Indiana Senate votes to approve infrastructure funding plan
The measure likely will head next to a conference committee where differences with a House version can be ironed out.
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Cold beer issue puts restaurant alcohol permits on hold
Hundreds of Indiana restaurants seeking to renew their alcohol permits are now on hold due to a legislative kerfuffle that erupted when two Ricker's convenience stores started selling cold beer.
Indiana Senate OKs bill that lets governor appoint schools chief
Indiana senators on Tuesday approved making the position of state superintendent of public instruction a job appointed by the governor and no longer elected by voters.
White House woos GOP lawmakers with revised health care bill
Republicans entertained a fresh White House offer to revise the party's failed health care bill Tuesday as the GOP tried to resuscitate the measure that crashed less than two weeks ago.
Indiana lawmakers OK letting Statehouse staffers carry guns
The Senate voted 39-7 to approve changes made in the House, sending the bill to the governor’s desk.
Halting cold beer sales at Ricker’s trickier than expected
A top Indiana Republican is suggesting the Legislature may not be able to stop the convenience store chain Ricker's from selling cold beer before the end of session.
Bill to close cold-beer sales loophole advanced by Senate panel
A legal loophole used by an Indiana convenience store chain to sell cold beer would be snapped shut under a proposal that was advanced Wednesday by the Senate Public Policy Committee.
Senate panel OKs bill that gives reprieve to failing voucher schools
A House education bill knocked by critics as reducing accountability for Indiana voucher schools cleared a Senate committee Wednesday.
Indiana House panel amends overhaul of troubled vaping law
The House panel’s changes address e-liquid labeling, including requiring an identifiable, trackable code and a nicotine warning.
House Republicans, short of votes, withdraw health care bill
Republican leaders have abruptly pulled their troubled health care overhaul bill off the House floor, short of votes and eager to avoid a defeat for President Donald Trump and GOP leaders.
Mnuchin says administration tax plan coming soon
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that after the initial congressional battle over health care, the administration plans to turn quickly to tax reform with the goal of getting a program approved by Congress by August.
House steers toward climactic vote on GOP health care bill
Republicans muscled their capstone health care overhaul past an initial barrier and toward a climactic roll call Friday, plunging ahead despite uncertainty over whether they had the votes to prevail.
House lawmakers plan ‘substantial’ amendment to vaping bill
As currently written, the bill by Sen. Randy Head of Logansport effectively guts the troubled 2016 law, which created a monopoly and sparked an FBI investigation.
Indiana House panel advances measure on teacher unions
Indiana lawmakers are considering a measure that requires state officials to publicize the percentage of teachers who are union members and, in some cases, inform them that they can get rid of or change that representation.
Bill prohibiting cities from banning Airbnb advances
The bill’s author, Rep. Matt Lehman, R-Berne, says it’s important to stop knee-jerk government regulation that would restrict anyone’s ability to “use our private property for what we want to use it for.”
Senate panel guts House proposal on preschool education
A House bill that would increase state funding to send low-income children to preschool was gutted in an Indiana Senate committee, setting up a potential clash between the two chambers.
Road-funding plan faces pushback over tax hikes in Senate hearing
Most lawmakers agree that the state needs to spend more money on its aging infrastructure, but the specifics of the plan are up for debate.
Indiana lawmakers weigh banning so-called sanctuary campuses
A bill stipulates that colleges or universities violating the ban would risk having funds withheld by the state’s budget agency. A court could also block a sanctuary policy if a lawsuit is brought.
House passes bill to restrict legal claims against companies
Changes mandated in the bill could help reduce legal costs for businesses by putting up more hurdles to bringing class-action lawsuits in federal court.
Indiana House GOP open to smaller cigarette tax increase
The leader of the Indiana House says he is willing to back down at least partially on a proposed $1 cigarette tax increase.