If a coalition of business, health and other advocacy groups have their way, cigarettes in the Hoosier state will cost $2 more per pack. Several organizations, including Tobacco Free Indiana and Raise It For Health Coalition, are lobbying this year’s state legislature to triple the current cigarette tax, established at 99.5 cents per pack in …read more.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Las Vegas based casino operator Full House Resorts has proposed moving half of the 1,400 gaming tables and slot machines from Rising Sun Casino Resort to a new $650 million upscale retail center achored by a casino it wants to build on surplus parking lots near the old Indianapolis International Airport terminal. The …read more.

Residents of Wawasee and Syracuse lakes gathered Saturday morning for a pancake and sausage breakfast at Oakwood Retreat, Syracuse, for the Annual Wawasee Property Owners Association and Syracuse Lake Association Annual Family Breakfast. Close to 300 residents and their families attended. Not only did attendees receive breakfast, but many area organizations, such as the Wawasee …read more.

By a 97-0 vote, the Indiana House today passed House Bill 1524 relating to synthetic drugs. It is the second proposal this week dealing with the topic and the second to received approval. On Tuesday, the state Senate approved a bill that would make it illegal to possess or deal “look-alike” synthetic drugs. The bill, …read more.