Gov. Mike Pence says he wants all Hoosiers to know that, beginning Monday morning, members of the National Guard will be armed and able to defend themselves.

Robert Altice, Marion County Superior Court judge and former Marion County Deputy Prosecutor, was chosen from three nominees to fill the seat of Appeals Court Judge Ezra Friedlander, who's retiring after 22 years in the post.

Indiana finished the year on June 30 with a near historic level of reserves - $2.14 billion - coming in just short of the cash on hand in the 2012 fiscal year.

Gov. Mike Pence says he can't comment on a lawsuit alleging the Department of Child Services is breaking state law by not adhering to guidelines limiting employee caseloads. But, he says he's confident the agency is on solid footing.

A group of six lawmakers wants the state to investigate the Humane Society of the United States, accusing the group of deceptive fundraising tactics.

Hoosier businesses and individuals who owe back taxes to the state will have an opportunity to pay what they owe, without a penalty, this fall.

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday upheld the constitutionality of an independent redistricting commission in Arizona, a system that keeps the redrawing of legislative maps out of the legislature's hands. That decision could have a major impact on Indiana as lawmakers prepare to examine ways to take some of the politics out of electoral redistricting.

The Indiana House of Representatives has hired two outside attorneys to defend itself from a lawsuit challenging its refusal to release correspondence under the state's public records law.

Arizona's Independent Redistricting Commission was formed 15 years ago, after voters took the power to redraw districts away from the state's Legislature.

The State's lawsuit contends that imposing the Affordable Care Act's employer-mandate tax penalties on government employers is a violation of intergovernmental tax immunity.