Legislation promoting charity care and payment plans for Hoosier health care patients – plus, protecting their paychecks and homes from debt collectors – advanced from Indiana’s Senate on Thursday, in a 33-15 vote that splintered the chamber’s Republican caucus. It next heads to the House for consideration.
Read MoreA Republican-backed immigration enforcement bill that expands local cooperation with federal authorities and penalizes noncompliance cleared the Indiana Senate on Monday, Jan. 26 along party lines.
Read MoreA divided Indiana Senate approved a bill Tuesday, Jan. 20 to tighten school cellphone restrictions, advancing the proposal to the House despite concerns about safety, cost and enforcement.
Read MoreLegislation requiring schools to more strictly limit student cellphone use cleared a key Senate committee Wednesday, Jan. 7 after being amended to protect students with medical needs.
Read MoreIndiana legislators face some hefty fiscal decisions on how much they want to go along with the broad federal tax cuts that Pres. Donald Trump pushed through Congress last summer.
Read MoreA congressional redistricting proposal that has split Indiana’s Senate Republicans advanced to its final stage Wednesday, Dec.10 after lawmakers quickly dispatched three Democratic amendments and positioned the high-stakes bill for a decisive vote on Thursday.
Read MoreRepublicans on Indiana’s State Budget Committee rejected an effort to direct state surplus funding to low-income Hoosiers and food banks as federal SNAP benefits expire next month amid a federal shutdown.
Read MoreNew data shows that while Indiana teacher pay has climbed in recent years, Hoosier educators still earn less than peers in neighboring states – a gap union leaders and some legislators say threatens teacher retention and classroom success.
Read MoreFallout from a damning audit of Indiana’s economic development agency could include an ethics investigation, the governor’s office told the Indiana Capital Chronicle Friday, Oct 3.
Read MoreLawmakers who voted to implement work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries next summer will have to wait another six months before they can take effect, and the state is still waiting to hear if the federal government will approve other portions of the health care plan.
Read MoreIn a move applauded by advocates and lawmakers alike, the Indiana General Assembly will be taking a closer look at the estimated $2.2 billion in medical debt that is saddling many Hoosiers and often causing a devastating impact beyond the household budget.
Read MoreThe $43.3 billion state budget overcame another hours-long hurdle Monday evening, with Republicans adding a handful of amendments but resisting the majority of efforts to change the underlying bill.
Read MoreThe Senate committee responsible for drafting the state’s budget heard over four hours of public testimony Thursday, as leaders negotiate how to spend more than $43.3 billion over the next two years.
Read MoreDemocratic state lawmakers continue to decry education funding “inequities” in the state’s draft budget and are now mounting pressure on their Republican counterparts to “fully fund” Indiana’s traditional K-12 public schools in the next spending plan.
Read MoreIndiana’s senators approved a bill Wednesday blocking cities and towns from banning the retail sale of dogs by state-approved sellers.
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