Indiana’s county needle exchange programs would face tighter restrictions under a bill that received final legislative approval — extending those efforts to limit the spread of disease among people using intravenous drugs.... Read More
Legislation creating a “military police force” of Indiana National Guard members — to be deployed around the state at the governor’s behest — overwhelmingly passed the Senate on Tuesday despite bipartisan opposition.... Read More
A House Republican priority proposal — intended to level out sudden fluctuations in utility bills — earned bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday. ... Read More
Indiana lawmakers are crafting statewide penny-rounding policies as Hoosier retailers struggle through a nationwide shortage of the discontinued coin — but admit it needs more work. State revenues could also suffer.... Read More
Senate Bill 277 would eliminate about a dozen “outdated” references to state and federal law, 40 “needless” reporting or paperwork requirements, 50 references to the state’s administrative rulebook and 250 “unnecessary” mandates.... Read More
Hoosier lawmakers on Wednesday pushed their attempt to regulate digital currency kiosks — commonly known as cryptocurrency ATMs — into an all-out ban. They also walked back legislation letting crypto into public pension investments.... Read More
An employer-led health care coalition has released its own review of hospital finance data — finding a “bifurcated” market — that disputes a largely gloomy report from the Indiana Hospital Association last week.... Read More
The bill would require hospitals to offer payment plans to patients earning less than 400% of the federal poverty line.... Read More
Opponents fear the provisions could be abused, pointing to President Donald Trump’s ongoing, lethal deployment of federal immigration officers to Minnesota.... Read More
Indiana doctors, patients and others lined up Wednesday to testify on a contentious proposal allowing anyone to file potentially lucrative lawsuits related to the illegal use of abortion-inducing drugs.... Read More
