Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Indiana hemp drug ban clears first hurdle

Indiana lawmakers seek to align state law with a recently enacted federal ban on intoxicating and synthetic hemp products — over opposition from the burgeoning delta-8 industry.... Read More

Public contractor ban removed, ‘good faith’ protections added to immigrant work eligibility bill

Legislation beefing up Indiana’s employment eligibility verification law no longer threatens violators with a yearlong ban from public works contracts following major edits Wednesday.... Read More

No shortage of suggestions heard to improve electric service affordability measure

Ambitious electric service affordability legislation faced dozens of recommendations for improvement Tuesday — from lawmakers and lobbyists alike — across a two-hour hearing.... Read More

‘Paid protester’ lobbying bill advances to Senate floor with ‘substantial’ edits expected

Legislation requiring paid political influencers to report to Indiana lobbying regulators heads to the Senate floor after a Monday committee vote, despite major concerns from regulators and First Amendment advocates.... Read More

State blames costly, complex federal changes for schoolchildren summer food aid opt-out

Indiana is one of just a dozen states opting out of a summer food aid program for hungry students. While anti-hunger advocates hope for a reversal, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration says the agency wasn’t appropriated the money required.... Read More

Indiana employers face public works contract ban under immigrant work eligibility bill

A bill to close “loopholes” in Indiana’s employment eligibility verification law could bar employers who purposefully flout the requirements from taking part in public works projects for a year.... Read More

Indiana lawmakers consider anti-doxing bill following redistricting bomb, swatting threats

Indiana lawmakers hope to crack down on doxing after more than a dozen of their own became victims of threats amid a turbulent but unsuccessful redistricting campaign.... Read More

Online lottery bill advances as ban eyed on other internet gambling

Indiana legislators are talking about possibly banning one form of internet gambling while also giving the Hoosier Lottery permission to sell tickets online.... Read More

INDOT cancels, postpones projects as it applies for tolling option for I-70

The number of nixed road and bridge plans is rising, the Indiana Department of Transportation told state lawmakers on Monday, citing “funding constraints.”... Read More

Young children at highest risk in state’s annual fatal maltreatment report

Fifty-nine children died of caregiver abuse or neglect in 2024, according to an annual report from the Indiana Department of Child Services released Monday, just before the end of 2025. Of those, 18 were due to abuse and 41 were due to neglect.... Read More