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Tighter Ind. drunken driving law seems unlikely

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:17:10 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Some key Indiana legislators don't expect the state to adopt a federal safety board's recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half.

Indiana Supreme Court blocks Lake judge's transfer

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:28 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled a Lake County judge cannot transfer to a juvenile court because he didn't go through merit selection when he joined the bench.

Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plant

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:12 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used against U.S. troops.

Court upholds Indiana's limit on civil damages

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:07:23 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the state law limiting punitive damages awarded in civil lawsuits and directs most of that money to a state victims fund.

Trade group files suit over cold beer sales law

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30:20 -0400

SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Indiana convenience stores and gas stations seeking the right to sell cold beer to customers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday aimed at lifting a ban on the practice.

Truck hit by bullet while on I-65 near Lafayette

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:40:03 -0400

BROOKSTON, Indiana - Indiana State Police say troopers are investigating a pickup truck being shot while driving on Interstate 65 near Lafayette.

Former Gov. Bowen honored in Indiana hometown

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:58:31 -0400

BREMEN, Indiana - The flag-draped casket of former Indiana Gov. Otis Bowen, a small-town doctor who became one of the nation's top health officials, was carried to a cemetery by a horse-drawn caisson Friday as hundreds of people lined the streets of his northern Indiana hometown.

Ind. troopers cracking down on aggressive driving

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:58:03 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana troopers plan to crack down on motorists and truck drivers who drive aggressively around each other.

Both sides in Camm trial to test DNA on his shirt

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:23:15 -0400

ROCKPORT, Indiana - Both sides in the third murder trial of a former Indiana state trooper will test DNA on the shirt he wore on the day his wife and two young children were killed.

Pence approves Indiana school safety grants

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:33:31 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Tuesday that will help Indiana schools hire more resource officers to improve safety as lawmakers continue discussions about whether school staff and volunteers should one day be armed.

Ind. court to review rape case, online comments

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:13:10 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to review a pair of cases, one that involves a school principal's failure to immediately pass along a student's report of rape and the other about expectations of privacy for commenters on news media websites.

Indiana Amtrak riders suggest more frequent trains

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:10:54 -0400

LAFAYETTE, Indiana - Some riders believe Amtrak's passenger service between Chicago and Indianapolis would be more popular if there were more trains to catch.

Ex-Ind. governor, HHS head Otis Bowen dies at 95

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:53:05 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Otis R. Bowen, who overhauled Indiana's tax system as governor before helping oversee the federal response to the burgeoning AIDS epidemic during President Ronald Reagan's second term, has died. He was 95.

Ind. coal-gas bill stalls C02 pipeline project

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:49:54 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Legislation state lawmakers passed last week that the developers of a proposed Indiana coal-gasification plant say effectively kills their project also has dealt a blow to a Texas company's plans for a pipeline that would carry carbon dioxide to the Deep South for extracting oil from depleted Gulf Coast oil fields.

Indiana Guard expects fewer furloughs from cuts

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:04:32 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - State government and military officials are looking for ways to protect Indiana's defense-related jobs in the face of automatic federal budget cuts.

Lawmaker may push drug overdose protection bill

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:25:13 -0400

VALPARAISO, Indiana - Jean Whittemore said when she called to check on her son at 8 p.m. Feb. 19, the woman with him said he had taken a sleeping pill at his father's home in Valparaiso.

Lawmaker may push drug overdose protection bill

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:21:33 -0400

VALPARAISO, Indiana - A northwestern Indiana lawmaker who helped pass a law shielding people from prosecution if they seek help in an emergency for someone drinking illegally is considering expanding the bill to include drug cases.

New leader named for Ind. administration agency

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:49:06 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - An official from a Tennessee state agency has been picked as the new leader of Indiana's Department of Administration.

Ex-Ind. lawmaker pleads guilty to vote fraud

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:39:41 -0400

VERNON, Indiana - A former state representative and Democratic campaign consultant from southern Indiana was sentenced to nine months in jail and nine months' probation Wednesday after pleading guilty to three counts of vote fraud.

Muncie man thanks trooper for saving life on road

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:06:25 -0400

MUNCIE, Indiana - His heart valve completely clogged, John Hale slumped over at the wheel and thought his life was over.

Muncie man thanks trooper for saving life on road

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:04:13 -0400

MUNCIE, Indiana - A Muncie man who suffered a heart attack while driving and nearly died has gotten to thank the Indiana state trooper who helped save his life.

Mixed performance from Pence in first Ind. session

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:10:12 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - At the end of his first session as governor, Mike Pence's influence at the Statehouse remains tough to assess.

Legislature puts 'pragmatic' before 'conservative'

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:29:08 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's Republican-led General Assembly chose a more pragmatic style of conservatism after being largely left to its own devices during the 2013 session.

Voucher expansion clears Indiana Legislature

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:17:50 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers have approved an expansion of the nation's broadest private school voucher program that will allow more children to be immediately eligible.

Developers: Law will likely kill coal-gas plant

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:15:31 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - Developers say legislation passed by Indiana lawmakers requiring regulators to review a $2.8 billion coal-gasification plant to be built in southwest Indiana will likely kill the project.