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Republicans Override Another Holcomb Veto
The Indiana Legislature dealt Governor Eric Holcomb a blow by overriding another veto. This time it was related to whether local elected or appointed officials have to make the call on COVID restrictions tougher than the state’s. Rob Kendall and Abdul-Hakim Shabazz debate whether the second veto in a couple weeks has created a rift between Holcomb and the Republican dominated legislature on this week’s Statehouse Happenings.
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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has signed a new law that protects religious freedom and prohibits the state government and its agencies from discriminating against houses of worship during a public health emergency.
Gov. Holcomb signed Indiana Senate Bill 263 after it passed in the state House of Representatives by a vote of 74â20 and then the Senate by a vote of 36â10.
The legislation states religious activities are essential services.
The new law, which takes effect on July 1, âprohibits the state and a political subdivision from imposing restrictions on a religious organization that are more restrictive than the restrictions imposed upon other businesses and organizations that provide essential services to the public.â
State picks prison health service
$643 million contract goes to company facing lawsuits
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – A new $643 million state contract for prison medical services is the most expensive proposal from four vendors vying to provide the services.
The four-year contract was awarded to Centurion Health of Indiana LLC, at a cost of about $160 million a year. Centurion – and its parent company Centene Corp. – is also embroiled in several controversies and lawsuits, including an allegation of a rigged contract in Tennessee and substandard care in Mississippi.
The departing vendor, Wexford of Indiana LLC, bid about $30 million less a year but Department of Correction Chief Communications Officer Annie Goeller said price is only one factor considered.
One of Ted Turner's ranches in southern New Mexico will be the new home for a pair of Mexican gray wolves and their pups as federal wildlife managers look