About 1 in 10 Hoosier families face food insecurity. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also known as SNAP or food stamps can help them get food on the table. But requirements to repeatedly reapply for SNAP can be difficult. This week, legislators gave the governor the opportunity to sign a bill alleviating that difficulty for a few people, but not all.

Throwing stars would be legal for Hoosiers to own and carry under legislation headed to the House floor.

The new law lets utilities recover extra costs from complying with federal rules without having to get pre-approval first as long as the IURC approves them after the fact.

A bill that makes it a crime in many cases to electronically track someone goes a little less far after changes by a House committee Wednesday.

Law enforcement officers get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public cant cross when told to stop under a bill thats a step away from the governors desk.

Republican lawmakers passed a controversial bill out of a Senate committee Wednesday that requires teachers to notify parents if students request a name, title or pronoun change in the classroom. The amended legislation also addresses other issues under the banner of parents rights.

A ban on medicinal and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender youth was approved by a House committee Tuesday. The committee heard nearly four hours of emotional testimony before moving the measure one step closer to the governors desk.

State officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWDs administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governors desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.

The bills author has said it could help Indiana to reach its goal of recycling half its waste. But a University of Pittsburgh professor questions whether some of these chemical processes should be considered recycling at all.

Its likely Indiana will be sued if a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for people in prison becomes law.