House passes bill to exempt military pensions from state income tax
One of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s top priorities for the legislative session passed the Indiana House on Tuesday afternoon with nearly unanimous support.
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Indy Eleven stadium bill appears unlikely to get Statehouse hearing
The state’s top budget-writing senator doesn’t see a reason to schedule a hearing for a bill that would help fund a proposed soccer stadium for the Indy Eleven.
Indiana Senate backs law change after school shooting
The shooting at a suburban Indianapolis middle school last year has legislators looking to change state law.
City-County Council OKs $24M in additional public works spending
Some council members voted for the measure in spite of previously expressed frustration that the measure transfers $300,000 out of the city’s parking meter fund to eventually pay for initiatives that seek to curb homelessness and panhandling.
Indiana lawmaker seeks to eliminate state child labor laws
An Indiana lawmaker's efforts to eliminate the state's child labor laws have raised conflict-of-interest concerns because he employs hundreds of minors at a ski resort.
Developers bid on IPS downtown HQ, but district leaders unimpressed
Indianapolis Public Schools staffers are expected to ask the board this week to reject two proposals to buy the district’s downtown headquarters, after the offers came in well below expectations.
Economy likely to pick up, though pain may linger for some
S&P Global Ratings estimates that the economy lost $6 billion because of the government closure—a sizable but relatively negligible sum in a $19 trillion-plus U.S. economy.
Embattled Indy Council Democrat Stephen Clay decides to skip reelection bid
Democrats were not planning to endorse him at their upcoming pre-primary convention as their preferred candidate for District 13, which is on the northeast side.
Trump reaches deal with Congress to reopen government for three weeks
Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday announced a short-term deal to end the shutdown while negotiations continue over funding for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge
The indictment provides the most detail to date about how Trump campaign associates were aware in the summer of 2016 that emails had been stolen from the Hillary Clinton campaign and wanted them released.
Bill to make civics test a graduation requirement advances at Statehouse
Sen. Dennis Kruse, R- Auburn, said he authored the bill to ensure high school students would better understand their government and country.
Tech lobbying group focusing on talent, capital, place at Indiana Legislature
The goals for the Indiana Technology and Innovation Association—which includes members from more than 100 companies, from startups to major players such as Salesforce and AT&T—boil down to getting more high-skill workers here and finding more venture capital dollars for companies.
Indiana lawmakers approve policies banning sexual harassment
House members approved the policy in a unanimous voice vote Thursday after the Senate adopted a similar policy two weeks ago.
Scott Jones is back in town determined to make his mark—again
After nearly four years away from Indiana, local tech luminary Scott Jones has returned to central Indiana. And he’s returned with gusto, supercharging Eleven Fifty Academy and helping advance a life-sciences company he says can “transform medicine on multiple fronts.”
Bill would give schools voting power on redevelopment commissions
Similar measures that would have given the school representatives a voting position on redevelopment commissions have failed in the previous sessions.
Marian University interested in taking over state mental hospital site
The private university has started conversations with the state for assuming control of the site that holds Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, which will close later this year.
UPDATE: Indiana doctor’s offspring pushing state fertility fraud law
A Senate committee went along Wednesday with the request from Republican Sen. Mike Young of Indianapolis to remove from a bill the section creating a felony charge of fertility fraud for doctors using their own sperm or eggs without the patient’s consent.
Sexual harassment bills target public official misconduct
Among the lawmakers leading the charge for harassment legislation is Democratic Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, one of the four women who say Attorney General Curtis Hill groped them at a party last March.
Whitestown manager Dax Norton takes job as government consultant
Norton will be tasked at MS Consultants with helping counties, cities and towns develop systems for day-to-day management of all administrative and governance functions and to raise money for projects and economic development.
Department of Child Services reform bill passes Indiana House
The House on Tuesday unanimously passed House Bill 1006, sending it to the Senate for consideration. The bill, authored by Avon Republican Greg Steuerwald, has five major provisions.