An administrative law judge ruled Indianas environmental agency broke its own public comment rules when it issued an air pollution permit for a planned $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel plant in Spencer County.

State lawmakers Monday advanced a bill that allows schools to charge for public record searches, as long as those searches require more than five hours of work.

Three legislative staffers and a state lawmaker say Attorney General Curtis Hill groped them at a party in March. Two other women corroborate those accusations. Hill denies the accusations.

Holcomb's predecessor, former governor Mike Pence, vetoed a similar bill in 2015.

Former governor Mike Pence vetoed such a bill two years ago

Under the bill - which received unanimous support from the committee - if a public records request takes a government agency more than two hours to search for, the agency can charge up to $20 per hour.

Tuesday's order denied a request by consumer advocates for a rehearing following an April ruling that lawmakers can ignore public record requests for email correspondence with lobbying groups and businesses.

Gov. Mike Pence Thursday vetoed a bill aimed at requiring more transparency from private university police departments. He says the legislation would have had the opposite result.

The legislation comes after ESPN filed a lawsuit claiming Notre Dame Security Police violated public records laws.

Legislation governing how police body camera videos are released to the public underwent significant changes in a Senate committee Wednesday. Now, all sides of the issue largely support the measure.