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Indiana’s legislative session begins on Jan. 4. Between COVID-19, redrawing legislative districts and setting the state’s two-year budget, lawmakers will be tackling a lot in the next few months.
Hundreds of bills are filed every year, and it’s difficult for even journalists – who are literally paid to – to keep up with all of them. How can you keep up? Here’s our guide for how to navigate Indiana’s legislative session.
Hundreds of bills are filed every year, and it’s difficult for even journalists – who are literally paid to – to keep up with all of them. How can you keep up? Here’s our guide for how to navigate Indiana’s legislative session.
Gov. Eric Holcomb delivered a very different State of the State address, while legislative activity was halted all week over security concerns. Here’s what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled last month that the Indiana legislature had overstepped its jurisdiction in 2017, when it barred Bloomington from annexing any part of Monroe Country through 2022.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb’s annual State of the State address will be a virtual event Tuesday night rather than delivered before the typical joint session of the General Assembly.
A “historic” police reform bill clears committee. The Holcomb administration unveils the governor’s state budget proposal. And an education funding guarantee is moving in both chambers.
The proposal from Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb presented Wednesday to state legislators would increase K-12 school funding by 2% during the first year and 1% the second year of the new budget that would start in July.
Holcomb administration officials call the state’s financial situation a “pleasant surprise” – Indiana budget reserves should return to pre-pandemic levels this year.
Under current law, the governor can declare a public emergency – like the health emergency during the pandemic – for 30 days.
Under the bill, someone who knowingly misused a restricted-use pesticide like dicamba could get a $1,000 fine.
Indiana State Police Lt. Brad Hoffeditz said in his experience, many police departments aren’t forthcoming.
Many of Holcomb’s critics – on both sides of the aisle – say the governor’s first term lacked bold action. Holcomb vehemently disagreed with that charge.
2021 will be the third round of redistricting Common Cause policy director Julia Vaughn has been a part of, and she says it’s something Hoosiers are paying more attention to now than ever before.
Sen. Mike Bohacek (R-Michiana Shores) said his bill aims to eliminate the possibility that any decrease to public safety funding can ever become a “political bargaining chip.”
Topping the Senate GOP's list is liability protections for Hoosier businesses and health care providers – something that’s also a priority for the House GOP and Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Hoosier business leaders overwhelmingly voiced support for a bill that would protect organizations from many lawsuits related to COVID-19.
Indiana lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation to provide schools full funding for students learning remotely because of COVID-19.
House and Senate Democrats' 2021 legislative agendas are focused on issues that they say the pandemic showed to be incredibly urgent.
Qaddoura said he’s proud to be Indiana’s first Muslim state lawmaker. But he’s also aware of the heavy responsibility it comes with.
The Indiana House and Senate are making changes to the way they conduct business for the 2021 legislative session – one everyone agrees will be “unique.”
House Republicans’ 71-seat supermajority is their largest since before the 2016 election.
House Education Committee Chair Rep. Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis) said part of his priorities for the upcoming session is for teachers to get more resources and training for remote learning.
The Indiana General Assembly’s 2021 session will begin soon, with many unanswered questions about how it will go amid the ongoing global pandemic.
Business owners worry about lawsuits from employees claiming they brought COVID-19 home from work and infected those living with them.
Lawmakers have debated an increase in the cigarette tax for half a decade. It’s even passed one chamber – the House – multiple times but never reached the finish line.
The commission's report says a competitive average teacher salary for Indiana lands at about $60,000 a year. That's nearly $9,000 more than the current average, and would take an investment of more than $600 million.
A majority of Hoosiers say the governor’s emergency powers should be more limited according to the latest edition of the Ball State Hoosier survey, a poll of 600 Indiana residents.
