Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill into law this week that will allow more students to participate in robotics competitions, by increasing the number of schools that can receive robotics grants and allowing them to spend that money on robot-building materials.

Coal ash contains chemicals like arsenic, which can cause cancer and heart disease. It was used as construction fill in hundreds of properties in the Town of Pines.

Though there weren't as many energy and environment bills this legislative session as in previous years, there were still some notable measures up for debate at the Indiana Statehouse.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that requires hospitals to ensure Medicaid members have the option during a delivery visit to get a long-acting reversible contraceptive, also known as a LARC. The new law also requires Medicaid to cover the cost of keeping a LARC option stocked.

Most of Indiana's six Republican candidates for governor weren't shy about attacking each other Monday during the campaign's first formal debate.

Lawmakers passed a flurry of bills this year that will have a wide impact on education in Indiana. Those included efforts to combat low reading scores, promote work-based learning and prepare for new graduation standards.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a controversial reading retention bill into law Monday. The new law will hold back nearly all third graders who fail the states reading proficiency exam.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that critics say violates federal law when it comes to removing people from the voter rolls.

Indiana's unemployment rate has been unchanged for five months, holding steady at 3.5 percent. That's according to recently updated numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Language that would have eliminated the seven percent retail sales tax on period products did not survive the end of the legislative session. Indiana continues to have one of the highest tax rates on period products in the country.