Editorials in major U.S. dailies signaled cautious backing of President Obama's plan to broaden an American-led offensive against the insurgency.

The president has spent most of his tenure scaling back the U.S. military role in the Middle East. Now he appears poised to broaden an operation that will bring with it substantial risks.

One hundred twenty servicemembers took their lives in the first three months of 2014. That follows 475 military suicides in all of last year.

Indiana's tax collections continue to struggle in the early part of the fiscal year, coming in nearly three percent below expectations last month.

Hoosiers can now find out how the state government is spending money. A new addition to the state's transparency portal that keeps a tally of expenditures on everything from vehicles to office equipment.

The Indianapolis City County Council is raising taxes to pay for more police. Members voted 19-10, Monday, in favor of increasing the public safety tax from 0.35 percent to 0.50 percent.

Kokomo's Common Council shot down a controversial smoking ban Monday that would have been stricter than the state's. The 5-4 vote came as a surprise.

State officials Monday tore down a home on Indianapolis' near east side as part of a program aimed at eliminating blighted properties. It was the first property of an estimated 4,000 across the state that will be demolished under Indiana's Hardest Hit Fund Blight Elimination Program.

Citizen advocate groups are concerned Speaker Brian Bosma's decision to sponsor a comprehensive ethics reform bill next session will weaken the reform's potential strength.

A new program in Indianapolis is offering low and middle income families $15,000 for down payments on a house. The initiative hopes to spark life into downtrodden neighborhoods.