Secularist group fighting town seal
Last November, the Ellettsville town council received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation stating the use of a Latin cross in the town seal violated the Constitution.
Last November, the Ellettsville town council received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation stating the use of a Latin cross in the town seal violated the Constitution.
Phyllis Pond, R-New Haven, the longest serving female state representative in Indiana, died Sunday. She was 82 years old.
The Monroe County Citizens’ Academy give residents the ability to learn more about how the government operates and how residents can become involved.
Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, chair of the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, was recognized Thursday as a Champion of Justice by the Indiana Judges Association.
For Constitution Day, Sept. 17, the Indiana Daily Student talked to two experts and former national security leaders with IU ties — former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and former Rep. Lee Hamilton — about what role the Constitution plays in a modern world.
A raise in minimum wage was proposed in a bill by President Barack Obama in February. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., proposed a separate minimum wage raise in March.
President Obama is currently facing down Congress and the American people in hopes of gaining support for military action against Syria following the Aug. 21 chemical attacks outside its capital, Damascus.
Glenda Ritz, Indiana superintendent of public instruction, spoke Monday at the Indiana Memorial Union about Indiana’s public education and the improvements she hopes to make.
Bloomington’s Affordable Care Act Committee aims to educate people about health insurance changes as a result of the Act.
Bloomington Deputy Mayor Maria Heslin announced earlier this month she is leaving her city government position in the fall to return to the private sector.
A bill that would expand the existing voucher program, and become the nation’s largest voucher expansion, is moving to the desk of Gov. Mike Pence to be signed into law.
This money will especially be directed toward helping young children enrich their education. Obama’s Preschool for All proposal would allocate $75 billion during the next 10 years to ensure all students begin their kindergarten careers prepared.
Senate Bill 91 establishes a “motorsports investment district” and authorizes horse racing associations and racino, a combination of a casino and racetrack, licensees to negotiate the amount of slot machine receipts that support the horse racing industry, according to the bill.
Former Sen. Richard Lugar will be bestowed the rank of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony Tuesday at the British Embassy in Washington D.C.
The REINS Act, passed by a 20-9 vote, aims to amend the current regulatory code to increase accountability and transparency in the Federal regulatory process.
The tax, which took effect in January, is expected to cost manufacturers approximately $194 million per month, risking 43,000 jobs, according to a press release from the Advanced Medical Technology Association.
Children who are employed or work as youth athletic program referees, umpires or officials are exempt from Indiana’s child labor law that previously prohibited them from working.
On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Dan Coats met with local business leaders at Chapman's Restaurant in Bloomington.
Senate Bill 551 would allow the state to negotiate with the federal government regarding the state-created Healthy Indiana Plan as a substitute for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion.
Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., will meet with Bloomington business leaders today and discuss the current economic state and provide ways to encourage job creation.