Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Businesses say the measure adds regulatory certainty, while natural resources advocates warn it weakens protections.

Hoosier lawmakers on Wednesday pushed their attempt to regulate digital currency kiosks — commonly known as cryptocurrency ATMs — into an all-out ban. They also walked back legislation letting crypto into public pension investments.

The state’s five largest nonprofit hospital systems again cleared a statutory pricing benchmark in 2024, according to the latest report commissioned by the Indiana Department of Insurance.

Legislation letting cryptocurrency into public pension investments — and imposing new limitations on crypto ATM operations — has crossed the halfway point at the Indiana Statehouse and is expected to advance to the Senate floor next week.

An employer-led health care coalition has released its own review of hospital finance data — finding a “bifurcated” market — that disputes a largely gloomy report from the Indiana Hospital Association last week.

Minnesota fraud scandal cited as inspiration.

Legislation promoting charity care and payment plans for Hoosier health care patients — plus, protecting their paychecks and homes from debt collectors — advanced from Indiana’s Senate on Thursday.

Bills on township government, hemp and utility costs also pass General Assembly

A bill empowering Indiana’s governor to deploy a “military police force” of Indiana National Guard members throughout the state advanced.

Hoosiers can still obtain the drugs legally by mail or in-person in other states despite a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers say that’s a loophole they want to close.