The Indiana NAACP is asking the state to include an environmental justice advocate on the new energy policy task force. The group met with Gov. Eric Holcomb to discuss the issue and other things this week.

Former Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who died last month, returned to Indianapolis Tuesday, where he lies in state at the Statehouse.

The single largest award in the first round of grants goes to the B & O Trail in Speedway. In all, $25 million is split between 17 regional and local projects around the state.

In the Indiana Statehouse, education was the star of the legislative session. On Monday, Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb acknowledged, Were not there yet" on increasing teacher pay.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the states next two-year budget into law Monday as he defended how Republican budget writers prioritized the states dollars.

The bill largely bans the second trimester procedure known as dilation and evacuation abortions.

Gov. Eric Holcomb says flags will be at half-staff until former Sen. Richard Lugar's funeral, which hasn't yet been announced. Lugar died Sunday at the age of 87.

The new state law, which takes effect in July,references a list of victim characteristics. But that list falls short of what advocates had long pushed for.

And he says hell continue to advocate for a more expansive list of victim characteristics in the measure.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb says he'll talk about the need for a state hate crimes law during his State of the State speech.