Members voted 52-43 - with 23 Republicans and 29 Democrats voting yes - to eliminate the amendment's second sentence, which would have prohibited lawmakers from creating a legal union similar to marriage for same-sex couples.

IndyGo buses will run on a normal schedule Tuesday, but Indianapolis City Government is shutting down because of the cold. Mayor Greg Ballard announced services will close and everyone but non-essential employees has the day off.

A new food safety law in California bans culinary workers from touching uncooked food with their bare hands. That means bartenders can no longer drop ice cubes or add garnishes without gloves on, and that's got some unhappy.

The minority leader in the Indiana House is drafting an amendment to strip the controversial second sentence out of a constitutional proposal to ban same sex marriage.

The Indiana Department of Transportation would be required to work with a third party to investigate alternative funding for the maintenance of state highways under a House bill passed Thursday.

In 2013, close to 17,000 Hoosier veterans who were totally disabled received veteran property tax deductions. If the bill passes, the number of deductions could increase by almost 25 percent.

House Bill 1001, authored by Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, would allow county income tax councils to exempt businesses from paying the business personal property tax on any new equipment they purchased. Businesses would not be required to file an application to be eligible for the exemption.

Indianapolis needs at least 200 more police officers. That's the assessment of IMPD Chief Rick Hite and the Fraternal Order of Police. They shared their analysis of a staff shortage Thursday during the first meeting of a commission designated to come up with solutions for the issue.

Justice says U.S. Investigations Services, the company that cleared both the NSA leaker and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, expedited hundreds of thousands of cases that weren't properly reviewed.

Marion County is getting equipment in place for a central count of absentee ballots.
It will be used in the May primary.