This week's tornado outbreak across parts of the Midwest produced a short-lived tornado that swept through northwest Indiana before moving onto Lake Michigan as a waterspout, the National Weather Service said.

Legislation headed to the governors desk will provide state and local election officials more ways to potentially remove people from the voter rolls.

Tens of thousands of public pension recipients in Indiana would not get a one-time increase in their benefits this year after a change in a Senate committee Thursday.

Policymakers and families of medically complex children have been asking for a pause on the attendant care program cut since it was announced in January, following the $1 billion Medicaid shortfall. A House committee voted Tuesday against an amendment that would have postponed the controversial cut.

House lawmakers advanced a broad education bill Tuesday that creates a civics proficiency design and internet safety curricula. The House also voted to remove a provision that would have changed how the state audits charter schools.

A controversial bill that would hold back some students who fail the states reading proficiency exam is nearing the governors desk.

SB 246 would allow the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to certify some acres of ground as a wildland, which counts as a tax break. It's not to be confused with a bill already signed into law that would take away wetland protections.

A bill that could limit debt protections for Hoosiers is headed to the governor's desk.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down an injunction on Indiana's gender-affirming care ban for Hoosiers younger than 18. The law now takes effect immediately.

Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors is being allowed to take effect by a federal appeals court in Chicago. The order was issued Tuesday by a panel of justices on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.