House passes bill to restrict legal claims against companies
Changes mandated in the bill could help reduce legal costs for businesses by putting up more hurdles to bringing class-action lawsuits in federal court.
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Mayor calls on VA to halt Crown Hill cemetery project
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett on Wednesday said his “dream” would be for the Crown Hill North Woods to become part of the city’s park system.
Lawyer: Pence’s AOL account adds new wrinkle to civil case
An Indianapolis lawyer suing Vice President Mike Pence for refusing to release public records as Indiana’s governor says his case should get a fresh look after revelations that the Republican used a private AOL email account to conduct state business.
Pharma stocks slide after new tweet from Trump on drug prices
Share of Eli Lilly and Co. and numerous other drug industry stocks fell Tuesday morning after the president sent a tweet promising to lower medicine costs for American people.
U.S. House GOP releases bill to replace Obamacare
House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation Wednesday, launching what could be the year's defining battle in Congress and capping seven years of Republican vows to repeal the troubled 2010 law.
Caterpillar offices raided by feds
The exact reason for the raid was unclear, but the manufacturer told the SEC in a filing last month that the IRS believes it owed $2 billion more in taxes for the years 2010 to 2012 due to profits from its Swiss unit.
Pence used private email account to conduct state business
Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct public business as Indiana's governor, according to public records. The practice raises security questions, but doesn’t violate Indiana law.
Trump’s nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid advances
Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma was approved by the Finance Committee on a 13-12 party-line vote.
Republicans in Indiana warn of potential health repeal fallout
Republican legislative leaders in Indiana are warning that repealing the Affordable Care Act could unravel a program for poor residents that Vice President Mike Pence implemented as governor.
Coats promises he’ll provide Trump with nonpolitical intelligence
Dan Coats sought to tamp down tensions between President Donald Trump and U.S. intelligence agencies, assuring former Senate colleagues at his confirmation hearing that he would act independently as director of national intelligence.
Coats caught in middle as Trump takes on intelligence agencies
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats is likely to face tough questioning because President Donald Trump has nominated him to supervise the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies while they’re mired in explosive investigations.
White House: Trump budget will hike defense spending by $54B
To counter defense-spending increases, the president plans to propose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid.
Report: White House nixed CMS hire over IBJ column critical of Trump
Politico has reported that the Trump White House was not impressed with a 2016 column in which local Republican strategist Marcus Barlow said Trump was “offensive and ignorant” but not a racist.
Anthem’s loveless marriage heads toward predictable end
Doubters about the $48 billion Anthem-Cigna merger have been in abundance from the start—both on antitrust grounds and on concerns over cultural fit.
Trump health pick from Indiana says Medicaid needs major overhaul
Indiana health care consulting executive Seema Verma on Thursday testified before the Senate Finance Committee on her nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.
Trump’s trade rhetoric casts uncertainty over Indiana exporters
Changes in trade policy would reverberate across Indiana, given its status in a new Brookings Institution study as the most export-dependent state in the country.
Feds dole out aid for workers hit by trade-related job losses
Employees at 45 Indiana workplaces—including 11 in the Indianapolis area—applied for federal assistance in the past 13 months because they believed they were victims of trade-related job losses.
Pick for Medicare post faces questions on Indiana contracts
A review by The Associated Press found Seema Verma and her small Indianapolis-based firm made millions through consulting agreements with at least nine states while also working under contract for Hewlett Packard.
DuPont, spinoff to pay $671M in chemical leak case
More than 3,500 federal and state lawsuits allege that the DuPont Co. Washington Works plant, near Parkersburg, West Virginia, had dumped perfluorooctanoic acid into the Ohio River.
Dying patients have Pence’s backing on ‘right to try’ policy
Vice President Mike Pence may have just picked another fight with pharmaceutical companies—one that doesn’t involve drug prices.