Lawmakers are hearing more and more from constituents about their desire to legalize marijuana use for adults in the state, rather than having to drive to Ohio, Michigan or any neighboring states.
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To Indiana medical marijuana supporters, it seems like popular opinion is on their side. Whatever public support exists, however, it didn’t result in the passage of any new bills in 2023.
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Most school projects are produced for an audience of one: the professor who assigned the work. But Jacob Purcell, a 2L at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, has just published a rental housing report that’s intended for a much wider audience.
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At the conclusion of the 60-minute meeting at the Indiana Statehouse, members of the Prosecutorial Oversight Task Force reached no consensus on how to handle prosecutors who “blanketly” refuse to prosecute certain crimes.
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Criticisms continued to mount Monday even after a sweeping committee amendment rolled back significant portions of a bill that seeks to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in schools and state government.
Twenty-eight lines instructing embattled Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales to analyze vote center and municipal election year changes ensnarled the Senate for almost 40 minutes Monday — but, after a 35-13 vote, the bill heads to the Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.
As state leaders seek to infuse more emerging-technology-related investments into Indiana’s economy, a Senate committee greenlit the expansion of a tax break that could sweeten the incentive package offered to prospective companies.
Legislation adding political party affiliations to Indiana’s currently nonpartisan school board elections got one step closer to law Monday, when it narrowly earned House approval.
After making new tweaks, a House committee pushed along a bill that aims to make it easier for renters to get certain evictions sealed from their record.
The Indiana House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a bill Monday that would limit how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund.
Indiana lawmakers are tapping the brakes on a bill taking aim at dangerously overgrown rural intersections.
Bipartisan momentum continued Thursday for a bill that seeks to hold Indiana sheriffs more accountable for managing jail funds.
An Indiana Senate committee skeptical of lab-grown meat advanced labeling legislation Monday in an 8-1 vote, with edits expected on the chamber’s floor.
The Indiana General Assembly’s third reading deadline passed this week, with some bills moving on to the next step in the legislative process and others not living to see the end of the 2025 session.
House lawmakers on Thursday tussled briefly over legislation mandating local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and cracking down on employers using unauthorized labor.
A push to legalize online lottery and casino games won’t move forward this legislative session, Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston confirmed Thursday.
Marijuana, and the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels that make someone feel high, is legal for recreational purposes in three of Indiana’s four neighboring states. But figuring out when someone is too high to drive has proven to be a difficult task.
Less than three months after Hoosier regulators busted a northern Indiana charity casino, lawmakers added anti-fraud measures to legislation loosening spending rules for charity gambling revenue.
The Indiana General Assembly is making its way to the halfway point of the 2025 legislative session, with lawmakers attempting to move proposed bills before Feb. 20.
Indiana’s Senate on Tuesday approved a trio of education measures – on supplemental teacher pay, sexual education materials and chaplain-counselors – largely along party lines. Then, the chamber nearly split on bulked-up carbon storage regulations.
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday removed condoms and long-acting contraceptives from a proposed Indiana program that seeks to increase access to birth control, instead replacing those options with “fertility awareness based methods” like menstrual cycle tracking — also known as the rhythm method.
The Indiana Legislature’s fiscal policy leaders heavily cut down a bill carrying Gov. Mike Braun’s ambitious property tax plan Tuesday morning.
Indiana lawmakers are considering a ban on street camping, a move opponents say would criminalize homelessness and create additional barriers for those living unsheltered.
A bill that would establish a state family recovery court fund is heading to the floor of the Indiana House of Representatives after unanimously passing through committee Monday.