A Marion County judge says the House Republican caucus doesn't have to make lawmaker emails public under Indiana's open records law.

Gov. Mike Pence's Indiana Department of Administration wants $875,000 for the new doors because officials say they're worried about security issues regarding six doors that let government employees enter and exit the statehouse.

The Citizens Action Coalition, Common Cause Indiana and the Washington D.C.-based Energy and Policy Institute filed a lawsuit in May under the Access to Public Records Act, or APRA, after the House GOP caucus denied them access to emails between Bedford Rep. Eric Koch and several utility companies.

Individual income tax revenues performed better than expected, while sales tax collections came in slightly below target. But corporate income taxes badly missed the mark - 60 percent off expectations.

Indiana Education Superintendent Glenda Ritz has ended her 2016 bid for Indiana governor. Ritz announced this afternoon she wants to focus her effort on education issues and seek re-election as superintendent.

Gov. Mike Pence is cancelling a contract between the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and a private license branch operator, and wants a former top agency official now working for that company to be investigated for possible ethics violations.

The debate on whether to regulate or ban fenced hunting preserves is alive again. A June decision from the Indiana Supreme Court struck down a 2005 ban from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Now, the industry is virtually unregulated.

Plans to celebrate Indiana's birthday include building a $25 million state archives facility and a $24 million inn for Potato Creek Park near South Bend.

The new Broadband Ready Communities Development Center will team with local governments to encourage and approve communications projects that expand Internet access.

Indiana took out a more than $2 billion loan from the federal government at the height of the recession to pay unemployment benefits. It's been paying it back ever since. And as long as the state owes money on the loan, employers have to pay a penalty.