Mike Pence declared a public health emergency after dozens of people tested positive for HIV - the country's first epidemic outside an urban area in nearly 20 years. In rural Scott County, near the Kentucky border, Republican Gov. The law was quickly amended, but during the past two weeks, Indiana has drawn national attention for other bizarre and troubling developments.
The spotlight has shone most intensely on the state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which many feared would create a legal license for businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. All my friends are in Indiana,' native son David Letterman quipped on the Late Show.