When the General Assembly convenes for the 2017 legislative session, expanding state funded pre-K will be a top priority.

The Department of Child Services wants the legislature to help improve the process of reporting child abuse and neglect to the agency.

Legislation to allow police to take DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony is gathering more support.

Some lawmakers are concerned an infrastructure debate will focus mostly on roads and bridges and a water infrastructure discussion will get drowned out.

After the ISTEP+ panel issued its final report, the Legislature has a year to plan and implement a new test, against the advice of experts.

Republican Senate President Pro Tem David Long said Monday the state's gasoline tax should be indexed to increase with inflation. But he was noncommittal about what other steps lawmakers should take.

The question that will face the full General Assembly is how much it will be expanded.

Democrat and Republican leaders at the Statehouse agree - a long-term road funding plan will be the General Assembly's top priority in 2017.

A Republican state legislator promises to introduce a bill next session that would ban all abortion in the state of Indiana.

House Republicans only lost one seat; Senate Republicans picked one up.