Indiana lawmakers heard from drug makers, consumers, doctors and industry experts about some of the driving factors of drug pricing.

Physicians were among those testifying both for and against medical marijuana.

The study committee considered a recommendation to require judges to give foster parents a hearing if they request a role in a child welfare case.

A decades-long debate over whether Indiana should have an explicit hate crimes law is no closer to a resolution.

Lawmakers debated those proposed changes in a study committee Wednesday.

The Alcohol Revision Commission hashed out preliminary recommendations Friday that it will make to the state Legislature.

Industrial hemp is still illegal to grow in Indiana outside of research. However, dozens of Hoosiers told the committee they think industrial hemp should be legal.

Indiana lawmakers will consider a number of controversial issues in study committees this year - including hate crimes and the Department of Child Services.

The Alcohol Code Revision Commission will recommend Sunday sales, with some limitations.

She says she was happy to hear the groups make their positions clear. But she says she felt it was jumping the gun a bit.