Dozens of community groups took part recently in an Indiana Civil Rights Commission conference.

A Senate committee approved hate crimes legislation Monday for the third time in four years.

House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) says his caucus doesn’t like the bill a Senate committee will consider next week.

A decades-long debate over whether Indiana should have an explicit hate crimes law is no closer to a resolution.

Debate on a hate crimes bill was emotional and, at times, heated Tuesday as a Senate committee kicked off conversation on the issue.

Groups worry hate crimes are underreported in the state, and call for hate crimes legislation.