Articles tagged as: IPB
January 22, 2025
Senate lawmakers advance a bill to ban noncompete agreements for physicians
Senate lawmakers advanced Senate Bill 475 Wednesday to ban non-compete agreements for doctors.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Latest Braun executive orders target health care affordability, transparency
Gov. Mike Braun signed a series of executive orders Wednesday that aim to make health care more “affordable, accessible and transparent.”
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2025
Governor Braun orders IDOH to share individual terminated pregnancy reports
Gov. Mike Braun is ordering the Indiana Department of Health to resume releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports, as it did before the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
Lawmakers eye changes to STEM teacher license, religious instruction time, bullying notice
Senate lawmakers are considering a bill that would address teacher shortages in STEM, change the amount of time high school students are allowed to leave school to attend religious instruction, and alter the timeframe of when schools must notify parents of bullying incidents.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
New survey outlines Hoosiers' need for food banks. Advocates call on legislators for action
Seven in 10 Hoosiers served by the network of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry say they skipped meals due to not having enough food.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
House bill aims to bolster nuclear, retain coal and gas plants for AI data centers
A House bill, HB 1007, aims to help ensure AI data centers coming into the state have the massive amount of power they need — primarily by subsidizing small nuclear plants and keeping coal and natural gas plants online. Consumer and environmental advocates worry this could mean higher electric bills for Hoosiers.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
Indiana Black Caucus said Braun's DEI order sends message that Indiana doesn't care about fairness
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus said Gov. Mike Braun’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion in state government sends a message that Indiana doesn’t care about fairness.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
Bill would cut Indiana individual income tax rate more in future, if state revenues grow
Indiana is in the midst of a five-year reduction of its individual income tax rate. A bill unanimously approved by a Senate committee Tuesday would continue to cut the rate after that — but only if state revenues grow.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2025
AI data centers threaten to derail climate progress in Indiana
Companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are building large data centers in Indiana for AI. Each one requires power 24/7 — and a lot of it. But Indiana utilities weren’t anticipating this when they made plans to get more power from sources like wind and solar. Data centers could delay utilities’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2025
Southern Indiana lawmakers back bills on health care, education, government oversight
It’s two weeks into Indiana’s legislative session, and lawmakers across the state have filed more than 2,200 bills, only a fraction of which will become law. Here’s a look at what Southern Indiana officials are focused on.
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