U.S. economic growth slows to crawl in fourth quarter
Much of the weakness last quarter reflected a slowdown in consumer spending, which grew at an annual rate of just 2.2 percent, compared with a 3 percent rate in the previous quarter.
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Union backers say bill could wreck state teacher pay system
Teachers in high-demand jobs—like science, math or foreign language—would be free to try to negotiate better pay even beyond what their school’s union scales allow under a bill the Indiana House will consider next week.
Bill to stop drug offenders from buying cold meds advances
Indiana drug offenders won't be able to buy cold medicine containing a common ingredient to make methamphetamine without a prescription under a bill passed by a Senate panel Thursday.
Senate leader says gay rights bill to be called for a vote
A bill that would extend civil rights protections to lesbian, gay and bisexual—but not transgender—people is expected to be voted on by the Indiana Senate next week, even if it goes down in defeat.
Bosma cool to gay-rights bill
After a Senate committee advanced a civil rights bill that excluded transgender people and included several caveats, House Speaker Brian Bosma said Thursday that he has “yet to talk to someone who thinks the bill is a good idea.”
INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE: Required Work One visits move jobless off assistance
The Department of Workforce Development finds that 30 percent of people move off unemployment after they receive notice that they must visit a Work One center. In most cases, the worker finds a new job; in a few cases, the culprit is fraud.
UPDATE: Future income tax cut added to road-funding plan
A future 5 percent cut in Indiana's individual income tax rates is being added to a legislative proposal that would boost gasoline and cigarette taxes to increase road funding.
Proposed regulations for FanDuel, DraftKings head to Senate
A bill regulating daily fantasy sports games such as FanDuel and DraftKings received unanimously support from an Indiana Senate committee Wednesday.
Indiana panel OKs allowing prescriptions for cold meds
Under the revised proposal, pharmacists will have the option of requiring a pseudoephedrine prescription for some customers.
Gay-rights bill that leaves out transgender protections advances
A Senate committee on Wednesday narrowly advanced a bill that would extend civil rights protections to gay and lesbian Hoosiers but punt the issue of transgender discrimination to a study committee, as well as offer religious exemptions for clergy and other groups.
House panel OKs bill limiting environmental rulemaking
An Indiana House committee has narrowly advanced a bill that would prohibit state agencies from enacting environmental rules and standards tougher than federal regulations.
‘Super RFRA’ bill dies; LGBT rights bills set for testimony
Sen. Mike Young, an Indianapolis Republican, said critics who “fear monger” had mischaracterized his proposal, which would have thrown out the state’s religious freedom law and replaced it with more robust protections for worship, speech and bearing arms.
Bill letting police withhold video clears Indiana House
A proposal giving Indiana law enforcement agencies broad authority to withhold police body camera video is advancing in the state Legislature.
Lawmakers hear another pitch for cold-medicine prescriptions
Supporters of a proposal to allow pharmacists to require prescriptions to buy medicine with pseudoephedrine say the requirement is the only way to curb Indiana's methamphetamine problem.
Survey: Religious freedom law costly for convention business
Indiana might have lost as much as $60 million in hotel profits and other economic benefits when a dozen groups decided against hosting conventions in Indianapolis last year possibly because of the controversy surrounding the religious freedom law.
New license plate to benefit recycling programs
Proceeds from its sale will support the Indiana Recycling Coalition’s statewide recycling programs and efforts to educate Hoosiers about environmental sustainability.
Indiana Supreme Court rules for Zionsville in border war with Whitestown
The decision allows Zionsville to remain merged with Perry Township and keep the position of mayor.
Proposal for cold medicine prescriptions being scaled back
The new version of the Indiana bill would classify pseudoephedrine in a way that most consumers would be able to buy it, but pharmacists could require a prescription from suspicious customers.
Gregg vows pragmatism over ideology during speech
Democratic candidate for governor John Gregg took aim at Gov. Mike Pence in a speech Thursday after months of keeping a low profile.
Senate passes bill to open adoption records
Adoptees born between 1941 and 1994 would be able to access their birth records under a bill passed Thursday by the Indiana Senate.