Both chambers of Indiana’s General Assembly voted to accept the final version of a state-funded teacher firearms training proposal on Wednesday, along with an omnibus health bill featuring some significant provisions.
Read MoreEmployees at a New York company thought they were arranging a $2.95 million face mask delivery—of what they claimed to be one million authentic masks—to Indiana’s Economic Development Corporation at the height of the pandemic.
Read MoreA supermajority doesn’t automatically ensure success. Case in point, two GOP bills — one a Senate priority — failed to get through committee this week.
Read MoreLawmakers are using a bill intended to connect veterans with their earned benefits to also focus on data sales by Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles — but didn’t go as far as some would’ve liked.
Read MoreA proposal just one step away from Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk could get infants surrendered under the state’s safe haven laws to adoptive families more quickly.
Read MoreA bill aimed at protecting Indiana’s critical infrastructure from four countries — China, Iran, North Korea and Russia — easily advanced through a House committee Monday.
Read MoreHouse lawmakers filed 673 bills this year — but only about 178 survived key deadlines this week.
Read MoreThe Indiana House on Wednesday approved a bill banning courts from removing transgender children from their parents based only on parent refusal to seek gender-affirming care or otherwise support transitions.
Read MoreIndiana’s senators approved a bill Wednesday blocking cities and towns from banning the retail sale of dogs by state-approved sellers.
Read MoreThe Indiana House on Tuesday passed a bill providing state funding to train teachers who carry guns in classrooms after an emotional debate.
Read MoreIndiana lawmakers have seized on high health care costs as a priority problem to tackle this legislative session, but rural hospitals with thin profit margins are worried — and want more help from the state.
Read MoreA measure allowing utility companies to ask courts to appoint receivers over certain landlords behind on their utility bills passed unanimously out of a Senate committee Thursday.
Read MoreLawmakers on Monday unanimously advanced a proposal tasking the Indiana State Department of Agriculture with creation of an inventory of farmland lost in the last decade — whether to industry, housing, renewable energy or otherwise.
Read MoreIndiana lawmakers are drawing up changes to the state’s property tax system, with high value assessments last spring pointing toward potentially high bills this year.
Read MoreThe gaming industry and some Indiana lawmakers want to bring casinos and lotteries straight to your phone in the upcoming legislative session.
Read MoreGov. Eric Holcomb on Wednesday defended his signing of a near-total abortion ban this month and brushed off fears of business and talent attraction consequences in the wake of ominous statements from major homegrown employers.
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