Local Democrats who have a stronghold on Indianapolis generally oppose intervention from the Republican supermajority that passes policies at the Indiana Statehouse, but Indianapolis Republicans are willing to invite it.
Legislation promoting charity care and payment plans for Hoosier health care patients as well as protecting their paychecks and homes from debt collectors now moves to the House for consideration.
Trump chose current chair Jerome Powell to lead the Fed in 2017 but this year has relentlessly assailed him for not cutting interest rates quickly enough.
Democrats had struck a rare deal with President Donald Trump on Thursday to separate funding for the Homeland Security Department from a broad government spending bill.
Charters within IPS borders could choose not to give control of their school buildings over to the proposed Indianapolis Public Education Corp. under a bill that advanced Thursday.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats won’t provide needed votes until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is “reined in and overhauled.”
The central bank said there are signs the job market has stabilized while it also said growth was “solid,” an upgrade from last month’s characterization as “modest.”
In social media posts Tuesday night, President Trump threw his support behind primary challengers to Sens. Greg Goode of Terre Haute and Spencer Deery of West Lafayette.
Under the original bill, individuals would have been prohibited from suing ride-hailing companies for damages caused by a driver’s behavior, even including sexual assault against a passenger.
The vote comes as immigration enforcement—particularly actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE—has sparked protests, clashes with law enforcement and heightened political tensions in several states, especially in Minnesota.
