The new legislation provides solutions for military men and women from all components of the military. The bill requires all active, reserve, and Guard service members to undergo person-to-person mental health assessments.

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The nation's largest veterans service organization has been critical of the VA's management of its clinics and its backlog of claims for veterans benefits, but it's rare for the Indianapolis-based group to take such a drastic and public step.

The City County Council Public Works Committee is approving more than $15 million for the Department of Public Works. The money is to help it recover from a harsh winter.

A sponsor of an amendment to change Marion County's curfew ordinance says he no longer supports it. Councilor Vop Osili says he wants more time to think about it after hearing feedback from the public and community leaders.

Coats says while he's encouraged by the latest action, he thinks a lack of what he describes as a forceful response up to now will give Russia little reason to expect punishment for further aggression.

Rep. Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon, who chairs the committee, said he would give the other six members another week to look over the rules of the House, the House Code of Ethics and written testimony from Turner.

The City of Indianapolis has 20 days to respond to a lawsuit filed, Tuesday, by the City County Council Clerk. The suit is requesting a subpoena for documents related to the lease agreement of the Regional Operations Center on the east side that opened in early 2012.

In Ukraine on Tuesday, the vice president also said "it's time for Russia to stop talking and start acting" to help resolve the crisis there.

The State Department last week announced its decision to extend - indefinitely - its review of the project, a more than 1,000-mile crude oil pipeline from Canada to the United States.