The House Natural Resources Committee voted 10-1 to advance the bill last week amid strong support from the National Rifle Association and opposition from business interests and domestic violence advocates.
Anti-tobacco advocates worry cost-cutting move could seriously diminish state’s efforts to curb Hoosier tobacco use.
Indiana’s jobless rate made its biggest increase since mid-2009. Department of Workforce
Development Commissioner Teresa Voors attributed the rise, in part, to a decrease in construction in December.
The bill would limit the amount of Sunday carryout sales from Indiana microbreweries to about three cases per transaction.
A bill aimed at utility customers who install renewable power sources is seriously flawed and would hurt Indiana’s renewable
energy movement, advocates say.
A securities-fraud case Secretary of State Todd Rokita brought against the union last month could make matters worse for the
already hobbled ISTA, blunting its ability to help elect Democrats in November.
Republicans in the Legislature have joined their counterparts in 25 other states in trying to prevent key aspects of reform
from taking effect in Indiana.
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections,
ruling that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates.
The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week.
An Indiana Senate committee plans to consider legislation that would allow riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio
River to relocate inland.
Bill that would prohibit companies from banning guns in people’s locked cars at work is on its way to the Indiana House floor.
Indiana Senate Education Committee votes 8-3 to advance the bill, which now moves to the Senate Appropriation Committee.
Some observers see a parallel to the state’s seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
Lithium battery-maker had requested a Hancock County zoning exemption to establish a manufacturing operation in the Mount
Comfort business park.
Evan Bayh is no Martha Coakley. But on the outside chance Bayh could be beat in this year’s senate race, an opponent might
do best to paint him as an elitist.
Battery maker EnerDel could land $3 million in federal disaster-recovery money that would help bring 200 more jobs to its
facilities on the north side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville.
Mall retailer The Finish Line Inc. has agreed to forfeit a potentially lucrative tax-abatement deal because it won’t be able
to meet a 2008 promise to create almost 200 jobs and invest $24 million at its Indianapolis headquarters.
An Indiana House committee approves legislation that would ban smoking in most public places statewide.
