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State Senator Jim Merritt says he's going to push for legislation next session that would dramatically increase penalty enhancements for criminals that use a gun. He says it's a response to what he calls a "crisis" in Indiana's urban areas.

Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee says employees face possible discipline for waiting six days to report allegations a counselor was having sex with a student. However Ferebee himself learned of the allegations on Feb. 17, but also did not report them to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

Indiana's Safe Haven law allows anyone to hand over an infant to police, fire stations or hospitals within a baby's first 45 days without questions asked.

A new state report shows the number of students who transfer in or out of the school corporation boundary they reside in to attend other schools.

Senate Bill 2 still makes major changes to the Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP. That includes reintroducing Indiana's previously halted work requirements and an enrollment cap.

Two former state officials filed a “whistleblower” lawsuit that alleges several Indiana hospital systems and managed care entities have committed “tens, likely hundreds” of millions of dollars of Medicaid fraud. The former officials filed the lawsuit in early 2021 when they obtained access to analysis from Indiana’s “fraud and abuse detection system” contractor. The case was sealed until earlier this year.

The Indiana Kids Count Data Book measures four different areas including education, family and community, economy wellbeing and health.

Indiana House Republicans blocked an effort Monday that wouldve required gun owners to safely store their firearms when a child could access them.

The bill would have given the Indiana Department of Environmental Management more power to deny permits for CFOs.

The reaction comes to the Status of Women in the States report that ranks Indiana near the bottom of the country.