INDIANAPOLIS — With the onslaught of political ads heading into the primaries next week, one ad could result in a law signed in Indiana just weeks ago soon being put to the test. Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District race is a crowded one, with eight Republicans vying for Rep. Jim Banks’s seat. With just days to go before the Indiana Primaries, one of those candidates said an attack ad against them launched this week used not only misleading tactics, but illegal ones. This week, the Wendy Davis for Congress campaign sent a cease and desist to the conservative Super PAC Club for Growth Action ov ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS -- As May's primary election approaches, Central Indiana residents have be inundated with various advertisements and information regarding specific primary races, from the Indiana Governor's race to the various tight races in various congressional districts. However, for voters in three school districts in Central Indiana, they will choose whether or not to increase their property tax bill to provide an increase in operating funds for those districts. ‘The transition has been amazing’: Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark on settling into Indy The last cent of the levy is expected to ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS -- On Tuesday, Central Indiana residents will be able to participate in Election Day voting for May's primary election, ultimately making the decision on which people will be on the general election ballot in November in a number of races. This comes after many Indianapolis residents, and others throughout Central Indiana, have already participated in the 2024 primary election through early voting ..read more

WASHINGTON D.C. -- A bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including multiple Indiana lawmakers, are expressing concerns surrounding the prevention of Andretti Global and General Motors from competing in Formula One. In a letter to Gregory Maffei, the president and chief executive officer of Liberty Media Corporation, the company that is the commercial rights holder to Formula One Management, lawmakers are expressing concerns about "apparent anti-competitive actions" that may prevent the companies from participating in Formula One. The lawmakers who signed the lette ..read more

GREENWOOD, Ind. -- Of the roughly 70,000 Hoosiers who suffer from epilepsy, several have started to express concerns that the out-of-pocket costs for their medications have gotten out of hand. One parent told FOX59/CBS4 that even with insurance, there was no guarantee her son’s medication would be covered on a regular basis. "I have been in that spot many, many, many times," Heather Knight said. "It becomes a panic.” Knight said on three separate occasions, she's had to pay $1,800 out-of-pocket to get her son's medication. ”The more complicated your epilepsy is, the more expensive the medicine ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS---Several parents of medically complex children made their voices heard at the Statehouse Monday in a meeting with Gov. Holcomb and Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Secretary Daniel Rusyniak to share concerns about upcoming changes to the state's attendant care program. According to those parents, if those changes go into effect as planned, their families will switch over from the attendant care program (which provides an hourly rate to parents who care for their disabled kids full-time) to a structured family care program (which would provide parents a fixed per d ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS – What are Indiana political insiders saying about the upcoming May primary in Indiana and last week's final debate in the race for governor? In the video above, IN Focus panelists Robin Winston, Tony Samuel, Terri Austin and Mike Murphy discuss this week’s top stories, including this past week’s debate and the latest news on the race for governor. And in the videos below, see our panel’s picks for this week’s winners and losers. Join us again next week – our program airs every Sunday morning at 8:30 on CBS4 and again at 9:30 a.m. on FOX59 in Indianapolis, and on Nexstar ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS - Former attorney general Curtis Hill appeared on this week's edition of IN Focus to discuss his campaign for governor, the final debate amongst the Republican candidates for governor, and Sen. Mike Braun's decision to skip the final debate to stay in Washington for a vote on the Senate floor to send aid to America's war-torn allies. In the video above, we also recap last week's debate and in the video below, we hear from several candidates for Congress who discuss their views on the latest congressional aid package and the ongoing nationwide protests over the war in Gaza. We also ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS — Over the next five years, Indiana nursing homes will roll out new minimum staffing rules approved by the Biden Administration. This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began implementing updated staffing rules for nursing homes. However, some Indiana healthcare professionals say that those rules, while well-intentioned, will make access to care even worse for Hoosiers. ”It is absolutely not a feasible rule," Paul Peaper, the Indiana Health Care Association President, said. According to Peaper, nursing homes across the state will struggle to comply with new minim ..read more

INDIANAPOLIS -- A whistleblower group said the state agency in charge of regulating utility companies has done nothing to address an ongoing billing issue affecting AES Indiana customers. Earlier this month, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, or IURC, approved a rate increase, with some of that money going towards a new AES Indiana billing system. Although that billing system was launched last November, the Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) said that the system is still causing problems ..read more