Sen. R. Michael Young, R-Indianapolis, is pushing a bill that would require the Metropolitan Development Commission to notify Marion County’s independent cities and towns before it considers tax abatements for development projects in each city.
A package of five bills focused on reducing violent crime, particularly in Marion County, all will move to the Indiana House of Representatives for further consideration.
The Senate Health and Provider Services Committee voted 10-1 to approve the bill. It was supported by doctors and hospitals, and opposed by the health insurance industry and the business lobby.
Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement will give President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court.
Indiana Senate Republicans are not moving forward with their own tax cut proposals aimed at reducing business personal property taxes and offering a temporary sales tax holiday, casting doubt on a key provision in the House Republicans’ $1 billion tax-cut plan.
The Republican-backed proposal that would require Indiana voters who request mail-in ballots to swear under possible penalty of perjury that they won’t be able to vote in person at any time during the 28 days before Election Day.
A separate proposal seeking to add political party identifications to what are now nonpartisan school board elections throughout the state was effectively abandoned.
Jake Gilbert, head football coach at Westfield High School, has coached the Shamrocks since 2010 and was elected to the city council in 2019.
The Indiana Department of Revenue encourages taxpayers to use electronic filing, online payment and direct deposit to significantly improve the quality and speed of processing returns and refunds.
The Indiana Gaming Commission said the state’s online and retail sports wagering operations could accept bets on alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, ice hockey, short-track speed skating and speed skating.
An Indiana Senate bill sponsored by Indianapolis Republicans would prevent Democrat Sheriff Kerry Forestal from spending commissary fund money unless it is appropriated by the Indianapolis City-County Council.
Indiana lawmakers are taking another stab at setting up statewide standards for large wind and solar projects, a year after a group of counties shot down an earlier effort.
Republicans in the Indiana House passed their $1 billion individual income and business tax-cut proposal Thursday on a 68-25 party-line vote, sending it to the Senate, where its future is murky.
The vote represents a major shift for Indiana, which has never had commercial nuclear power and has long relied on coal to power homes and factories.
House Bill 1122 would prohibit a registered sexually-oriented business from operating within 1,000 feet of a facility that caters to minors.
Representatives from the Indiana State Teachers Association, the largest teachers union in the state, joined a coalition of civil rights, faith and public education groups at the Indiana Statehouse on Wednesday to oppose the bill.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, a Democrat, filed his candidacy to retain his office on Wednesday. His announcement came one day after Republican Cyndi Carrasco, former deputy general counsel for Gov. Eric Holcomb, announced her candidacy.
The bill would force employers who require the COVID-19 vaccine to provide medical and religious exemptions (the latter with no questions asked) and offer a testing option at no cost to the employee.
Cyndi Carrasco, former deputy general counsel for Gov. Eric Holcomb, announced her decision Tuesday to take on Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears.
As Indianapolis embarks on the once-a-decade task of redrawing City-County Council districts, officials are soliciting public input at community forums in January and February.
