All ballot referendums and public questions would go on general election ballots under a bill approved by the House as the first half of the legislative session came to a close.

Gov. Mike Braun signed two executive orders Thursday to reduce fraud and add new requirements for Hoosiers on unemployment.

House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) is adamant that expanding gaming should be a decision made for policy reasons, not revenue ones.

The tentative contract includes pay increases, a cost-of-living adjustment for all employees and better retirement benefits.

Indiana’s poorest performing casino, in the southeast corner of the state, wants to move. A bill to allow them to relocate to northeastern Indiana couldn’t get a vote this session.

Gov. Mike Braun is looking ahead to a “wrestling match” over property tax reform in the second half of the legislative session.

The proposed legislation would allow the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to create a skills training pilot program, available for eligible Hoosiers on the state’s unemployment insurance program.

Several major Indiana election reforms advanced by the Senate Elections Committee this session either failed to get approval by the full Senate or were significantly scaled back.

Utilities that want to build a new power plant on the site of an old one — or a former coal mine — could bypass local zoning and land use laws under a Senate bill that passed on Thursday.

Gov. Braun said his wife Maureen Braun — a longtime small business owner — will lead an effort to identify other funding sources to keep the free book program alive.