All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2013 // Childcare providers across Indiana are scrambling to find money to pay for broader criminal background checks of employees and educate staff about new rules to improve safety and prevent child abuse ahead of a July 1...
Jul 1 2013 // The final 60 patients who have pending medical malpractice claims against a former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who disappeared while vacationing in Greece and was captured five years later on an Italian mountainside...
Jun 25 2013 // One of the long-standing tensions in health care finance — whether you’re talking about health insurance or managed care, for-profit or non-profit, workers’ compensation, Medicare, Tricare, automobile...
Jun 17 2013 // Indiana drivers who have to show proof of insurance to police after an accident or traffic violation can do so electronically starting July 1 under a new law that signals an increasing use of technology in insurance...
Jun 12 2013 // Indiana’s fire deaths have surged to 54 so far this year, giving the state more fire fatalities in just over five months than all of last year – a troubling increase the state’s top fire official said...
Jun 10 2013 // The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is warning Hoosier motorists that someone is making inappropriate phone solicitations regarding insurance rates: BMV Commissioner R. Scott Waddell said that his office learned motorists...
Jun 3 2013 // There are close to 40,000 drug overdose deaths each year in the United States, and the number continues to rise, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, which show more than half of...
May 30 2013 // A southern Indiana woman asserts in a federal lawsuit that the hospital where she worked fired her after she requested medical leave in order to take care of her disabled son.Katherine Harner of Shoals sued Daviess...
May 21 2013 // Some key Indiana legislators don’t expect the state to adopt a federal safety board’s recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half.The National Transportation Safety Board said in...
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompIn the Midwest the multitude of jobs in the automotive and...
May 8 2013 // The mayor of the central Indiana city of Tipton says recent flooding has caused more than $2.5 million in property damage and a loss of as much as 10 percent in its property tax base.Mayor Don Havens says in an impact...
May 8 2013 // Next year, Indiana State University employees who smoke or use other tobacco products could face a $1,200 per year surcharge if they have university health insurance.Also, employees who voluntarily agree to health...
Apr 30 2013 // The Indiana General Assembly ended a very productive 2013 legislative session early in the morning on April 27 having passed workers’ compensation reform, legislation permitting the use of electronic devices to show...
Apr 23 2013 // The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots and there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over. The good news is that most businesses and homes are high and dry, though hundreds of acres...
Apr 22 2013 // A project recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after 2008 floods caused about $500 million in damage in Bartholomew County won’t help enough to prevent a recurrence to justify its nearly $8 million cost,...
Apr 19 2013 // Torrential downpours across a broad swath of the U.S. Midwest this week are easing the worst drought in more than 50 years, flooding streams, snarling river transportation, stalling corn plantings – and changing the...
Apr 18 2013 // Severe thunderstorms that dumped heavy rains and large hail on parts of Indiana also produced lightning blamed for house fires and damage to a plane at Indianapolis’ main airport. The National Weather Service reports...
Apr 15 2013 // The federal government’s workplace safety agency is investigating its Indiana counterpart – a department that documents indicate is trying to boost its inspections without hiring new staffers.The Indianapolis...
Apr 11 2013 // A deadly tornado that swept through east central Indiana 60 years ago could cause much more destruction if it swept through today because of suburban sprawl. The April 9, 1953, twister originated in Illinois and ended near...
Apr 8 2013 // A north-central Indiana city with a rich history tied to circuses is taking steps to protect itself from liability in any accidents that might occur during its annual circus-themed festival.Peru Clerk-Treasurer Jackie Gray...