It’s the first major push against proposed state legislation by a convention group since the Religious Freedom Restoration Act sparked extensive backlash in 2015.
An Indiana Senate social services bill, designed to accommodate an increased demand in family services following a proposed abortion ban, duplicates the House version after Tuesday’s committee meeting.
Just one day after a House committee stripped and replaced the Senate’s bill with their own version, Senators voted 10-1 to do the same to the House version Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, who has represented Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013, was killed in a crash Wednesday afternoon in northern Indiana, according to various media outlets.
As Indiana moves forward with an abortion ban, a small group of Democratic lawmakers and advocates has been hoping to expand the state’s sex education curriculum in an effort to reduce unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which has has enraged Beijing and Chinese nationalists, could further muddle Washington’s already complicated relationship with China as the two sides wrest with differences over trade, the war in Ukraine, human rights and more.
Lawmakers, who have run out of patience with the cryptocurrency industry’s attempts to live out an unregulated Libertarian, bank-free world, are now desperate to implement stringent oversight.
The region’s largest business organization said in a statement that Indiana’s proposed abortion ban raises questions that will be difficult to address within the time limits of a special session.
I do not understand recreational sex without birth control (IUDs, the pill, the shot, male condoms, female condoms, vasectomies, etc.) What is wrong with the concept of individual responsibility?
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and two members of her congressional staff died in the Wednesday afternoon crash in northern Indiana, along with the woman driving the other vehicle, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said
The commission said more money is needed because the state ranks among the worst in the nation for obesity, smoking, infant mortality and other critical measures, and the life expectancy of Hoosiers has declined in recent years.
A deeply divided Indiana House voted Thursday to keep exceptions in cases of rape or incest in a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state.
Data privacy—a topic of keen interest to Indiana’s tech companies—will be on the agenda when the Indiana Technology and Innovation Association hosts its annual conference later this month at 16 Tech.
The Indiana House approved a bill Friday that would provide $200 rebate payments from the state’s surging budget surplus. The Senate could consider the bill later Friday.
House members advanced the near-total abortion ban 62-38 with limited exceptions, including in cases of rape and incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.
The measure uses more than $1 billion in reserve accounts to send $200 checks to millions of eligible Hoosiers, including hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers utilizing Social Security or disability benefits.
The Indiana Legislature on Friday approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother. The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.
