After this week's Supreme Court decision that allows states to authorize wagering on sports, legislation to legalize sports betting in Indiana will get a hearing next session.

Negotiations are ongoing on legislation to eliminate handgun licensing fees and make changes to the leadership of the state's workforce development programs.

Currently Indiana residents wish to carry a handgun must fill out an application, get fingerprinted and pay a fee. Several police organizations support keeping the current licensing.

A joint committee heard lengthy testimony on the issue of whether or not to eliminate Indiana's handgun license requirement.

Indiana State Senator Luke Kenley, one of the most influential lawmakers at the Statehouse, will retire later this year after 25 years in office.

Some Indiana lawmakers are responding to a Side Effects Public Media and NPR report detailing how the president of an Indiana nonprofit is also lobbying for a drug company.

Even the short-term rental bill's opponents are ready to work on the measure again.

An alteration in committee would reduce guaranteed money paid to counties across the state each year that comes from gaming revenues.

Under the bill - which received unanimous support from the committee - if a public records request takes a government agency more than two hours to search for, the agency can charge up to $20 per hour.

A bill that would change net metering for solar energy production got its first hearing before a House committee Wednesday, continuing to draw debate from a wide range of stakeholders.