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.
David Rosenberg, 29, helped lead efforts to build a new criminal justice center as deputy chief of staff for Mayor Greg Ballard.
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.
Brian Neale, 37, health care policy director for the Office of Gov. Mike Pence, is at the forefront of Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, the governor's recently approved initiative to expand health care to more than 350,000 uninsured Hoosiers.
Corrie Meyer, 37, president of Innovative Planning LLC, last year became executive director of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission, a role in which she brings together parties with diverse perspectives.
Bill sponsor Rep. Robert Morris, R-Fort Wayne, said it was created to give Indiana's Amish population more access to outside businesses such as banks and pharmacies that require a state-issued ID.
Andrew Cullen, 39, vice president of public policy for United Way of Central Indiana, is a lobbyist who looks out for Indiana’s kids.
Cynthia Carrasco, 34, inspector general for the state of Indiana, keeps watch for fraud and abuse.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's mother says she thinks her son would make a good U.S. president — just not yet.
New Albany's city council voted 5-2 on Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding resolution to offer General Mills financial incentives to keep its refrigerated baked goods plant open. The plant has about 400 well-paid employees.
An Indiana Senate committee on Tuesday approved a set of bills intended to fight crime that among other things would impose harsher sentences for violent offenders and provide funding for police overtime.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said the characterization of the site as a news agency represents "an understandable misunderstanding" and that he supports a free press.
An Indiana House committee has endorsed tighter rules on the conduct of lawmakers in the wake of an ethics investigation of former House Speaker Pro Tem Eric Turner and other issues.
The top Democrat in the Indiana Senate is applauding the federal approval of Gov. Mike Pence's proposal for expansion of the Healthy Indiana Plan.
The Indiana Department of Correction presented a budget proposal to the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday that included about $50 million in additional funds to expand two of the state’s prisons.
Federal officials have approved Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s plan to provide health insurance to lower-income Hoosiers, despite provisions that require some participants to pay part of the premium.
A bill that would let companies pull money out of employee paychecks for uniforms, education and other expenses could receive a vote next week in the House Judiciary Committee.
