A key lawmaker called the bill a response to ongoing resistance of local governments to greenlight solar, wind and other renewables projects that are necessary to support the state’s growing energy demands. ... Read More
When proposed in 2021, the project was pitched as a way to improve sustainability of the forest’s oak-wood ecosystem. ... Read More
Senate Bill 289 advanced from the chamber in a 34-13 vote after more than three hours of floor debate—and following a contentious, unprecedented challenge to Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s Senate presidency.... Read More
Should Indiana’s special education classrooms be equipped with round-the-clock video surveillance? District administrators aren’t opposed—but only if the state foots the bill. Educators, meanwhile, have been less receptive.... Read More
Senate Bill 193 originally proposed annual inspections for all confined feeding operations, or CFOs. Currently, those farms must be inspected by state regulators at the time of licensure, and then once every five years.... Read More
The return to a statewide letter grade system is outlined in Republican Rep. Bob Behning’s House Bill 1498, which unanimously passed out of the House Education Committee on Wednesday. The bill now heads to the full chamber for further review.... Read More
With Hoosier employees increasingly using payment tools that let them tap earned wages before a regularly scheduled payday, an Indiana lawmaker is proposing a new framework to regulate the “earned wage access” industry.... Read More
As part of an ongoing effort to eradicate “obscene” and “harmful” books or curricular material from Indiana schools, a new bill floated by Republican lawmakers seeks to expand that ban to include “pornographic” content, too.... Read More
Early reaction was mostly positive Thursday to a Senate GOP priority bill that seeks to increase oversight of water withdrawal projects within Indiana.... Read More
An Indiana bill up for debate intends to crack down on what some Hoosiers called “destructive” fishing practices that wreak havoc on minnow populations in the state’s rivers and streams. Current law permits minnows to be caught with nets for bait fishing.... Read More
