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A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court and gay rights advocates. Indiana teacher Kimberly Hively, shown here in 2015,

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LGBT Employees Protected By Federal Civil Rights Act, Appeals Court Rules

6:23am April 05, 2017

by Barbara Campbell

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-3 that denying a teacher a job because she is lesbian violates the Civil Rights Act. It's the first time the law has been found to cover the LGBT community.

Green shoots of cereal rye, a popular cover crop, emerge in a field where corn was recently harvested in Iowa. The grass will go dormant in winter, then resume growing in the spring. Less than three percent of corn fields in the state have cover crops.

How To Make Farmers Love Cover Crops? Pay Them

6:39pm March 16, 2017

by Dan Charles

New satellite images reveal that few Midwestern farmers are planting pollution-preventing "cover crops." In Maryland, though, farmers are doing it, thanks to hefty subsidies.

Then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announces that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has approved the state's waiver request for its Medicaid plan in 2015.

Indiana's Claims About Its Medicaid Experiment Don't All Check Out

6:31am February 24, 2017

by Jake Harper

Indiana's health program for low-income people is experimental, and needs federal approval to continue. The state says its program is working, but some claims lack much-needed context.

As Indiana Governor, Mike Pence announced in 2015 that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved a waiver for the state's Medicaid experiment.

Indiana Looks To Extend Medicaid Experiment Started Under Obamacare

9:57am February 01, 2017

by Phil Galewitz

The home state of Vice President Mike Pence has asked the federal government to approve an extension of its carrot-and-stick approach to Medicaid that was made possible by the Affordable Care Act.

It's been a few weeks since President-elect Donald Trump celebrated Indiana's Carrier company's decision to keep some factory jobs from moving to Mexico. Other manufacturers are wondering what the deal might mean for them.

Carrier Got Cut A Deal, But Can Other Companies Expect The Same?

10:27pm December 14, 2016

by Annie Ropeik

Carrier's tax incentives deal to keep jobs in Indiana, under pressure from Donald Trump, has other manufacturers wondering if they should ask for the same treatment.

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Kara Salim, 26, got out of the Marion County, Indiana, jail in 2015 with a history of domestic-violence charges, bipolar disorder and alcoholism — and without Medicaid coverage. As a result, she couldn't afford the fees for court-ordered therapy.

Signed Out Of Prison But Not Signed Up For Health Insurance

10:54am December 06, 2016

Most of the state prison systems in the places that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare have come up short on enrolling exiting inmates, despite the fact that many of them are chronically ill.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Carrier Corp. on Thursday, in Indianapolis.

Is Trump's Deal With Carrier A Form Of Crony Capitalism?

10:01am December 02, 2016

by NPR Staff

Steve Inskeep talks with former Commerce Secretary Donald Evans and libertarian economist Tyler Cowen about the problems that arise when a president pressures individual companies to do his bidding.

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Carrier says they are keeping 1,000 jobs originally slated to move to Mexico at the their Indiana plant.

Carrier, Trump Reach Deal To Keep Manufacturing Jobs In U.S.

10:43pm November 29, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Roughly half of the jobs originally slated to move to Mexico will stay at the air-conditioning company's Indianapolis plan. Trump made the company's decision a major campaign talking point.

Seema Verma, now in line to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, arrives at Trump Tower in New York City on Nov. 22.

Trump Picks Seema Verma To Run Medicare And Medicaid

5:30pm November 29, 2016

by Jake Harper

Seema Verma, a consultant who has been Vice President-elect Mike Pence's health policy adviser in Indiana, played a key role in the state's expansion of Medicaid.

In 2015, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announced that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services had approved the state's waiver to try a different approach for Medicaid.

Pence Expanded Medicaid As Governor, Now He May Be Part Of Cutting It

1:00pm November 23, 2016

by Phil Galewitz

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence expanded access to Medicaid with a conservative twist. How it was done may offer hints into how Republicans proceed with changes to Obamacare.