HETRICK: A Greenwood High School senior stands up for individual rights.
Contrary to popular-but-uninformed belief, religion is a matter of civil liberties, not majority rule.
Contrary to popular-but-uninformed belief, religion is a matter of civil liberties, not majority rule.
The law, which takes effect July 1, lets workers keep guns locked out of sight in their vehicles while parked on their employers’
property.
Beginning July 1, employees will be able to bring guns to work. A labor lawyer says employers will need to get creative.
Attorneys general in at least 13 states have signaled they intend to challenge the constitutionality of the legislation in
court.
The potential flaws in this bill are so enormous that to opponents of the bill it looks like planned failure, designed to usher in a national health service.
State attorney general says the federal health care law raises serious constitutional questions, including whether Congress
has the authority to enact a mandate that most Americans purchase health insurance.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is fast becoming critic-in-chief of the health reform law.
Concerns about separation of church and state have prompted a national watchdog group to express reservations.
Several Republicans had objected to Dawn Johnsen's criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation
policies.
Eighteen states, including Indiana, argue the federal government cannot force citizens to buy health insurance coverage.
Investors who had challenged the bankruptcy sale, including the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, had argued that Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner violated the Constitution by using TARP money to finance the sale, and had their arguments overruled
in the appeals court.
Tasked with boosting Indiana’s economy following the Great Recession, the 2010 General Assembly tinkered at the edges
by passing a handful of incentives meant to spur small-business growth.
The property tax caps that are all but sure to become part of the Indiana constitution after a voter referendum
this November
are definitely good politics—and might prove to be good policy. We won’t know for sure until we see what becomes
of two property-tax funded entities that are starving as the caps fully phase in.
Republican Sen. Mike Delph of Carmel said he’ll introduce such legislation for Indiana if Congress and the Obama administration
do not act on illegal immigration.
The state has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed, claiming that the districts don't have the authority to challenge the
constitutionality of a state law.
Both Democrats seeking their party's nomination for Indiana secretary of state are critics of the state's voter identification
law, which they would have a role in enforcing as the top state election official.
Critics have argued that the law, which requires voters to show a photo ID to cast a ballot, violates the state constitution
because it isn’t applied equally to all voters. Those who vote by mail don't have to prove their identity.
The latest batch of Indiana laws takes effect Thursday, with new provisions raising the age at which teenagers can get driver's
licenses and requiring ID checks for everyone buying alcohol.