New Indiana laws ban eyeball tattoos, protect renting rights
While many of the Legislature’s most attention-grabbing ideas—like legal Sunday retail alcohol sales—have already become law, more are set to take effect on Sunday.
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Indiana’s bicentennial plaza fountain broken after 1 year
Indiana Department of Administration spokeswoman Molly Deuberry Craft said repairing the $1.1 million fountain will cost an estimated $92,000.
Local firms bristle at Supreme Court sales tax ruling
The ruling allowing states to require retailers to collect sales taxes from online customers could mean millions of dollars of tax revenue. But a number of Hoosier companies say the ruling creates more questions than answers—and could lay a heavy burden on some small businesses.
City commuters brace for closures to key portions of Interstate 65
The project will close both directions of Interstate 65 between the Meridian Street and 21st Street exits starting next week.
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality Indiana’s abortion laws
The suit filed Thursday by organizations including the Whole Woman's Health Alliance says the state's laws have "severely limited" a woman's access to abortions.
Supreme Court rules states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax
The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, including Indiana, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sales tax collection.
Holcomb headed to Washington for economic summit
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb will participate in the 2018 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which brings together government officials and business leaders.
Justices weigh in on partisan redistricting in 2 states but offer no broader outlines
In cases involving districts in Wisconsin and Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped ruling on whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party.
Indiana to study the possibility of interstate tolling
The state is required to study interstate tolling options under the 2017 road-funding plan, which raised gas taxes.
Outgoing Indiana Senate president gets major law firm job
Senate President Pro Tem David Long of Fort Wayne joined the Indianapolis-based law firm’s public affairs practice as a partner on Friday.
About 20 percent of Indiana’s registered voters turned out for May primary
It's a significant increase over the 2014 midterm primary turnout, but a shade under 2010's turnout
Indiana gets federal permission for workforce cabinet
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's newly revamped workforce training cabinet has received the green light from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Federal judge blocks Indiana voter registration law
The left-leaning group Common Cause argues Indiana’s use of the interstate “crosscheck” system is “discriminatory.”
Indiana GOP platform keeps marriage between man and woman
The delegates to the party's biennial state convention chose the existing plank in its party platform over one floated by Gov. Eric Holcomb's hand-picked party chairman that was intended to be more inclusive.
Hogsett backs Rethink I-65/I-70’s position on north-split project
Both the mayor and the Rethink coalition are urging state transportation officials to do a more comprehensive study of options for the $250 downtown interchange project.
Indiana House speaker opposes state GOP platform changes
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma is the latest powerful GOP leader who doesn’t want to change the state Republican Party’s platform that favors “marriage between a man and a woman.”
Industrial-automation firm to open Whitestown warehouse, hire hundreds
A Fortune 500 company will invest $16.4 million in Boone County as it shutters warehouses in Illinois and Tennessee and consolidates those functions here.
Prominent conservatives fight Indiana GOP platform changes
The Republican Victory Committee, a group of elected officials and party activists, announced Monday it opposes changes friendly to same-sex couples and pushed by Gov. Eric Holcomb's hand-picked GOP chairman.
Dems irked over Indiana tax changes made in special session
Democrats have argued it's a continuation of a trend pushed by the GOP in recent years to shift the tax burden from the wealthy onto the middle and working classes.
Indiana GOP divided over ‘man and a woman’ marriage question
Indiana Republicans could remove language from the state party's platform that indicates marriage can only be between a man and a woman—and social conservatives are not happy about it.