Lesley Weidenbener - The StatehouseFile.com

Indiana's unemployment rate in June was lower than the national rate of 5.3 percent and lower than the rates in neighboring states.

Republican Rep. Todd Young announced officially Sunday that he will run for U.S. Senate - crowding the GOP primary field that already includes U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman and Eric Holcomb.

The high court upheld a decision by the Internal Revenue Service to provide tax breaks to citizens who buy insurance through local health exchanges - even if those marketplaces are operated by the federal government.

More than 160,000 Hoosiers will keep their Obamacare health insurance subsidies under a ruling Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The survey by Republican pollster Christine Matthews found that support for Pence is waning - nearly two months after an uproar over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act he signed into law.

Al Hubbard and Jim Kittle Jr. - both former chairs of the Indiana Republican Party - signed a joint letter that Young's congressional campaign sent to supporters on Sunday afternoon.

House Minority Leader Scott Pelath said he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor even though the state is in need of a "new direction."

The law comes after Pence declared an emergency and created a temporary needle exchange program in Scott County, where more than 140 people have been diagnosed with HIV. The cases are all tied to intravenous drug use.

Lawmakers adjourned for the year late Wednesday after passing a two-year, $31.3 billion budget that boosts funding for schools and leaves the state with slightly less money in reserves.

Most charter schools would get additional money, teachers would get a $100 tax credit and the governor's regional cities initiative would be funded under a budget compromise the House and Senate reached Tuesday.