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Agency’s advocates express relief but say new structure leaves anti-smoking efforts vulnerable to politics.
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Agency’s advocates express relief but say new structure leaves anti-smoking efforts vulnerable to politics.
OrthoIndy, the physician practice that owns the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, was able to open a new outpatient facility this spring by working around growth restrictions in the 2010 health care reform law. But its choices for further growth are much starker—which is why it’s lobbying to repeal that provision of the law.
Indiana University Health is now quietly unwinding the physician ownership of its hospitals in Carmel and Avon—which sparked loud controversy when they opened in 2004 and 2005.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says he supports asking the state Supreme Court to revisit its recent ruling that found people don't have the right to resist police officers who enter their homes illegally.
The Indianapolis metropolitan area is among 33 nationwide that have been eliminated from a federal Homeland Security grant program for 2011.
Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana has announced plans to raise tuition 3 percent, meaning a typical full-time student would see a $50 increase per semester for the next two years. A public hearing on the proposal is set for June 1. An Ivy Tech spokesperson said the increase will help meet staffing needs to keep up with student enrollment. The college surpassed record enrollment this spring.
A Lawrence Township school bus was involved in a crash at 52nd Street and Pendleton Pike just after 8 a.m. Friday. According to police, both vehicles were headed east on Pendleton Pike when the mulch truck attempted to pull into a gas station. The bus driver was not able to stop in time and rear-ended the mulch truck. About 40 students were on the bus. Three complained of pain and were taken to a hospital to be checked out, along with the bus driver.
Foggy conditions may have played a role in a Friday morning crash that killed one person at State Road 37 and Essig Avenue north of Noblesville. A car with two people aboard was headed south on SR 37 at about 4:15 a.m. when another car heading north crossed the center line and hit it head-on. The driver of the southbound car, a woman in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger was taken to Methodist Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the northbound car was also taken to a hospital.
The Indiana Supreme Court says the state recount commission should proceed with reconsidering whether Secretary of State Charlie White was a valid candidate for the office to which he was elected.
The $68.6 million invested in Indiana companies through the first quarter comes close to approaching the $79.3 million total that venture capital firms invested in the state in all of 2010.
In a poll about the cost of gasoline, 71 percent said rising prices will cause some hardship for them and their family, including 41 percent who called it a "serious" hardship.
Despite a decrease in private sector jobs, Indiana’s unemployment rate in April dropped 0.3 percentage points, to 8.2 percent, the lowest it’s been since December 2008.
Indiana drivers can now review online records including citations, suspensions and violations without paying a fee.
Indy actress earns high marks for riviting supporting performance in show that premiered at the IRT.
A new brief in a lawsuit against former CEO Don Marsh alleges he had an affair with a Russian ice ballet director, bankrolled with company funds.
A smaller budget and new selection process for Indianapolis’ crime-prevention grant program has thrown some local not-for-profits for a loop.
U.S. insurers led by WellPoint Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. failed to get federal regulators to change a rule in the 2010 health-care overhaul that triggers a review of any premium increases exceeding 10 percent.
Attorneys for Marsh Supermarkets say the grocery chain's former president defrauded the company of millions of dollars, using it as his "personal piggy bank" to fund extramarital relationships.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels believes tackling the national debt should be a focus of anyone running for the White House.