Katie Stancombe - TheStatehouseFile.com

Former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, a Democrat, made his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat official Wednesday - the same seat that his former opponent Republican Dan Coats is leaving vacant.

Former Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb announced Monday that he's endorsed Republican candidate Eric Holcomb in the race to be the state's next United States senator.

A temporary shutdown of the northbound Interstate 65 ramp to westbound Interstate 70 will begin Wednesday so workers can rehabilitate two ramp bridges that are more than 40 years old.

Under current law, schools can permit students to transfer from other districts but are not required to allow it.

The Indiana Senate's top Democrat reiterated his disappointment with Gov. Mike Pence's failure to include funds for additional family case managers for the Department of Child Services in his two-year budget proposal.