Indiana township governments oversee the maintenance of cemeteries, relief for struggling residents, and volunteer fire departments.

Indiana House Republicans denied an effort Thursday to compel the Department of Child Services to meet legally-defined caseload standards.

The bill doesn't include all of the state board's policy recommendations, made last month. Instead, it mainly focuses on orientation for virtual school families.

The House Education Committee voted 10-1 Wednesday to endorse changing the superintendent position to one appointed by the governor effective in 2021.

Some lawmakers want to keep state money out of schools with openly discriminatory policies, in response to the ongoing controversy over Roncalli High School putting an employee on administrative leave because of her marriage to a woman.

Some of the changes involve initial assessments performed by DCS caseworkers after a report of a child in imminent danger.

The legislation would make Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs employees ineligible for grants from the Military Family Relief Fund and would firmly cap the lifetime amount a person could receive at $2,500.

Gov. Eric Holcomb wants to free up $140 million for schools over the next two years as a way to potentially boost teacher pay.

The legislation would allow for higher prize payouts and more nonprofits to offer charity gaming, and reduce the number of license types.

In the governor's proposed budget, the Amtrak-operated train would no longer receive $3 million in annual financial support after June 30, 2019.