Jesse Wilson - TheStatehouseFile.com

Nugent was first elected to the state Senate in 1978 and has since then served as the Senate majority caucus majority leader, chair of the Senate Agriculture and Small Business Committee for more that 20 years, and chair of the Roads and Transportation Committee.

The Indiana Institute for Working Family will push lawmakers next year to create a work sharing program meant to help companies avoid layoffs.

Dermody, a Republican from LaPorte, will replace Jim Davis, who left the legislature to become the director of the Office of Community and Rural Affairs.

The Hoosier Environmental Council's sixth annual Greening the Statehouse Forum is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at IUPUI.

The Indiana Bicentennial Commission on Wednesday launched an effort to endorse local projects so they can be celebrated as part of the state's 200th birthday celebration in 2016.

Wabash College and DePauw University announced Monday that the schools are joining a coalition working to defeat a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as the union of one main and one woman.

More than 925,000 Hoosiers who rely on government assistance to purchase food will receive fewer benefits starting Friday when a program enacted during the economic downturn expires.

The Improving Teacher Quality Partnership Program's goal is to pair up colleges and high need school districts. The program received $966,000 in federal funds for competitive grants help bring those two groups together.