Trump administration to roll back Obama climate plan
The Clean Power Plan aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The EPA now is expected to declare the rules exceed federal law.
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Indiana lawmakers hear testimony for, against wind farms
Members of the Indiana Legislature's interim study committee on energy heard more than three hours of testimony from about a dozen people.
White House to order health care insurance alternatives
The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states.
Justice Department issues sweeping religious liberties directive
In an order that could undercut federal protections for LGBT people, Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed agencies Friday to do as much as possible to accommodate those who say their religious freedoms are being violated.
U.S. experiences first monthly hiring decline in nearly seven years
The U.S. shed 33,000 jobs in September because of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which closed thousands of businesses in Texas and Florida and forced widespread evacuations.
Indy GDP keeps up with most peer cities
Indianapolis’ economic performance in recent years has been as good or better than that of most of its peer cities around the Midwest, new government data show.
City hush-hush about Amazon HQ2 bid
Central Indiana is facing crunch time in its push to bid for the Amazon HQ2 project, with pitches to the Seattle-based company due Oct. 19, less than two weeks away.
Little-known lawmaker spends heavily on Indiana Senate bid
State Rep. Mike Braun hopes to upend Indiana's already contentious GOP Senate primary by plunging roughly $800,000 of his own money into his campaign.
Justices seem divided in key case about partisan districts
A seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether to strike down a Wisconsin redistricting plan because it is too partisan, in a case that could affect elections across the country.
Lawrence utility bond rating increases after years of struggle
Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s recently upgraded the rating on the city of Lawrence’s waterworks utility revenue and refunding debt—a move officials say could eventually save taxpayers money.
FDA acts to encourage generic competition for complex drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is opening a new front in its efforts to reduce high drug prices by encouraging development of generic versions of hard-to-make medicines.
Trump may choose Pence ally Verma to replace ousted Price
Mentioned as a possible permanent successor to ousted health secretary Tom Price is former Indiana health care policy consultant Seema Verma, a protege of Vice President Mike Pence.
Former DWD chief used ex-colleagues to build key data tool
Steve Braun says Inquidia Consulting was uniquely qualified to help create the state’s groundbreaking “Demand Driven Workforce System,” which will influence how millions of dollars in training and education money is spent.
Trump plan promises huge tax cuts, but big questions remain
President Donald Trump declared repeatedly the plan would provide badly needed tax relief for the middle class. But there are too many gaps in the proposal to know yet how it actually would affect individual taxpayers and families.
Trump, announcing tax reform plan, hopes to bring ‘wisdom of Indiana’ to Washington
The plan repeals the estate tax and alternative minimum tax, lowers the corporate tax rate, and reduces the number of tax brackets while lowering the highest tax rate. One of the largest boons for the middle class would be that it doubles the standard deduction.
Trump in salesman mode in Indiana as he pushes tax-cut plan
Speaking at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, President Donald Trump warned Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, a Democrat, to support his tax-cut plan.
Trump, GOP tax plan would cut rates for many Americans
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching, $5 trillion plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for corporations and for individuals, simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most Americans.
GOP concedes on last-gasp attempt to repeal Obamacare
Senate Republicans, short of votes, abandoned their latest and possibly final attempt to kill the health care law Tuesday, just ahead of a critical end-of-the-week deadline.
Trump, GOP weigh surtax on wealthy, doubled deduction
On the eve of the grand rollout of the plan, details emerged on Capitol Hill on Tuesday while Trump personally appealed to House Republicans and Democrats at the White House to get behind his proposal.
Donnelly flying to Indiana with Trump for tax-cut speech
Sen. Joe Donnelly will fly home to Indiana aboard Air Force One with Donald Trump on Wednesday to catch the president's speech at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.