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The Senate Environmental Affairs Committee adjourned without voting on a bill on Monday that would have created a climate solutions task force.

A proposal to combat truancy in the Indiana legislature raised concerns that it would push students into the juvenile justice system.

Gov. Mike Pence made it official today: the Indiana State Board of Education is getting an overhaul. Pence announced he has signed Senate Bill 1, which passed over the objections of state Superintendent Glenda Ritz, Democrats and her other supporters.

Heroin use among those 12 years and older jumped by nearly 80 percent from 2007 through 2012, according to a recent study by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. More than 669,000 people used the drug in 2012. And Indiana is not immune from the heroin epidemic.

Attorneys for an Indiana man accused of killing two teenage girls six years ago argued before a judge Thursday that the man has been mistreated at the prison he is housed in, requesting relocation to a different facility.

Hoosier recipients and advocates of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order hope Congress will intervene to make the program permanent.

The ACLU filed a motion to halt the ban before it would take effect on July 1. U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon told both parties he would issue a ruling “as soon as possible.”

The 2-1 decision released Wednesday overturned Marquis D. Young's murder conviction and his convictions on two counts of attempted murder, citing a lack of evidence.

Nancy Barron, 46, of Patriot faces charges including of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said.

Andrew Wilhoite's withdrawal form signed Wednesday doesn't list a reason for why he was removing himself from the Clinton Township Board race in Boone County.