Major changes in the code include instructions that House members should avoid the appearance of impropriety. It also directs members to not carry out any public or private advocacy on issues in which they have a personal financial interest.
Religious institutions that receive state and local government contracts would be allowed to make hiring decisions based upon religion under a bill approved by the Indiana Senate.
Lawmakers on Monday advanced or considered legislation regarding religious hiring decisions, massage therapy, divorce waiting times, audit frequency, death benefits for EMS workers and how to treat school board members convicted of felonies.
Indiana lawmakers on Monday chose to hold off on a bill that would limit local governments' control over large livestock farms and instead replaced it with a proposal for further research.
A bill that would impose stricter regulations on massage therapists passed the Indiana House Public Health Committee on Monday.
Gov. Mike Pence is launching an internal audit and has installed a new commissioner to oversee the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Another $2 million in motorist overcharges came to light Monday.
Opponents of the bill say it would give big companies more leverage in negotiating connection agreements with smaller firms. Supporters say it just reduces redundancy in laws already on the books.
Glenda Ritz's supporters protest that Republicans are disenfranchising a state electorate that gave Ritz 57,000 more votes than GOP Gov. Mike Pence received in the same election.
The seven lawmakers are trying to undo the same law that gave Indiana Gov. Mike Pence a huge political victory just days ago, when he won federal approval to expand health coverage to uninsured Hoosiers.
One of the 29 tax breaks targeted for elimination allows up to a $200 credit for contributions to Indiana universities or colleges.
State officials say a 60-day extension for the Amtrak line allows time for them to complete negotiations to keep it running long-term.
A large group came to protest Senate Bill 539, authored by Sen. Carlin Yoder, R-Middlebury, which would establish regulations on e-liquid – the fluid used in electronic cigarettes.
A bill that passed a Senate committee Thursday would allow undocumented immigrant students living in Indiana to pay in-state tuition.
The elected state superintendent of public instruction would lose authority over several areas of education policy under Republican-backed proposals approved Thursday by an Indiana House committee.
Indiana won’t put itself on the marijuana-friendly map this year, as a medical marijuana bill authored by Democratic Sen. Karen Tallian is unlikely to go further than a committee hearing.
The bill count topped 1,200 before the end of January, and that figure, of course, doesn’t include the scores of amendments you’ll see before the end of April.
Gov. Mike Pence has canceled plans for a controversial website called JustIN that his office originally said would act as a news service.
An Indiana House committee has advanced a Republican-led proposal for shifting authority over education policy away from the elected state superintendent of public instruction.
House Bill 1638 would give significant new powers to the State Board of Education to intervene in schools earning a D or F grade for at least four straight years—even creating new schools within a school district.
A group of residents at a Bloomington retirement home are spearheading a legislative push to allow alcohol to be served at Indiana's nursing homes and retirement communities.
