Officials for the Indy-based, international service group are lowering attendance projections from 10,000 to 7,000, as registrations lag and members criticize the religious freedom law. Some are calling for the group to move its headquarters.
As the backlash intensifies over the religious freedom law in Indiana, the GOP’s leading White House contenders have been drawn into a messy clash that highlights the party’s strong opposition to same-sex marriage and threatens to inject social issues into the 2016 presidential primary season.
Indiana lawmakers proposed changes Tuesday to a GOP-backed bill that would repeal the law that sets wages for public construction projects.
The state Senate voted 36-12 Tuesday to give final approval to the bill, sending it to Gov. Mike Pence.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Tuesday during a news conference at the Indiana State Library that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that the state's new religious freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
A message on the home page of www.visitindy.com says that all are welcome to visit the city, and a separate page highlights some of the businesses that support the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community.
Indiana-based companies including Eli Lilly and Co. and Anthem Inc. sent a letter to state leaders Monday asking them to enact legislation clarifying the state’s new religious-freedom law.
Amid growing criticism, Republican legislative leaders said they are working on adding language to the religious freedom law to make it clear that the measure does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Indiana's Republican legislative leaders said Monday they're working on adding language to a new state law to make it clear that it doesn't allow discrimination against gays and lesbians, while Democrats countered that a full repeal is the only way to stem the widespread criticism.
Centaur Gaming plans to release an annual report this week that plays up its charitable contributions and tax payments as state senators debate whether to allow the company to add live dealers at its central Indiana racetrack casinos.
Because Four Winds Casino would be on land-in-trust controlled by a Native American tribe, it would not be subject to the same tax and regulatory system as other casinos in Indiana.
The governor said he’s been in discussions with legislative leaders this weekend. He expects that a clarification bill will be introduced this coming week to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act he signed Thursday.
Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle, a Republican who gave at least $150,000 to help elect Gov. Mike Pence, on Saturday explained why Pence and Republican state lawmakers left him no choice but to call off his company's $40 million Indianapolis headquarters expansion.
Angie’s List Inc. said Saturday that it is canceling plans for a major expansion to its east-side headquarters “as a result of the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” The project was expected to create 1,300 jobs by the end of 2019.
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Inc., has added his name to the list of business leaders who don’t like Indiana’s new “religious freedom restoration” law.
Indiana lawmakers will have a slightly extended break from the Statehouse while the NCAA men's basketball Final Four is in Indianapolis.
Racetrack casinos would have to wait until 2021 to get live dealers at table games under a proposed Senate amendment to a gambling bill that has already passed the House.
Legislation to regulate the liquids used in vaping and e-cigarettes was put on hold Thursday as senators began to consider possible changes to the bill.
Senate Bill 412 reflects Gov. Mike Pence’s policy on energy efficiency, which he promised to craft after allowing the Energizing Indiana program to be terminated in 2014.
NCAA President Mark Emmert says the association is keeping an eye on the impact of the "Religious Freedom Restoration" bill that Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Thursday.
