In the blogosphere, health-policy experts have given the Senate health reform bill kudos for trying everything under the sun to reduce health care spending, but there are lingering doubts about whether it will really work.
Attorney Tom McKenna of Carmel on Tuesday started a three-day series of appearances across the state to kick off his campaign.
If Congress passes health reform, the number of people buying insurance on their own will more than double by 2016, according
to projections by the Congressional Budget Office, as health reform requires all Americans to have health insurance.
A state Senate committee got a jump-start Tuesday on discussing bills on unemployment taxes and property tax caps and plans
to vote on them next week, about a month before the full Legislature convenes.
The fate of a proposal that would impose a stricter workplace smoking ban in Indianapolis remains up in the air after the
City-County Council voted Monday night to send the bill back to committee for further review.
A former deputy constable is expected to plead guilty to federal charges of conspiracy as part of an investigation into bribery
in the Perry Township constable’s office. As part of the plea, Michael Sherfick is expected to tell federal investigators
about others involved. The investigation focuses on more than $30,000 worth of alleged bribes paid by local businessmen. In
return, investigators say, the businessmen got deputy constable badges and police powers. He’ll also have to say whether any
money was funneled into the political campaigns of constable Roy Houchins and other Marion County Republicans.
A proposal to strengthen Indianapolis’ workplace smoking ban is set to come before the City-County Council on Monday
night, but one of the bill’s sponsors wants to send it back to committee for more work before a final vote.
Mayor Greg Ballard published his book “The Ballard Rules” in 2005. Apparently, the rules do not apply
to Ballard.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he agreed this fall to serve on the board of Tim Durham’s Fair Finance
Co., but changed his mind several weeks later after Durham told him a newspaper was working on an investigative
story about the company.
Opposition is outstripping support for passing health care legislation this year, according to a USAToday/Gallup poll released Tuesday. The phone survey of more than 1,000 Americans found 42 percent against a bill, with 35 percent in favor of it. When respondents were asked how they would urge their member of Congress to vote, 49 percent […]
The state has approved more than $1 billion in university projects in the last 18 months.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge David Hamilton 59-39 on Thursday for a seat on the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals. Hamilton currently sits on Indiana’s Federal District Court. Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar was the only Republican to support
his confirmation. Hamilton was President Obama’s first judicial nominee.
Former state representative and lobbyist Luke Messer thinks Sarah Palin could carry Indiana in a presidential primary.
Doctors for Patient Care says doctors and patients need to get involved in the current debate over health care to preserve the good qualities of the current health care system while fixing its problems.
An aide to Mayor Greg Ballard says he hopes a private operator can find “operating and maintenance savings in the millions."
Mayor Greg Ballard can’t have it both ways with City Market.
Few of us fare well on our own accord. So when as the last time you surprised someone with gratitude?
Health insurance costs have spiked 136 percent in past decade, more than three times more than wage growth.
The state has altered some education rules to get in line with the federal Department of Education’s $4 billion “Race to the
Top” grant program.
Lawmakers meet Tuesday for Organizational Day and will begin debating measures Jan. 5 when the Legislature officially convenes
for a short session.
