As the Indiana General Assembly nears the finish of its 2013 session, legislators hope to find homes for initiatives that struggled to win approval on their own, such as backing improvements to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and expanding the state’s school voucher program.
The governor spent Saturday in Kokomo, Elwood and Tipton with U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, assessing swampy conditions and meeting with displaced residents.
Legislators are hammering out a modest expansion of the state’s school voucher program following a meeting of House and Senate lawmakers.
The Indiana House Speaker said he’s considering changes to rules governing what lawmakers must disclose about their personal and financial ties, after learning about a powerful state rep’s work helping a client of his lobbyist daughter.
Prodding by legislative leaders and an epidemic of Hoosier common have led to compromises on contentious issues.
The Indianapolis area’s largest employers have spent millions of dollars studying and promoting regional mass transit, but if the idea is going to get past the Legislature, they might have to put money into the $1.3 billion system as well.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is among 17 mayors of large U.S. cities that joined a new infrastructure task force convened by the Clinton Global Initiative.
City officials will have at least four proposals to consider for redevelopment of a downtown parking lot where Market Square Arena once stood. Bids are due to the city by April 22.
Grand Design RV in Middlebury on Thursday said it plans to locate its headquarters and manufacturing operations in the Elkhart County town about 30 miles east of South Bend.
Republican state senators have blocked a vote on a bill that would force Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax this summer.
While arguing for a 10-percent cut in the state's income tax, Pence also said he would like to see a quicker phase-out of the state's inheritance tax.
Issues that remain undecided include the income tax cut sought by Gov. Mike Pence and a proposed expansion of the private school voucher program.
State lawmakers have given final approval to a two-year extension of regulations on temporary outdoor stage rigging developed after the deadly Indiana State Fair stage collapse.
Legislation overhauling Indiana's specialty auto license plate system has been approved by lawmakers and is on its way to Gov. Mike Pence.
House and Senate negotiators will take into account a rosier revenue forecast when they begin meeting Wednesday for the first of a series of meetings that will determine the final shape of Indiana’s next state budget.
A state investigation has turned up possible environmental-rule violations by a Fishers-based utility company related to the sewage overflow last December.
City rejects proposals from four private-sector real estate teams and signs a 10-year lease extension with the existing building manager.
Indiana legislators have given final approval to a bill tightening the limits on how much consumers can buy of cold and allergy pills often used to make methamphetamine.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials and Indiana State Police feel good about their security plan for this year's Indy 500 and won't remove trash cans from the track in response to deadly blasts at the Boston Marathon.
Indianapolis will increase security at upcoming events such as the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon and Komen Race for the Cure, but spectators likely won’t notice the changes, Troy Riggs said.
