Lesley Weidenbener - The StatehouseFile.com
Lesley Weidenbener is executive editor of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
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Indiana's unemployment rate in June was lower than the national rate of 5.3 percent and lower than the rates in neighboring states.
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Republican Rep. Todd Young announced officially Sunday that he will run for U.S. Senate - crowding the GOP primary field that already includes U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman and Eric Holcomb.
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The high court upheld a decision by the Internal Revenue Service to provide tax breaks to citizens who buy insurance through local health exchanges - even if those marketplaces are operated by the federal government.
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More than 160,000 Hoosiers will keep their Obamacare health insurance subsidies under a ruling Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The survey by Republican pollster Christine Matthews found that support for Pence is waning - nearly two months after an uproar over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act he signed into law.
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Al Hubbard and Jim Kittle Jr. - both former chairs of the Indiana Republican Party - signed a joint letter that Young's congressional campaign sent to supporters on Sunday afternoon.
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House Minority Leader Scott Pelath said he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor even though the state is in need of a "new direction."
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The law comes after Pence declared an emergency and created a temporary needle exchange program in Scott County, where more than 140 people have been diagnosed with HIV. The cases are all tied to intravenous drug use.
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Lawmakers adjourned for the year late Wednesday after passing a two-year, $31.3 billion budget that boosts funding for schools and leaves the state with slightly less money in reserves.
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Most charter schools would get additional money, teachers would get a $100 tax credit and the governor's regional cities initiative would be funded under a budget compromise the House and Senate reached Tuesday.