February 18, 2025
Natural gas, propane would be considered 'clean energy' if Senate bill becomes law
The Indiana Senate passed a bill Monday that would define natural gas and propane as clean energy sources. Senate Bill 178 now moves to the House for consideration.
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House Democrats' budget priorities focused on boosts to public education, health care funding
Indiana House Democrats say the state budget should prioritize public education, health care funding, and relief for working-class Hoosiers.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2025
Senate approves 'work in progress' property tax reform legislation, sending it to House
Major property tax reform legislation that proponents call a “work in progress” advanced to the House Monday.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2025
Report: Child poverty drops to decade low, but Indiana youth face 'epidemic of loneliness'
The Indiana Youth Institute said there’s some good and some bad in this year’s Kids Count Data Book. Among the positives: Indiana’s median household income grew and child poverty is at its lowest in a decade.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2025
'Discriminatory' bill empowers greater state enforcement of immigration laws
Republicans on a House committee approved a bill Monday to give the attorney general more power to go after businesses that employ undocumented immigrants.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2025
House GOP budget: 2% K-12 increases, agency spending reductions — but no new tax cuts
The House Republicans’ state budget proposal includes 2% per year increases in K-12 education funding; hundreds of millions of new dollars for the Department of Child Services and Department of Correction; and no new tax cuts.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2025
IYG: Statehouse allies for LGBTQ+ Hoosiers 'walked away' on collegiate transgender sports ban
IYG, North America’s oldest continuously operating organization for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, is speaking up after a House committee passed a collegiate transgender sports ban.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2025
Weekly Statehouse update: Property tax overhaul, Medicaid reform bill changes, birth control access
A Senate committee overhauls the property tax reform bill. A Medicaid reform bill advances to the full Senate. And a House committee approves a bill expanding access to birth control — but leaves several common forms out.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2025
House passes measure to bolster nuclear, retain coal for AI data centers on utility customer dime
The Indiana House passed a bill on Thursday that aims to help ensure AI data centers coming into the state have the massive amount of power they need — primarily by subsidizing small nuclear plants and keeping coal plants online.
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2025
Senate passes measure to allow Indiana schools to hire chaplains
A controversial measure that would allow public schools to hire chaplains advanced past the Indiana Senate this week. Democrats raised concerns about the bill’s definition of chaplain and testimony against the bill during committee, but Republicans passed it anyway.
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