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@kwellscomm TLCNaptown.com News & Sports  —  Carrier Corporation is getting seven million dollars in tax incentives to stay here in Indiana. The air conditioner manufacturer announced earlier this year they would close their Indianapolis plant and move production to Mexico to save on labor costs. As part of a deal outlined Thursday by President-elect Donald […]

As we’re readying for tonight’s NCAA Tournament with two of Indiana’s schools—Indiana University and Notre Dame—prepping for their individual Sweet 16 battles, we’re also turning our attention from the college game to the activism side of the pro game. The NBA is giving signals that sound like the league might move next year’s All-Star Game […]

Get In the Know With Kim’s Thursday News & Sports Headlines Local: In a three-hour stretch between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning two people were killed leaving Indy Metro Police investigating what happened. The first shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of North Eastern Avenue. That’s where a resident discovered a man […]

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The northern Indiana pizzeria that made headlines in the spring, by wading into the fallout over the controversial Religious Freedom law and gay marriage, is there again, thanks to one gay couple who wanted to prove a point on their wedding day. Click the media player below to listen to the story on who was eating the […]

(Indianapolis, IN) – After being threaten with arrest if it’s members smoked marijuana during service, The First Church of Cannabis has filed a lawsuit challenging…

It’s July 1 in Indiana which means many new laws take effect here in the state today. Most notably, the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act or “RFRA” restricts government from “substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion.” Governor Mike Pence took heat for signing it into law a few short months ago. We’ll see it […]

Indiana’s First Church of Cannabis plans to hold its first pot-smoking worship service on the day that Indiana’s religious freedom law takes effect. Bill Levin, who founded the church after Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law by Governor Mike Pence, said Tuesday the service on July 1 will include the playing of “Amazing Grace,” […]

They’re Baaaaaaaaack!!!! After a heated week that landed Indiana in the headlines over the local and national firestorm that followed the signing into law of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and this week’s demand to get it FIXED, Indiana Governor Mike Pence ordered a “clarification” by the legislature. The Indiana business community rallied around that […]

Reaction continues to pour in after Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act was modified and signed by Governor Mike Pence on Thursday. NCAA President Mark Emmert was among those to express pleasure with the changes made. Emmert said he was surprised how quickly the state legislature reacted to the local and national backlash saying, “this bill is […]

Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says the state’s “religious freedom” act is now being updated so that it can’t be used to discriminate in employment, housing and public accommodations. At a press conference held in the Indiana Statehouse Thursday morning where Bosma was flanked by local business leaders, he said Indiana is a welcoming community […]

Former professional funnyman and now-U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, paid CBS funnyman Dave Letterman a visit on Wednesday appearing on “Late Night With David Letterman.” Letterman, who is a native of Indiana, asked the politician about the increasing firestorm over the governor of his home state signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law. […]