Indiana House Republicans are working with a national GOP redistricting attorney as they prepare to redraw the state’s legislative district lines.

Evansville realtor Tim O'Brien was elected in a private caucus to replace former Rep. Holli Sullivan (R-Evansville), who left the legislature earlier this month to become secretary of state.

The seat recently opened up after Gov. Eric Holcomb named now-former Rep. Holli Sullivan (R-Evansville) as secretary of state.

Black Democratic lawmakers were booed and heckled last week by some Republicans after raising concerns about what they saw as discrimination in a piece of legislation.

More than one-third of the proposed state funding hike for Indiana schools could go toward the state's private school voucher program under a Republican-backed plan that could boost the program's cost by nearly 50 percent over the next two years.

Many of the House GOP's top priorities stem from needs that either arose or were intensified over the last year. Topping the Senate GOP's list is liability protections for Hoosier businesses and health care providers.

In a Facebook post, the second-term representative said the governor's "unilateral" COVID-19 restrictions have put her family's business in serious jeopardy.

Democrats proposed a House rule to require members to wear a mask while on the floor, in the hall or in committee and conducting official House business or potentially face a fine, censure or other penalty.

Republican Todd Huston's seat is among those being targeted by Democrats as they look to break the two-thirds supermajority Indiana House Republicans have had for the past eight years.

The move comes after Lucas drew fire this week for the most recent incident in which he posted on social media a meme decried as racist.