Hoosier lawmakers passed a ban on COVID-19 vaccine passports in the waning hours of the 2021 legislative session Thursday.

The Republican-dominated House and Senate voted Thursday by wide margins to approve a wide-ranging health care and insurance bill that included the vaccine passport ban.

It's going to be a lot harder for local health officials to create and enforce temporary restrictions during a public emergency under legislation approved Wednesday.

Current law sets the weight limit for trucks at 80,000 pounds. However, if you're hauling steel, paper or agricultural products, you can get special permits to haul 120,000 pounds.

Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state leaders provide an update on House Bill 1001, the state's two-year budget.

Gov. Eric Holcomb and top Republican lawmakers announced the latest budget proposal Tuesday, which includes the state's biggest investment in K-12 education -- nearly $2 billion in state funding for schools over the next two years.

The Indiana House voted Monday for final legislative approval of the agreement signed in January by Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Dowagiac, Michigan-based Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

Republican supporters say the proposal is meant to provide a "check and balance" protecting the rights of business owners.

Gov. Eric Holcomb said the states new, $37 billion state budget will be "transformational" for Indiana's future.

Failing septic systems can leak wastewater into local streams and lakes. It can also get into drinking water wells and make people sick.