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A Purdue University honeybee specialist says Indiana's bee populations weathered the state's recent cold winter in much better shape than they did a year ago.

The Senate GOP budget appropriates $56 million in new funding for community correction programs at the local level. The House GOP budget had set aside $80 million.

Republican Sen. Luke Kenley says passing the follow-up bill to clarify the original religious freedom law was an important step. And to help restore Indiana's image, he says he's increased tourism funding by $1 million a year in the Senate's version of the budget.

The Indiana Senate's proposed budget would boost funding for education overall, much like the draft from the House, but it attempts to do so while ensuring urban schools won't be hit as hard because of declining enrollment, lawmakers said.

Marion County taxpayers are on the hook for $750,000 payments each to two consortiums whose bids lost out on the construction of a new criminal justice center in Indianapolis.

ASONS, a Muncie rental home services company, says it will keep its corporate headquarters in Muncie and invest in a new building, bringing the potential for more than 300 jobs.

Gov. Mike Pence Thursday named Brigadier General Courtney Carr the new head of the Indiana National Guard. The longtime guard member will take over next month.

Riverboat casinos could rebuild on land and a tax break for casino marketing would become permanent under legislation approved by the Senate Thursday. But the bill doesn't allow live dealers to man table games at the state's horse track-based casinos in Anderson and Shelbyville - at least not for five years.

The plan replaces legislation backed by the minor league soccer team and passed by the House that would have helped fund a new $82 million arena in an undetermined Indianapolis location.

The tornado was so massive and the damage so extensive that in some areas, plows had to push debris off the streets so emergency crews could reach survivors.