As Indiana lawmakers near the halfway point of the shortened session, bills tackling cellphone use for kids and creating a new authority for IPS schools are moving through the Statehouse.

Indiana lawmakers amended a bill regulating children’s access to social media, removing a proposed overnight curfew for teens while keeping age limits and parental permission requirements.

Authored by Sen. Liz Brown (R-Fort Wayne), the legislation effectively bans gender marker changes on birth certificates and defines “gender” as a synonym for “sex,” excluding a person’s “subjective experience" and restricts facilities based on them.

Three weeks after announcing a “pause in operations,” Martin University’s board of trustees announced in a letter published in the Indianapolis Recorder that the college is closing its doors for good.