New U.S. 31 bypass around Kokomo opening Tuesday
The bypass will allow drivers to avoid 15 traffic signals on the highway's current route through the city.
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J&J to pay $2.5B to settle hip replacement suits
The agreement is one of the largest ever for the medical device industry. It resolves an estimated 8,000 cases of patients who had to have the company’s metal ball-and-socket hip implant removed or replaced. The implants were made by J&J’s Indiana-based DePuy unit.
Corporations still deal-shy even as stocks surge
Mergers and acquisitions are lagging this year, even as the market notches a series of record highs and is headed for its best year in a decade.
Same-sex marriage battle could focus on language
The success of a sparsely-worded constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage could hinge on whether lawmakers remove a key sentence expanding its reach, House and Senate Republican leaders said Tuesday.
Muncie OKs consolidating two high schools into one
School board members voted 4-1 Monday night in favor of turning Southside High School into a middle school and moving its students to Central High School.
Schroder named interim commissioner of Indiana BMV
Kent Schroder has served as the BMV chief of staff since June 1 after serving as its chief information officer since 2005.
Marriage, education fights may crowd 2014 session
House Speaker Brian Bosma and Senate President Pro Tem David Long detailed their 2014 legislative priorities Monday along with House Minority Leader Scott Pelath and Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane.
Dow, S&P 500 hit records before closing lower
The stock market broke through two milestones Monday before giving up nearly all its gains late in the day.
New $754M Indy hospital offers sun-filled design
From the spiraling wooden sculpture suspended from the ceiling in the main concourse to the vegetable garden on the roof, the brand-new Eskenazi Hospital keeps you wondering what you will see around the next corner.
Pence seeks national group’s help in education fight
Mike Pence asked a national school boards group to step into an ongoing power struggle with Indiana Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz on Friday, an offer she said was meaningless unless he deals with her directly.
House GOP gets its say on insurance cancellations
Republicans renewed an assault on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and his credibility on Friday as they pushed toward House passage of a measure to let insurers keep selling health coverage that falls short of the law’s strict standards.
Longtime insurance watchdog ends 40-year-old newsletter
The Insurance Forum, an independent newsletter based in central Indiana and read by industry leaders and consumer advocates across the continent, has placed its last issue in the mail.
U.S. factory production rises for 3rd straight month
Manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent last month, up from 0.1 percent in September, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. Overall industrial production, however, fell 0.1 percent.
Tipton County won’t stop work at Chrysler plant over permits
Three residents have appealed the Tipton County planning director’s decision to extend without public notice the building permit originally given to Getrag, which stopped construction at the factory in 2008.
Indiana insurance department studying Obama proposal
Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner Logan Harrison says the Department of Insurance doesn't yet know whether state regulators have the legal authority to approve reversals.
Ex-Indiana schools chief faces ethics complaint
Indiana's top ethics official has filed a complaint against former schools Superintendent Tony Bennett for using state resources for political reasons.
Obama allows customers to keep canceled policies
Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes to his health care law to give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.
Funding for Mounds Reservoir study moves ahead
The state will provide a $600,000 grant for the next phase in a proposed project to build a $400 million reservoir in central Indiana.
Toyota to quit making Camrys in Lafayette
The Japanese manufacturer plans to stop building cars at the Subaru factory after the contract between the companies ends in 2016.
701 Hoosiers choose Obamacare plans at rollout
The administration says fewer than 27,000 people managed to enroll for health insurance last month in the 36 states relying on the problem-filled federal website for President Barack Obama’s overhaul.