Bill limiting short-term rental regulation advanced by House
The bill would guarantee homeowners the ability to rent out their primary residence on websites such as Airbnb.
The bill would guarantee homeowners the ability to rent out their primary residence on websites such as Airbnb.
The bill now moves to the House, which is expected to vote soon on its own Sunday sales proposal with similar terms.
The bill would set criteria for redrawing electoral districts, but the measure falls far short of a comprehensive redistricting overhaul that good government groups have sought for years.
Democrats climbed onboard after two days of negotiations that ended with new reassurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the U.S. Senate would consider immigration proposals in the coming weeks.
The chamber and other coalition members favor options for the interstate project that would be more neighborhood-friendly.
A Marion Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a neighborhood resident, who fought the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission’s decision to give the project the green light.
Some in the booming U.S. solar-power industry are hoping a decision this week by President Donald Trump doesn’t bring on an eclipse.
The three-year project involves research into and development of materials and structures for reusable hypersonic aircraft, which travel at five times the speed of sound.
A vote to break a Democratic filibuster on a short-term funding bill is scheduled for noon Monday.
Some Indiana school officials say a bill that would create a system to monitor school districts' financial health and punish struggling schools goes too far
Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stop-gap extension in a late-night vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century. Behind the scenes, leading Republicans and Democrats were trying to work out a compromise.
Democrats in the Senate have served notice they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that cleared the House Thursday evening, seeking to shape a subsequent measure.
The controversial rule changes would have an impact in Indiana, which is the country’s fifth-largest pork producer.
A divided House on Thursday passed an eleventh-hour plan to keep the government running. But the measure faces gloomy prospects in the Senate, and it remains unclear whether lawmakers will be able to find a way to keep federal offices open past a Friday night deadline.
The mayor also told IBJ that the city is “prepared to look at anything and everything” that would help it secure Amazon’s planned second U.S. headquarters—as long as any action is fiscally prudent.
The top two Republicans in the Indiana Legislature said Thursday that legislation that would overturn an unusual law and allow more stores to sell cold beer is dead this legislative session.
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma said lawmakers could move an incentives bill “expeditiously” to attract Amazon’s proposed second headquarters, if necessary, but he wouldn’t be in favor of doing what Wisconsin did to lure Foxconn.
The future for cannabidiol, or CBD, oil in Indiana remains unclear after an Indiana senator declined to call for a vote on two bills that would legalize the sale of the substance if certain specifications are met.
Rep. Linda Lawson and Sen. Jean Breaux are working together this session to pass legislation that would hold employers accountable for permitting a wage gap between male and female workers.
Indiana will likely remain the only state that restricts who can sell cold beer after a Senate panel voted Wednesday to uphold a closely guarded law that protects the interests of liquor stores.