The Senate Education Committee finished its work for the year Wednesday by killing two bills and passing four, including an amended version of a bill to overhaul the state testing system.
A legal loophole used by an Indiana convenience store chain to sell cold beer would be snapped shut under a proposal that was advanced Wednesday by the Senate Public Policy Committee.
A House education bill knocked by critics as reducing accountability for Indiana voucher schools cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
The House panel’s changes address e-liquid labeling, including requiring an identifiable, trackable code and a nicotine warning.
Two governors tried to fire Northstar Lottery Group. But Northstar—a subsidiary of Gtech Corp., the parent company of Gtech Indiana, which manages the Hoosier Lottery—remains on the job more than two years later.
The Indiana Senate is set to consider a bill that makes the state superintendent of public instruction an official appointed by the governor instead of elected by voters—despite voting against a similar bill earlier this session.
A convenience store chain's attempt to sell cold beer has prompted a stern reaction from Indiana lawmakers who want to keep a state law limiting carryout chilled brew sales to liquor stores.
Over six years, the state has spent more than a half billion dollars on vouchers. During that time, Indiana’s program has expanded, giving more students access to vouchers than in any other state—despite mixed evidence from researchers that vouchers help students achieve.
The Indiana Department of Transportation this month released plans detailing the location of interchanges along the final leg of Interstate 69, information that’s expected to spark investment.
The fate of the Republicans’ health care bill hangs in the balance, but Gov. Eric Holcomb is giving it his support.
Indiana lawmakers are working to keep afloat the state’s crippled casino industry in an effort to shore up declining tax revenue and spur investment.
Indiana lawmakers are trying to ensure one particular question stays on job applications: “Have you ever been arrested or convicted of a crime?”
The House panel approved Sen. Jim Tomes' proposal in a 9-3 vote, sending it to the full House. The Senate previously approved it 40-9.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles denied Chris Bontrager's first request in February without citing a specific reason.
As currently written, the bill by Sen. Randy Head of Logansport effectively guts the troubled 2016 law, which created a monopoly and sparked an FBI investigation.
Indiana lawmakers are considering a measure that requires state officials to publicize the percentage of teachers who are union members and, in some cases, inform them that they can get rid of or change that representation.
The bill’s author, Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, says it’s important to stop knee-jerk government regulation that would restrict anyone’s ability to “use our private property for what we want to use it for.”
Indiana officials are sounding alarm bells about a plan by Republicans in Congress to cut Medicaid spending.
A House bill that would increase state funding to send low-income children to preschool was gutted in an Indiana Senate committee, setting up a potential clash between the two chambers.
Most lawmakers agree that the state needs to spend more money on its aging infrastructure, but the specifics of the plan are up for debate.
