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Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.

For the first time the number of Hoosier students using publicly-funded vouchers to attend a private school reached 3 percent of statewide enrollment.

Army Sgt. Ryan Pitts is credited with holding off a brutal Taliban attack back in 2008. He was the only one left alive at an observation post in Afghanistan, and continued to attack despite injuries.

We do not have confirmation of her fate, but her family says the American hostage is Kayla Mueller, an aid worker from Prescott, Ariz.

Physical activity has a range of benefits for children, yet many schools have cut back on gym and recess. Now a British study finds that children who were most active at age 11 did better academically through the teenage years. Active girls did particularly well in science, while both boys and girls had better scores in English.

Most, if not all of the education recommendations Governor Mike Pence made in his annual State of the State address Tuesday night were items Hoosiers have heard before from the lawmaker. Gov. Mike Pence's third State of the State address focused heavily on education - something many Hoosiers expected.

The House Education Committee took a first look at a bill that calls for a re-score of the 2015 ISTEP+ assessment Tuesday. HB 1395, among other things, calls for an outside group to rescore last year's test.

Hillary Clinton has won the Iowa Democratic caucuses, according to the Iowa Democratic Party. On the Republican side, Ted Cruz upended Donald Trump, while Marco Rubio finished a strong third.

Teen pregnancy rates have dropped nationally, but in the small town of Frankfort, Indiana it's still a real risk. Teen pregnancy rates in Clinton County are three times the national average.

The group plans to hold a series of town hall meetings between Biden officials and the top coal communities, which include areas in Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.