Nearly 100 Indiana post offices to undergo review
The financially-troubled U.S. Postal agency announced Tuesday that it will study more than 3,600 offices, branches and stations throughout the nation for possible closing.
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Military accounting firm closing; 84 jobs lost
Virginia-based Kearney & Co., an accounting firm that provides financial services for the federal government, will close its office at the Defense Finance and Accounting Services Center on the east side, resulting in the loss of 84 jobs.
Birth control coverage required in U.S. health plan
Health insurers led by WellPoint Inc. would be required to cover birth control pills and devices at no cost to patients under the recommendation of a top U.S. scientific advisory board.
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Lugar going on TV early in 2012 Senate race
Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is attacking President Barack Obama and showing himself with former President Ronald Reagan in his first campaign ad in what will likely be a tough re-election contest.
Former federal prosecutor plans run against Burton
Susan Brooks announced Tuesday she will challenge Dan Burton in the May 2012 Republican primary to represent Indiana's 5th District.
Senators propose immediate end to ethanol credit
Two senators from ethanol-producing states proposed Thursday to immediately end a tax credit for the corn-based fuel and agreeing to support shifting some of that money to debt reduction.
HICKS: Without real cuts, cost of borrowing will rise
What is abundantly clear is that federal spending is much higher than is currently sustainable.
HICKS: Founding document holds lessons for today
The Declaration of Independence has some key tenets that bear mentioning in these times.
Lugar pushes energy savings, more oil production
Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar is pushing a national energy plan he says will save billions of dollars by increasing domestic oil production and improving energy efficiency.
Quarterly lobbying bill adds up to $2.5M for Lilly
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. raised its spending 8 percent from the $2.3 million that it spent in the first quarter of last year. The drugmaker also spent 70 percent more than the $1.5 million recorded in the final quarter of 2010, according to lobbying reports filed with the House of Representatives.
WellPoint spent $1.5M lobbying feds in first quarter
WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer based on membership, spent about $1.5 million lobbying the federal government in the first quarter, as the health care overhaul debuted a new restriction that concerned managed care companies.
State appeals injunction blocking abortion law
Indiana's attorney general has appealed a judge's decision blocking part of new abortion law that took away some of the public funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana.
Planned Parenthood defunding blocked
Planned Parenthood of Indiana expects to resume offering services to Medicaid patients following a judge's ruling that the state is not allowed to cut off the organization's public funding for general health services solely because it also provides abortions.
Congressmen back Carbon Motors’ loan request
Most of Indiana's congressional delegation is supporting an Indiana company's request for a federal loan they say would help create perhaps 1,500 jobs building high-tech police vehicles in Connersville.
Judge grills attorney for state over immigration law
A federal judge grilled an attorney for the state of Indiana on Monday about the state's new immigration law, questioning how police would enforce the law and saying one of its provisions conflicts with federal law.
State gets week to respond in Planned Parenthood case
A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Indiana a week to respond to the Obama administration's decision siding with Planned Parenthood of Indiana in an attempt to block the state's new abortion funding law.
Feds support Planned Parenthood in defunding case
The U.S. Justice Department entered the court battle over a tough new Indiana abortion law that disqualifies Planned Parenthood of Indiana from the Medicaid program, siding with the organization in its request Thursday for a court order blocking the statute as unconstitutional.
Arguments filed in Planned Parenthood case
A federal judge received final arguments Tuesday in Planned Parenthood of Indiana's request to block a tough new abortion law that makes Indiana the first state disqualifying the organization from providing general health services under Medicaid and taking away $1.4 million of its public funding.
Economic indicators signal lower prices ahead
Consumers are spending cautiously in the face of still-high gasoline and grocery-store prices, slowing economic growth. But some relief could be on the way.
Hubbard tapped to advise Pawlenty
Al Hubbard, the Indianapolis businessman who led a White House economic panel during President George W. Bush’s administration, has thrown his support to Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty.