Luke Kenley

Victoria Spartz will serve District 20, north of Indianapolis, through the end of the term in 2020.

Ryan Mishler will replace retiring lawmaker Luke Kenley as the Senate's budget architect.

Sen. Luke Kenley (R-Noblesville) will retire in September. He was a leader in crafting budgets.

Indiana State Senator Luke Kenley, one of the most influential lawmakers at the Statehouse, will retire later this year after 25 years in office.

Republican legislative leaders say it's "critically important" that Governor Eric Holcomb support their charge to raise taxes for road funding.

They are looking for ways to keep the Gary Community School Corp. afloat financially after voters rejected a general fund referendum for the second time in 18 months.

Task force co-chair Sen. Luke Kenley says he wants members of the task force to be in a position to "say anything they want to say" as the recommendation is being developed.

A bill to fully fund all three winners of the Regional Cities Initiative breezed through the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday.

That bill will likely push the state to study tolling major interstates from border to border. But, some lawmakers are skeptical about that proposal's potential.

Cancer prevention advocates have long called for Indiana to raise its cigarette tax - something the state hasn't done in eight years. But, it's a road funding priority that's finally generating momentum for the controversial move.