A Republican-led effort in Congress tightened work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Just a few months prior, Indiana Republicans passed a state law to expand the program. The law's author, Republican State Senator Jon Ford( R-Terre Haute), says he worries the federal change may counteract that expansion.

Senate Republicans unveil their proposed state budget. Indiana's version of the Don't Say Gay bill clears the Senate after significant changes. And the first welfare expansion in three decades heads to the governors desk.

About one in 10 Hoosier households report difficulties getting enough healthy food with consistency. Indiana senators passed Senate Bill 334 Tuesday to simplify access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, also known as food stamps, for people over 60 or who have disabilities and their households.