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Man arrested on federal wire fraud charges

By Nyssa Kruse · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2018 6 a.m.

Benjamin Bulriss allegedly tried to blackmail his former boss into giving him $15,000.

Senate passes bill allowing Sunday alcohol sales

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2018 2 a.m.

The House still must vote on the bill before it can be put into law.

Many members of the march were accompanied by children, helping to hold signs and advocate for women's rights. The Bloomington Resistance March took place Saturday, Jan. 20 at Courthouse Square in Bloomington and held speeches and a march attended by hundreds of Bloomington residents and IU students.

Women's March 2018 makes its way to Bloomington

By Lydia Gerike · Monday, Jan. 22,2018 2 a.m.

"Power to the Polls" brought the Women's March movement into 2018.

Bill Levin talks about how the candles represent the seven focus areas as a member of the First Church of Cannabis, Roo Gelarden, lights the candles. The candles represent the following: live, love, laugh, create, grow and teach.

A Higher Power

By Nyssa Kruse · Monday, Jan. 22,2018 12 a.m.

The church will try to prove members religiously believe marijuana is a sacrament.

Here's what you missed this week in the Indiana General Assembly

By Laurel Demkovich · Saturday, Jan. 20,2018 12 a.m.

Alcohol sales, eyeball tattoos and baby boxes were all topics of discussion.

A worker tapes a box while packing items on Cyber Monday at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in San Bernardino, California. Indianapolis is a finalist among 19 other cities for Amazon's second headquarters in North America, known as Amazon HQ2.

Indianapolis becomes finalist for new Amazon headquarters

By IDS staff · Friday, Jan. 19,2018 9:30 a.m.

Indianapolis joins 19 other cities on the list of finalists.

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, announced the Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act has been officially implemented in the Indiana National Guard. The legislation, pushed by Donnelly, seeks to prevent military suicide by requiring all service members, including guard, reserve and active duty, to have an annual mental health assessment.

Donnelly supports bill to protect veterans from predatory home lending

By IDS staff · Friday, Jan. 19,2018 4 a.m.

The bill would require lenders to demonstrate how borrowers would benefit from refinancing their loans.

Cold beer sales bill fails in Senate

By Laurel Demkovich · Thursday, Jan. 18,2018 8:30 a.m.

The Senate Public Policy committee voted down SB 26 on Wednesday afternoon.

Big Red Liquors, located on North College Avenue, can't sell alcohol on Sundays due to the Indiana law from 1853 preventing it from doing so. This could change though, as the Indiana Alcohol Code Revision Commission reviews alcohol-related laws, many of which have been in place since Prohibition.

House committee passes bill allowing carryout alcohol sales on Sundays

By IDS staff · Thursday, Jan. 18,2018 2 a.m.

The bill will now head to the full House for a vote.

Indiana residents attend rally to urge passage of hate crime law

By Laurel Demkovich · Wednesday, Jan. 17,2018 4 a.m.

Indiana remains one of five states without a hate crime law.

Monroe County to have first covered bridge in 40 years

By Nyssa Kruse · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 6 a.m.

The Cedar Ford Bridge will cross Beanblossom Creek six miles from Bloomington.

Campus, city leaders say MLK day is reframed by current political climate

By Caroline Anders · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 5 a.m.

IDS spoke to several campus and city leaders about the significance of MLK Day to the community.

Search for Delphi killer expands

Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 3 a.m.

Officials said the investigation has reached Tennessee.

With support from grassroots organizations, lawmakers work to reform redistricting laws

By Laurel Demkovich · Tuesday, Jan. 16,2018 12:09 a.m.

Redistricting reform would work to stop partisan gerrymandering.

Republicans focus on beating Donnelly in November election

By Laurel Demkovich · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 9:47 p.m.

All six Republican candidates came together Saturday for straw poll.

Congressmen Todd Rokita, R-4th District, and Luke Messer, R-6th District, deliver remarks at the state Republican party's Congress of Countries on Saturday. Neither of the two front-runners for the Republican nomination in Indiana's 2018 Senate primary disavowed President Trump's reported complaints about accepting immigrants from "shithole countries."

Senate candidates decline to disavow Trump's "shithole countries" remark

By Jesse Naranjo · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 9:13 p.m.

The two congressmen avoided criticizing the president's disparaging remarks about African, Caribbean and Central American nations.

Rep. Luke Messer, R-6th District, hugs Barb Hackman, Bartholomew County Republican Party chair, after winning a Congress of Counties U.S. Senate Republican straw poll by 65 votes on Saturday. Runner-up Rep. Todd Rokita, R-4th District, received 82.

Messer wins GOP straw poll, Rokita runner-up

By IDS staff · Saturday, Jan. 13,2018 2:05 p.m.

Attendees voted for who they would most likely support in the primary.

Former Indianapolis United Steelworkers President Chuck Jones spoke out against Carrier layoffs at a press conference in Sully's Bar and Grill on Wednesday night. Jones said the selfishness of the Trump family and large corporations are contributing to the culture of job outsourcing.

215 Carrier jobs cut in latest wave of layoffs

By Lydia Gerike · Friday, Jan. 12,2018 3:40 p.m.

Trump promised to save Carrier jobs, but 215 employees were cut Thursday.

Lawmakers disagree on approach to tackling growing concerns in DCS

By Laurel Demkovich · Friday, Jan. 12,2018 5 a.m.

Former DCS director recently resigned, saying she was unable to protect children.

Senate Bill 1 would allow convenience, drug and liquor stores to sell alcohol from noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Big Red Liquors is just one of the companies affected by the current ban on Sunday alcohol sales.

State senate committee approves bill allowing Sunday carryout alcohol sales

By IDS staff · Thursday, Jan. 11,2018 12 a.m.

The bill will now be debated on the Senate floor.

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