Carley Campbell - TheStatehouseFile.com

The Indiana Department of Transportation would be required to work with a third party to investigate alternative funding for the maintenance of state highways under a House bill passed Thursday.

Federal officials plan to launch the next Defense Base Closure and Realignment process in 2016 and some Indiana locations are thought to be in danger of making the list. That has motivated lawmakers to try to protect military installations in the state of Indiana.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg said officials in his area have been embracing regionalism but the bill does not.