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.

Republican Rep. Steve Davisson of Salem died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, according to the Indiana House speaker's office. Davisson was 63.

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.

The governor’s office has signed a contract paying a law firm up to nearly $200,000 for challenging the increased power state legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies.

Hoosiers have their first look at who their new state House and Congressional representatives will be. Indiana Republicans released the state House and Congressional redistricting maps Tuesday.

The Indiana State Board of Education is in the process of developing a new school performance data dashboard, after lawmakers approved legislation to create it earlier this year.

Hoosiers will get their first look Tuesday at the state's political future for the next decade as state lawmakers unveil state House and Congressional district maps, the first step in redistricting.

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.