Articles tagged as: IPB
January 23, 2024
Indiana unemployment rate improves in December for first time in months
Indiana's unemployment rate improved in December for the first time in eight months.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
House passes bill to update crimes that bar employment for home health agencies
A bill that updates which crimes would bar individuals from working at a home health agency passed the House Monday. The bill would apply similar criminal background requirements used for long-term care facilities to home health agencies.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
Indiana lawmakers ask for bobcat hunting, trapping season once again
A state Senate bill, SB 241, would establish a hunting and trapping season for bobcats in Indiana by July of next year.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
13th check bill author says he thinks Senate Republicans have 'seen the light'
Nearly 100,000 public pension recipients in Indiana will get an extra month’s worth of benefits this year under a measure unanimously approved by the House Monday.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
Local ordinances to ban dog sales at pet stores eliminated under House bill
Local governments would be banned from preventing local pet stores from selling dogs under a bill approved by Republicans in a House committee Monday.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2024
New proposal could overhaul school vouchers, expand parent choice. But not this year
A Republican lawmaker introduced legislation that would reshape Indiana’s school choice system. However, the plan likely won’t face a vote until next year.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2024
One state wetland bill would reduce protections, another gives tax breaks for preservation
Two bills regarding Indiana’s wetlands are working their way through the state legislature. Because of a state law passed three years ago and the result of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, few wetlands in Indiana are protected today.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2024
Weekly Statehouse Update: AI revenge porn, prior authorization reform, child labor laws
An artificial intelligence revenge pornography bill clears the House, a Senate committee advances prior authorization reform, and a House committee rolls back some child labor protections.
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2024
Antisemitism bill unanimously passed by the Indiana House, now moves to the Senate
The Indiana House Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would define and ban antisemitism in Indiana public education institutions.
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2024
AI revenge pornography bill advances to Indiana Senate
Rep. Sharon Negele (R-Attica) said HB 1047 makes it a crime to share intimate images or videos of someone that were computer-generated without the persons consent.
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