A Senate committee advances a bill pressuring nonprofit hospitals to lower costs. Language banning government involvement in “obscene performances” gets added to an unrelated bill. And an expansion of the state’s Lifeline Law heads to the governor.

It allows an Indiana utility to pass along some of the pre-construction costs to their customers — even if the plant never gets finished. So far, none of the ones in the U.S. have.

The Clean Water Indiana Program usually provides matching dollars to help farmers and landowners implement practices like cover cropping and no-till agriculture — to keep the soil from eroding and getting into local waterways.

The push by postal workers against privatization comes after billionaire Elon Musk — who is advising President Donald Trump on major cuts to the federal government — said the agency should be privatized.

Indiana is a stroke of the governor’s pen away from expanding its Lifeline Law to shield more young people from underage drinking charges.

The Indiana Senate passed a resolution in support of pregnancy care centers — but advocates said they have “serious concerns” about the move from lawmakers. Some OB-GYNs said it’s important to understand what pregnancy care centers are, and what they are not.

Schools are not currently required to provide paid parental leave, but a new amendment to a state bill would change that.

A previous version of the bill would have allowed a judge or the Indiana Department of Child Services to provide consent to financial institutions.

Medicaid members and advocates thanked lawmakers for removing the cap — but they still want lawmakers to reconsider other policies in the bill.

The Indiana Department of Health issued new guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records.