Sudafed and police video battles continue at the statehouse, Eric Holcomb’s change of plans shakes up elections, mumps found at IU in Bloomington………
ttle over Sudafed is now pitting drugstores against individual pharmacists. C-V-S sat out the Senate debate over a bill requiring pharmacists to quiz Sudafed buyers before giving them the drug. But with the bill advancing to the House, lobbyist Heather Willey told the Public Health Committee pharmacists shouldn’t be put in the position of acting as law enforcement. And Indiana Retail Council president Grant Monahan argues most pharmacists already ask questions of their customers, but shouldn’t be required to do so instead of focusing on their primary job.
(STATEHOUSE) – Legislators are trying to set rules for who can view dashboard and body camera videos of police. The House approved Hartford City Republican Kevin Mahan’s bill requiring people to show why dash-cam videos should be released. But Mahan says he’s fine with a Senate proposal to flip that and make police show why they shouldn’t. Media groups say that addresses their major concern. But they still want a provision that would make police pay legal fees if it takes a court order to get a tape released.
(UNDATED) – Eric Holcomb’s nomination as lieutenant governor shakes up both the governor’s race and the U-S Senate race. Holcomb was campaigning for the Senate nomination is late as Saturday. But he accepted Governor Pence’s offer of the lieutenant governorship on Sunday, and withdrew from the Senate race the next day. Holcomb says there’s little adjustment needed in moving from a federal race to a state one, because he had centered his campaign pitch around ways Indiana is succeeding in spite of federal obstacles.
(BLOOMINGTON) – Two cases of mumps have been confirmed on I-U Bloomington’s campus. The university is working with the Monroe County Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health on making sure there aren’t any other cases. Officials say no connection between the cases has been found. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, loss of appetite and swollen and tender salivary glands.