLIS | The chairman of the Indiana Republican Party and three top GOP leaders unexpectedly announced Wednesday they are each quitting their party jobs over the next few weeks.
Justices suspend law license of former Gary city attorney
INDIANAPOLIS | The law license of Gary's former city attorney has been suspended by the Indiana Supreme Court for at least six months, effective July 30, following multiple violations of the state's rules for attorneys.
Indiana Supreme Court OKs walkout fines for House Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by House Democrats to rescind more than $100,000 in fines withheld from their paychecks by the Republican majority for shutting down legislative business to block a right-to-work proposal.
Ritz focuses on improving student guidance counseling
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Department of Education plans to step up its outreach to school guidance counselors this fall to help better prepare Hoosier students for careers or college.
Rokita blasts NSA record-gathering program
INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indianapolis, accused the National Security Agency Monday of violating constitutional protections against unlawful searches following disclosures the spy agency collected and stored the telephone and Internet records of all Americans.
Pence ties state agency budgets to performance
INDIANAPOLIS | State agencies meeting or beating performance targets will be permitted to spend nearly their full appropriations under a management plan announced Monday by Gov. Mike Pence.
State switching to electronic business registration reminders
INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier companies and nonprofit organizations will soon no longer receive a mailed paper reminder from the Indiana secretary of state to renew their state business registrations.
Indiana lawmakers to keep starting meetings with prayer
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican leaders controlling the Indiana House and Senate schedules will continue starting legislative session days with a prayer, even as the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of the practice.
Democrats hope to benefit from GOP tax-veto clash
INDIANAPOLIS | Hoosier Democrats are working to capitalize on last week's unusual one-day special session of the Indiana General Assembly that saw a Republican-dominated legislature override a Republican governor's veto to enact a retroactive income tax increase.
Poll finds most Hoosiers support Senate immigration plan
INDIANAPOLIS | Nearly 7 out of 10 Hoosiers support the immigration reform legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate, according to a new poll released Thursday.
State lawmakers easily override governor's tax veto
INDIANAPOLIS | Prioritizing practicality over principle, the anti-tax Indiana General Assembly on Wednesday overrode a veto by Gov. Mike Pence and enacted into law a retroactive income tax increase for residents of two counties.
Indiana bars unlicensed Illinois insurance adjusters from Lake County
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Department of Insurance has ordered three public adjusters from two Illinois firms to halt their unlawful operations in Lake County.
Indiana license branches shut Saturday for computer work
INDIANAPOLIS | All Bureau of Motor Vehicles license branches will be closed Saturday for a statewide computer maintenance project.
State Supreme Court lets decision on case heard at M'ville High stand
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court will not decide a case it heard last month at Merrillville High School.
Pence asks lawmakers to respect his veto
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence is urging state lawmakers leave in place his veto of a retroactive income tax increase the Legislature approved in April for two Indiana counties.
Interrupted ISTEP+ test results to get independent review
INDIANAPOLIS | A New Hampshire testing expert will determine the validity of results on Indiana's recent ISTEP+ standardized exam that saw nearly one in six student tests interrupted due to computer server problems at CTB-McGraw Hill, the test administrator.
Student loan interest rates to double unless Congress acts
INDIANAPOLIS | Next time you're at the grocery store or a RailCats game or anywhere out and about in the region, look around -- almost one of every five adults you see owes money on student loans.
Pence vetoes show GOP tension on taxes, regulation
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana General Assembly's Republican supermajorities hate taxes and government regulation -- except when they don't -- and in two weeks they'll have to decide whether to re-approve a retroactive tax hike they easily passed the first time around.
Pence urges Congress approve media shield law
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence is no longer a member of Congress, but that's not stopping him from pushing for the federal media shield law he championed during his 12 years in Washington, D.C.
Ind. Legislature to meet June 12 for veto override
INDIANAPOLIS | The Republican-controlled General Assembly will meet June 12 for a one-day technical session to consider overriding a veto issued by Republican Gov. Mike Pence.
State loan will speed improvements to home of Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS | Be sure to take a close look at the "old" Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Sunday's race, because it soon will get some pricey upgrades, courtesy of Hoosier taxpayers and race fans.
Lawmakers want answers from ISTEP+ test vendor
INDIANAPOLIS | The company that administers the annual ISTEP+ standardized test in Hoosier schools will be asked to explain why its online system repeatedly crashed during the April-May student exam period.
Indiana 'a leader and laggard' on economic measures
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana has successfully created a low-tax, low-regulation business environment, but its future economic growth hinges on Hoosiers who, more often than not, lack the education and healthy habits needed to move the state forward.
Region thief gets OK for late appeal
INDIANAPOLIS | The untimely death of his attorney will enable an East Chicago man sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for an eight-month Highland crime spree to appeal his convictions despite missing a key deadline.
Former Banneker school treasurer on hook for missing money
INDIANAPOLIS | The former extracurricular treasurer at Gary's Banneker school may be forced to repay $470.15 she collected for school activities that allegedly never made it to the bank.
Ind. senator backs plan for Gulf War memorial
INDIANAPOLIS | Veterans of the first Persian Gulf war would be honored with a national memorial in Washington, D.C., under a plan announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.
Rokita fundraising off IRS controversy
INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indianapolis, is using the controversy over an Internal Revenue Service investigation into the tax-exempt status of some Tea Party groups to raise money for his 2014 re-election campaign.
'Do Not Call' sign-up deadline is Tuesday
INDIANAPOLIS | Tuesday is the deadline for Indiana residents who have not previously signed up to get their telephone numbers added to the state's newest "Do Not Call" list.
Prayer case set for U.S. Supreme Court similar to Ind. House dispute
INDIANAPOLIS | Attorney General Greg Zoeller believes Indiana may play a key role in a national question of religion and government whose answer is certain to divide an already fractured country.
Indiana lawmakers unlikely to adopt lower drunken driving threshold
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's federal-phobic Legislature likely won't follow a national safety panel's recommendation that states reduce their drunken driving limits to 0.05 blood alcohol content from 0.08.
State wants Gary schools treasurer to repay missing money
INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana's auditing agency has demanded that the former extra-curricular treasurer for two Gary high schools repay nearly $6,000 in fees and ticket sales revenue it claims is missing.
Region students win top marks in We the People contest
INDIANAPOLIS | Fifth-grade students from four Northwest Indiana schools earned top ratings in a We the People competition at the Statehouse on Friday by demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of government and the Constitution.
Pence tried to protect media phone records from government snooping
INDIANAPOLIS | The U.S. Justice Department seizure of reporter telephone records likely would be a crime if Gov. Mike Pence had won passage of the federal media shield law he championed in Congress.
Stockbrokers lose licenses over unpaid child support
INDIANAPOLIS | Two stockbrokers with ties to Northwest Indiana are the first individuals to lose their state securities dealer licenses for failing to pay child support.
Convenience stores sue for right to sell cold beer
INDIANAPOLIS | A coalition of Hoosier convenience stores asked a federal judge Tuesday to declare unconstitutional an Indiana law that gives package liquor stores a monopoly over cold beer sales.
Pence signs 291 new laws
INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Gov. Mike Pence has now acted on all 295 legislative proposals submitted to him by the Republican-controlled General Assembly — signing 291, allowing one to become law without his signature and vetoing three.
Court finds Hammond killer Komyatti at fault in bike crash
INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a Hammond native brutally disfigured in a bike accident, one month after finishing 27 years in prison for his role in the 1983 murder of his father, has only himself to blame.
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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.
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Speedway bailout crosses finish line
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence has agreed to loan the Indianapolis Motor Speedway $100 million in state funds to pay for renovations, video boards and other improvements to the home of the Indianapolis 500 auto race.
Pence orders cuts in Calumet Township spending
INDIANAPOLIS | Griffith leaders were ecstatic Friday after Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed into law mandatory reductions in Calumet Township spending and a path for Griffith to exit the township if its excessive spending continues.
Governor yet to act on two Lake County bills
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence has just two more days to decide the fate of two measures that could change Lake County forever.
Pence signs law expanding school voucher eligibility
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence enthusiastically approved legislation Thursday loosening a requirement that students attend public school for at least one year to qualify for a private school voucher.
Using wrong mail service dooms LaPorte woman's malpractice claim
INDIANAPOLIS | Even as it teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service often remains the best choice for mailing legal documents — as a LaPorte woman learned Thursday.
Pence vetoes two bills requiring licensing for health jobs
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence issued his first vetoes Wednesday, rejecting two measures requiring licensing for certain health care jobs.
Pence signs two-year Indiana budget
INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Gov. Mike Pence on Wednesday signed into law Indiana's $30 billion, two-year state budget that keeps spending increases below the inflation rate and provides Hoosiers more than a billion dollars in tax cuts.
Zoeller likes idea for U.S. constitutional convention
INDIANAPOLIS | Attorney General Greg Zoeller sympathizes with state lawmakers who want to take an extraordinary step to rein in the power of the federal government.
Pence signs school safety grants, 40 other measures into law
INDIANAPOLIS | School corporations can each seek up to $50,000 in matching state funds to hire local police as school resource officers under a new law signed Tuesday by Republican Gov. Mike Pence.
New Whiting alcohol permits win governor's approval
INDIANAPOLIS | Whiting Mayor Joe Stahura plans to aggressively move ahead on new lakefront development projects now that the city has six additional alcohol sales permits.
Pence OKs new criminal code, expungement law
INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mike Pence has approved two of the most significant changes to Indiana's criminal law in decades.
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