Schools chief: No Child waiver helps Indiana students
Indiana will take advantage of a federal waiver on provisions of the No Child Left Behind act to create better education for students, State School Superintendent Tony Bennett said.
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Advocates want no weakening of Indiana smoking ban
Anti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption for bars that's included in a bill for a statewide smoking ban, and are aiming to prevent the proposal from being watered down.
13K Indiana foreclosure victims to get $2K checks
Indiana homeowners will receive about $43 million in refinanced loans while other borrowers will get $30 million worth of loan-term modifications and other relief as part of a $25 billion nationwide settlement with the country's biggest mortgage lenders.
Gubernatorial candidates turn in signatures
Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence submitted plenty of signatures to get their names on Indiana’s ballot for governor. Fishers businessman Jim Wallace, however, said he came up 111 signatures shy of the number needed to make the ballot.
Indiana panel OKs overhaul of school grading system
A state panel has approved changes to Indiana's A-to-F grading standards for public schools despite complaints that the new rules are too complex for schools and parents to understand.
Indiana among 10 states getting No Child Left Behind waivers
President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states, including Indiana, from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, The Associated Press has learned.
Indiana lawmaker says school bus fees increase danger
Indiana's public school districts wouldn't be able to end school bus service for their students under a proposal advancing in the General Assembly after protests from parents in a suburban Indianapolis district who now face annual bills of more than $400 a child for rides to and from school.
Right-to-work boycott fines put on hold by Indiana high court
The state Supreme Court placed on hold Wednesday all legislative fines against Democrats who boycotted the Indiana House during the right-to-work battle until it rules on whether it's legal for those fines to be deducted from their paychecks.
Company: Sugarland resisted delaying state fair concert
Sugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert at the state fair despite threatening weather that caused a deadly stage collapse, the fair's top official testified against the company that built the stage rigging.
Attorney: State’s stage-collapse report blames union
A state report on the state fair stage collapse accuses a stagehands union of five violations in the deadly disaster, according to an attorney who said the union was being made a scapegoat.
Senate panel to consider bill banning school bus fees
The measure is a reaction to Franklin Township's decision last fall to begin charging at least $40 a month per child for bus service.
Indiana House panel leader leery of creationism bill
The leader of the Indiana House Education Committee said Tuesday a proposal specifically allowing public schools to teach creationism alongside evolution in science classes could be unworkable.
Indiana tax collections below target for January
Indiana's state tax collections came in slightly below projections for January, the first monthly shortfall since the new state budget year began last July.
Republic Airlines unit Frontier wants to look more like Spirit
The chief executive at Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. says he's trying to make the airline's money-losing Frontier Airlines unit more like lower-cost rivals Spirit Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.
Super Bowl live stream online attracts 2.1 million viewers
The first live stream of the Super Bowl was the most-watched single-game sports event online, according to NBC.
Indiana high court takes over secretary of state dispute
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to take over the legal battle in which Democrats are trying to have convicted Republican Secretary of State Charlie White replaced by their 2010 candidate for that office.
Marion County judge blocks right-to-work fines
A Marion County judge ordered Indiana House Republicans to return fines levied against House Democrats in the right-to-work battle last year and blocked $1,000-a-day fines levied this year.
State will seek to block Democratic legal move in White case
The Indiana Democratic Party on Monday asked the state appeals court to replace convicted Republican Secretary of State Charlie White with the Democratic candidate White defeated in the 2010 election.
NFL, NBC offering apologies over halftime show
For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered.
Purdue eyes millions in revenue from tech licenses
Companies looking to license and crunch massive amounts of data as part of their product development are turning to Purdue University for help.