Bennett hires top-flight defense in ethics case
Larry Mackey and Jason Barclay are representing former state education chief Tony Bennett in his case before the State Ethics Commission.
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Indiana charter school backers fret about losing movement’s edge
State lawmakers inadvertently made it too easy for poor-performing schools to stay open, some advocates say.
Lawmakers – or most of them – return to start 2014 session
Snow-covered roads and frigid temperatures nearly kept the state's House and Senate from getting the quorum each chamber needed to launch the 2014 Indiana General Assembly on Tuesday.
Indiana lawmakers returning for busy session
The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their first meetings of the session Tuesday afternoon, following a one-day delay because of the heavy snow and subzero temperatures that hit the state.
Showdown set on unemployment bill in U.S. Senate
The new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and Republicans decidedly unenthusiastic about supporting more spending.
Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve
Janet Yellen, 67, will replace Ben Bernanke, who is stepping down after serving as chairman for eight years dominated by the Great Recession and the Fed's efforts to combat it.
UPDATE: Pence considers emergency in 29 counties
The governor said state government operations will resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The General Assembly plans to return at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Analysis: ‘Short sessions’ quickly becoming political slogs
Increasingly inside the Statehouse, “short session” no longer a term to be confused with an inconsequential gathering of the state’s lawmakers.
Crux of Medicaid showdown is how to fight poverty
When Gov. Mike Pence tries next month to negotiate a Medicaid expansion deal in a meeting with the Obama administration, it will be a clash of the conservative and liberal approaches to fighting poverty.
‘Ban the box’ proposal heads for Indianapolis council
Indianapolis 'ban the box' initiative would affect hiring practices for the city, its vendors and economic development partners.
Hicks: North Korea is epitome of an economic system
The U.S. economy is not a system; it is a series of markets that by their very nature cannot be organized. The People’s Republic of Korea is the contemporary bastion of economic systems; North Korea is the most centrally planned state of modern times.
FEIGENBAUM: Pence’s ‘road map’ puts Legislature in driver’s seat
Each Hoosier governor brings his own style to his legislative agenda and relationship with the Indiana General Assembly.
MERRITT: Reconsider nuclear energy
Renewable or reliable? That is the unavoidable choice when debating energy policy. For Indiana, you can have one, but not the other.
RUSTHOVEN: Jacobs was a true public servant
The death of former congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. is a sad year-end note for all who knew him during and after his decades of service.
MAURER: Catching up before moving ahead
A look back at some of the topics and people I wrote about in 2013.
No one likes Obamacare
Obamacare has officially arrived, but both conservatives and liberals are calling it awful. That means the real debate over health reform is just beginning.
Crouch sworn in as Indiana’s new auditor
Crouch is the third person to hold the office – which oversees the state’s payroll and financial transactions – in the past six months.
NEWSMAKERS: Tony Bennett & Glenda Ritz
In November 2012, Democrat Glenda Ritz defeated Republican Tony Bennett in the race for Indiana’s superintendent of public instruction. But the two never stopped fighting each other.
Over 50-plus years, lawyer helped shape modern Indianapolis
George Rubin, one of the principal architects of Unigov, will retire at the end of the year at age 81. As a legislator, he also created the Indiana Uniform Consumer Credit Code.
Aviation report finds that airline delays are undercounted
On-time statistics for such carriers as United, American and Delta don’t include tardy flights by their regional partners, such as Indianapolis-based Republic Airways.