The rejected bill was tabled nearly a week before vandals painted vulgar graffiti on a wall of the Islamic Society of North America in Plainfield. It would allow for tougher sentences by taking into account a victim's perceived or actual race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry or sexual orientation.

Separate meetings will be held for students, staff and faculty. An all-campus meeting will complete the day's events.

Senate Republican Leader David Long says LGBT rights are an inevitability in Indiana and plans to debate the issue again next year.

Indiana Competes, a coalition of more than 350 Indiana Businesses that support the addition of equal protections in the civil rights code, released the survey results Tuesday.

Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman issued the order adding protections for transgender people during a Goshen Board of Works meeting Monday afternoon.

Earlier this year, North Side High School's Redskins mascot was deemed unfit due to controversy surrounding the nickname and its perceived offensive nature toward Native Americans.

Indiana Competes announced its formation less than a month ago and since then, the group has collected pledges from some of Indiana's biggest names - Eli Lilly, Cummins, Anthem, AT&T, and Salesforce.

Senate Republicans Tuesday unveiled the details of legislation they say strikes a balance between protecting the LGBT community from discrimination and ensuring Hoosiers' religious freedom.

Three Indiana State University students ended a brief hunger strike after school officials said mandatory diversity training was being implemented for new students starting next fall.

Indianapolis will host the 2017 InterPride World Conference.