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COVID Liability Shield Passes Senate; House Could Vote Next Week (INDIANAPOLIS) — You wouldn’t be able to sue over getting COVID under a bill approved by the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mark Messmer (R-Jasper) says businesses, schools and nonprofits are under a “cloud of uncertainty and fear” that someone will sue claiming to have been infected on their property. He says it’s been clear since a couple of months into the pandemic that legislators would have to act to keep the threat of lawsuits from hamstringing the eventual economic recovery. Messmer ‘s bill doesn’t rule out ...

We've got a session that doesn't end until april 29th. we think we could slow down a little bit, do the right thing, say now we're committed to doing that if we need to for purposes of this upcoming weekend, and then move to really putting in place comprehensive legislation which will protect all hoosiers and everyone coming to the state. >> all eyes are watching. >> yes, they are. >> thank you. indiana state senator tim lanane. we're going to talk to a member of congress on why members of the lgbt community are still denied protections in areas of every day life. and breaking news out of sw...

Applies to -- defines a person as being almost any big entity so that does raise the specter of now, can businesses assert some right to religious freedom to discriminate against somebody? well, we don't want that. indiana is a great state, we have friendly people we want everyone to be welcomed in our state. we had need to -- certainly i think the best way to proceed is to simply repeal the law, but to clarify, if you're going to do that fine you have to make it crystal clear exactly that it's not too broad, and that it will not allow for discrimination but it's essential that you amendment y...