Some Indiana lawmakers are weighing whether schools should have the option to locally license or permit new teachers. It was a main point of conversation during the General Assembly's final education study committee meeting Tuesday.

Rep. Steve Davisson was first elected in 2010. A pharmacist, he served as vice chair on the House Public Health Committee. He had been forced to miss much of the last part of session this year while dealing with cancer.

In a letter sent to schools Friday, Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) and House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) outlined a plan for lawmakers and the Indiana Department of Education to ensure full funding for students learning in-person during the fall semester.

Students returning to class this month may be interacting with an unknown number of police officers in Indiana schools that haven’t been specially trained for the job. Chase Lyday, director of the Indiana School Resource Officers Association, is on a mission to change that.

John Whitaker sued the General Assembly over the law allowing legislators to call themselves into special session during a public emergency, arguing it violates the Indiana Constitution.

Eight different committees – including elections, agriculture, courts and public safety – aren't assigned to study anything this year.

This week at the Indiana Statehouse, Republicans voted to override another Gov. Eric Holcomb veto. Plus, a new revenue forecast projected billions of additional dollars for the new state budget.

The Indiana Public Retirement System increased its pension assets by 2.56 percent to $30.6 billion during the 2020 budget year, which ran from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020.

The state's largest early learning nonprofit says 2019 was a year of progress and should set up 2020 to be "transformative" for early learning providers and families looking for improved access.

Indiana lawmakers likely are not done tweaking the state's gambling rules, even after last year's changes to the industry.