Latest Indiana state government News

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

Mar. 26, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Indianapolis Business Journal. March 22, 2024. Editorial: Holcomb’s decision to sign bill gutting access law is disappointing IBJ and other media organizations were disappointed to see Gov. Eric Holcomb sign a bill into law that weakens the Office of the Indiana...

Indiana legislators send bill addressing childcare costs to governor

Mar. 06, 2024 18:07 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers voted Wednesday to send legislation to the governor’s desk aimed at making childcare more affordable as part of their promise to address the issue this legislative session. Indiana is among a growing number of Republican-led states proposing...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

Mar. 05, 2024 07:14 AM EST

Indianapolis Business Journal. March 1, 2024. Editorial: Retention isn’t ideal, but it’s a tool to attack reading problem The Legislature is poised to pass a bill that would require K-12 school districts to hold back more students who fail the state’s elementary...

Indiana lawmakers send GOP bill targeting tenure to governor's desk

Mar. 01, 2024 11:14 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Indiana granted final approval Thursday to a bill that would impose new regulations on tenure for faculty at public colleges and universities. The bill now heads to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb's desk. The proposal mirrors...

Indiana justices, elections board kick GOP US Senate candidate off primary ballot

Feb. 27, 2024 16:54 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove one of two Republican U.S. Senate candidates from the primary ballot, and the state Supreme Court rejected his legal challenge to the law barring his candidacy. The decision to remove...

Indiana high court weighs Senate hopeful's challenge to limit on who can seek party nominations

Feb. 12, 2024 12:02 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over the state's challenge to a lower court ruling that would allow a man to run for one of the state's U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the state GOP doesn't back his candidacy. A state law says a...

Indiana legislation could hold back thousands of third graders who can't read

Feb. 01, 2024 18:44 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have avowed to reverse the state's long declining literacy rates with legislation targeting early elementary school years. Almost halfway through the legislative session, state Senators advanced a sweeping bill Thursday that could hold back thousands of third...

Video shows Indiana lawmaker showing holstered gun to students who were advocating for gun control

Feb. 01, 2024 05:52 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A video taken by a high school student shows an Indiana lawmaker flash a gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to legislators about gun control. A student from Burris Laboratory School in Muncie told The Associated Press that she and four...

Indiana lawmakers vote to let some state officials carry handguns on Capitol grounds

Jan. 29, 2024 16:40 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some Indiana officials, including the attorney general and the secretary of state, could carry handguns in the state Capitol under a bill approved Monday by state lawmakers, who already can do so inside the complex. The new bill authored by a Republican lawmaker...

Solidly GOP Indiana doesn't often see competitive primaries for governor. This year is different

Jan. 18, 2024 21:13 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a state as solidly Republican as Indiana, the May primary is the real competition. Four months out, five candidates are still jockeying for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in an unusually crowded field. Annual campaign finance reports filed Wednesday...