Legislation protects county assessments on big-box stores
A new measure on the taxation of big-box stores is expected to help Indiana counties avoid fiscal disaster, but national retailers aren’t happy about it.
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Senate to take up repeal of state construction wage law
The leader of the Indiana Senate says it will take up a Republican-led push to repeal the state law that sets wages for public construction projects.
Senate defeats proposed farming constitutional amendment
The Indiana Senate has defeated a proposal that would have added "right to farm" protections to the state's constitution.
Lawmakers poised to vote on allowing Sunday alcohol sales
State lawmakers are poised to vote on bills to legalize Sunday carry-out alcohol sales and repeal Indiana's law that sets wages for public construction projects.
Senate panel quickly advances religious freedom bill
Republicans on an Indiana Senate committee quickly advanced a proposed religious freedom law before any of the Democratic members arrived to vote.
Indiana Senate panel sidelines ending straight-ticket voting
A push to eliminate straight party-line voting on Indiana election ballots has been sidelined in the state Senate.
Senate passes bill allowing religion-based hiring by contractors
The Indiana Senate has moved a bill to the House of Representatives that will allow religious institutions that receive state and local government contracts to make hiring decisions based upon religion.
Senate votes to raise judicial retirement age
Indiana appellate judges could serve until age 80 under a bill that cleared the Indiana Senate Thursday.
Panel backs religion-based hiring by Indiana contractors
An Indiana legislative panel has endorsed a bill allowing religious institutions that receive state and local government contracts to make hiring decisions based upon religion.
Indiana Senate backs death penalty for beheading crimes
A bill making intentionally decapitating someone a crime eligible for the death penalty has been approved by the Indiana Senate.
House committee to hear magistrate bills
Bills that would provide magistrates for three circuit courts in Southern Indiana are scheduled to be considered Jan. 21 by the Indiana House of Representatives Courts and Criminal Code Committee.
Service of process fees increase under proposal in Senate
Fees sheriffs collect to serve parties in civil lawsuits would nearly double under a bill that cleared a Senate panel last week.
Senate panel advances bill to open adoption records
Advocates of opening Indiana’s adoption records won an emotional first round Wednesday as a Senate panel advanced legislation that for the first time would open birth records of hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers.
Senate panel passes bill for harsher beheading penalties
Decapitation soon could be punishable by death in Indiana. The state Senate Criminal Law Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for beheadings.
Bill seeks to give Indiana appellate judges more time on the bench
Sen. James Buck is again pushing to increase the mandatory retirement age for Indiana appellate judges.
Indiana senator plans medical marijuana proposal
A state senator says she plans to push for the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Indiana.
Senate president says funding for We the People will continue
Praising the We the People curriculum for instilling a sense of civic responsibility in the next generation, Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long pledged that state funding for the program would continue.
County sheriffs tell dire stories of mentally ill held in local jails
From different communities in different parts of Indiana, two county sheriffs told lawmakers very similar stories about the mentally ill individuals who end up in their jails.
GOP state senator deploying to Afghanistan
A Republican state senator is heading overseas for military duty in Afghanistan and asking his wife to fill his seat while he is gone.
Senate to honor McKinney law professor Lawrence Jegen
A longtime Indiana University McKinney School of Law professor will be honored in the General Assembly today for an influential career spanning more than 50 years.