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Raising teacher pay likely to be hot topic for Indiana lawmakers in 2019

November 14, 2018

As top lawmakers—Republicans and Democrats—prepare to craft the next two-year state budget, they have been in talks about how money could be set aside for teachers and other educators.

Richard Feldman: Move to cut nicotine in smokes could be game changer

November 13, 2018

It is rather surprising that the FDA has moved so soon to regulate the nicotine content of cigarettes. It’s a bold and radical move that I thought would not take place for years.

E-cigarettes facing new sales restrictions from FDA

November 9, 2018

New limitations will be placed on e-cigarettes, according to a senior FDA official, restricting sales of many popular fruit flavors amid what the health agency has called an epidemic of youth use.

Tobacco, opioid epidemics claimed 14,200 Hoosier lives in 2017, studies say

October 29, 2018

Two reports, sponsored by the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, say the state should not let up in fighting twin scourges that claim thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars in health care costs and lost productivity.

Duo to open Hamilton County’s first CBD dispensary

October 25, 2018

Vape and Wellness is expected to open this month in a 1,400-square-foot store near Kroger on Logan Street in Noblesville.

Curt Smith: Why we should raise ‘fees’ on tobacco use

October 11, 2018

Although there is no guarantee the projected $350 million it generates will all end up covering health care expenditures, hopefully the Legislature will dedicate it to public health spending.

Panel discusses opioids, rising health care costs and more

October 3, 2018

Below are excerpts from the panel discussion at the Sept. 28 Health Care & Benefits Power Breakfast. Paul Ashley: I generally think the market will self-correct, and I believe that’s what Hoosiers prefer is sort of an open market. The one place I’m challenged by this is in the movement we’ve had recently with micro […]

Bryan Mills: Higher tobacco tax equals lower health care costs

September 19, 2018

Research suggests that a 10 percent increase in the cost of cigarettes cuts the number of pregnant smokers 7 percent and reduces the number of kids who smoke by a similar percentage.

State signs $77M contract to upgrade tax administration technology

September 5, 2018

The Department of Revenue will install and implement the new technology over four years, modernizing a system that has been in use for more than 25 years.

Thunderbird owner planning price-conscious bar, restaurant by UIndy campus

August 23, 2018

Joshua Gonzales, who is a partner in the new venture, expects Jailbird to feel approachable with neighborhood-friendly pub food and easily affordable drink options.

Bill Oesterle: Pledge requires creative anti-smoking effort

June 20, 2018

The best way to reduce smoking is to tax the hell out of it and use the tax dollars to fund programs that help people quit.

Study: State should spend more on smoking-prevention efforts

June 13, 2018

Indiana spent $8.2 million in federal and state dollars in 2016 on programs to prevent people from smoking, help them quit, and protect people from secondhand smoke, the study said.

BOHANON & CUROTT: Currency failure kills hope—and people—in Venezuela

May 16, 2018

The collapse of the currency is staggering. The yearly inflation rate is now over 18,000 percent.

Sunday sales, software bills become law

March 21, 2018

Here is a rundown of key issues from the 2018 legislative session, and where they stand:

BOHANON & CUROTT: Financial aid frees up funds for alternate uses

March 1, 2018

An underappreciated principle of economics is the fungibility of resources.

EDITORIAL: Familiar failures at Statehouse

February 14, 2018

In a session mostly void of distracting social issues, legislators haven’t been able to pass—or even muster a vote—on a host of high-profile measures, some of which have been rattling around the Statehouse for years.

Indiana House Republicans kill bill to raise smoking age to 21

January 31, 2018

House Republicans justified the decision, stating that their calculations indicate the change would cost state government $14 million a year in lost cigarette tax revenue.

House panel approves bill to raise state smoking age from 18 to 21

January 29, 2018

Lawmakers stripped a provision from the bill that would have boosted the cigarette tax from 99 cents a pack to $2.99.

IU among 17 universities opposing anti-smoking group with tobacco ties

January 26, 2018

Deans of public health schools at IU, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and other universities said the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World is too closely tied to an industry that sells deadly products to millions.

Indiana House calls for study of medical marijuana

January 25, 2018

The resolution was approved Thursday without opposition and comes after 29 other states have passed laws allowing medical marijuana in some form.

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