Indiana sends Congress tab for illegal immigration
Indiana's budget director calculates illegal immigrants have cost Indiana $130.9 million.
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Fed grant to help female Indiana ex-cons
An Indianapolis not-for-profit is receiving a $1.5 million federal grant to provide job training and support services to girls or women who formerly were incarcerated.
High court health care decision good for some, not others
The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama's historic overhaul is expected to boost many players in the health care industry, but not every corner of the sector will benefit.
State scrubs contractor-financing plan for U.S. 31
INDOT still plans to complete project three years sooner with traditional financing.
Indiana leads region in income growth
The first-quarter report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics put Indiana on par with national growth and ahead of surrounding states.
Daniels says legislators to decide Medicaid change
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he wants to make sure he understands the Supreme Court ruling upholding the health care law before deciding how the state will respond.
High court ruling opens Medicaid escape hatch for states
While upholding President Obama’s health care law, the U.S. Supreme Court may have created a way out for states that do not want to expand their Medicaid programs. Whether Indiana decides to opt out remains to be seen.
High court ruling could leave 290K Hoosiers uncovered
A decision by Indiana to leave its Medicaid program unchanged could leave as many as 290,000 Hoosier adults, who would have been newly eligible for Medicaid coverage, with no good options.
Commission to recommend more limits on local TIFs
A study commission on tax-increment financing will vote Thursday evening on a set of policy recommendations that would limit the use of TIF districts in Indianapolis.
U.S. health-care overhaul upheld by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, preserving most of a law that would expand insurance to millions of people and transform an industry that makes up 18 percent of the nation’s economy.
Pence wants moratorium on new business regulations
Mike Pence said that if elected governor, he’ll issue an executive order against new regulations and ask his budget office to review existing rules to ensure they use the least-costly approach and aren’t burdensome to job-creation efforts.
Covance plans $150M expansion, 465 jobs in Greenfield
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
Haynes plans $23.5M expansion, 40 more jobs in Kokomo
Kokomo-based Haynes International Inc. plans a $23.5 million project to increase production at a central Indiana factory where it makes specialty metal plates and sheets for the aerospace and other industries.
American Legion challenges Indiana smoking ban
An American Legion post in northeastern Indiana has asked a federal judge to put a hold on a statewide smoking ban set to take effect Sunday.
ACLU: Arizona ruling shows Indiana law is invalid
A lawyer who challenged Indiana's immigration law in federal court says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision blocking part of a similar law in Arizona shows the Indiana law is unconstitutional.
High court rejects part of Arizona immigration law
The Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. But the court said Monday that one much-debated part of the law could go forward.
Court rejects corporate campaign spending limits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reaffirmed its 2-year-old decision allowing corporations to spend freely to influence elections. The justices struck down a Montana law limiting corporate campaign spending.
Indiana politicians reassess role of higher ed as economy lags
After accepting the post of Purdue University president, Gov. Mitch Daniels finds himself at the heart of the debate over the value of a traditional college degree versus its cost and the needs of employers who simply want skilled workers.
Analysis: How stocks will fare in ruling on health care law
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Affordable Care Act by the end of June. Here’s a roundup of how health care businesses would be affected under four different scenarios.
Attorney general ties $6M for fair victims to private settlement
To get some of the additional $6 million the state is offering, victims of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse would agree to clear Mid America Sound and J. Thomas Engineering of any wrongdoing. In return, they also would get a portion of $7.2 million the companies are offering.