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January 20, 2016
Bills Targeting Meth Production Advance Out Of Committee
The House shot down a prescription-only bill targeting pseudoephedrine sales, but two other bills targeting meth production advanced out of Senate committee.
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Indiana Lawmakers Developing Solution To Big Box Store Property Taxes
A Senate committee approved its version of big box assessment legislation Tuesday. A House committee will consider its own bill later this week.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2016
New Grant Will Support Indiana's Foreclosure Prevention Services
Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Tuesday that a new grant will help support Indiana Legal Services' foreclosure prevention services for low-income residents. The grant will also be used to fund a partnership between Indiana law schools and ILS.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2016
Work Share Bill Dies Without A Vote
It's hard to find issues at the Statehouse that both the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the unions agree on, but instituting a work share program is one. In spite of this, work share legislation was shut down Tuesday without even a committee vote.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2016
Lawmakers Consider Giving Pharmacists The OK To Reject Cold Med Sales
Indiana legislators are set to consider a proposal that would give pharmacists the authority to turn away suspicious customers trying to buy a common cold medicine that's used to make methamphetamine.
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2016
Indiana Supreme Court Will Go Back To Its Roots
The five justices will travel in April to Corydon to hear a case in the square, limestone building that served as Indiana's first capitol building.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2016
Indiana Chief Justice Says State's Courts Will Play Vital Role In Solving Indiana's Drug Crisis
Indiana's mounting drug crisis has captured the attention of the governor and lawmakers over the last year. Chief Justice Loretta Rush says it's no different for Indiana's trial court judges.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2016
House Republican Road Funding Plan Puts Local Governments Against Taxpayer Advocates
Local government leaders praise the House Republican road funding plan, applauding the potential influx of money to their communities. But taxpayers advocates aren't happy with the source of that new money.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2016
Effort To Open Indiana Adoption Records Gaining Support
Efforts to open records from Indiana's closed adoptions era - 1941 to 1993 - have failed for years, largely to shield birth mothers who don't want to be contacted. But changes made to this year's version of the bill are already showing signs of changing minds and ensuring the measure's passage.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2016
Pence Says Religious Freedoms Take Priority
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he won't support adding state civil rights protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity if he believes that step would diminish religious freedoms.
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