Noncompete agreements are taking center stage in the Indiana Statehouse and on the federal level this year.
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To wrap up 2022, here’s a look back at the biggest stories of the year, as voted on by IL staff.
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Described as being an additional option for Hoosier students to find the best fit for their special education needs, the Indiana Education Scholarship Account, or ESA, program offers parents the ability to choose where they want to spend state dollars for their child’s education.
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After more than two years of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Indianapolis employment attorney Melissa Macchia predicts that if the issue of vaccine mandates is not moot at this point for employers, it’s close.
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The Indiana Family and Social Service Administration’s Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning estimates that 5% to 20% of eligible members would be prescribed weight-loss medications.
Full-time employees of the executive branch will receive a one-time stipend of $1,250 in their Jan. 15, 2025, paycheck. Part-time and intermittent employees will receive $650.
Gov.-elect Mike Braun touted Brig. Gen. Lawrence “Larry” Muennich’s experience in the military and as a business leader.
Dr. Gloria Sachdev will oversee four major state agencies: the Department of Health, the Family and Social Services Administration, the Department of Child Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs.
David Adams, a former state workforce development commissioner, will be Indiana’s next secretary of commerce in Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun’s administration, while current Secretary of Education Katie Jenner will continue to lead the state’s education system.
Former Pentagon official Lisa Hershman will serve as secretary of management and budget and former state lawmaker Matthew Ubelhor will be secretary of transportation and infrastructure.
Gov.-elect Mike Braun on Wednesday announced the formation of 12 transition councils to guide state agency reviews and policy development across Indiana’s government.
Eleven adult content companies and a trade organization say the state of Indiana’s discovery requests in an age verification lawsuit are “invasive” and “harassing”—prompting Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office to dismiss the allegations of overreach as “outlandish.”
Topics at Wednesday night’s debate between U.S. Sen. Mike Braun and Jennifer McCormick included a recently manipulated advertisement from the Braun campaign and the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor saying the other side invoked a “Jezebel spirit.”
Also included is the creation of a new tax credit that would reward employers who offer higher wages or upskilling opportunities.
Three new signs declaring key state slogans are now up on several Indiana state government center buildings in downtown Indianapolis. The total cost was about $820,000. Not all was taxpayer money.
Committees can either repay the loans, or the person or entity that made the loan can choose to forgive it, according to the Indiana Election Division.
The Indiana Democratic Party will hold caucuses to fill the office and ballot vacancies once Fleming leaves.
Breaux, who died Wednesday, issued a statement Monday saying she wanted to “focus on enjoying the time I have left surrounded by my loved ones.”
Some Indiana officials, including the attorney general and the secretary of state, could carry handguns in the state Capitol under a bill approved Monday by state lawmakers, who already can do so inside the complex.
Still reeling over a slew of executive orders issued by Gov. Eric Holcomb during the pandemic, Senate Republicans advanced a bill Tuesday that seeks to limit the governor’s emergency powers.
The Indiana Department of Health will no longer release individual terminated pregnancy reports following the state’s near-total abortion ban. It will still release aggregated reports.
A bill that would allow elected statewide officeholders, including the Indiana attorney general, to carry a handgun on the state Capitol complex has passed through an Indiana Senate committee, though not without a passionate debate.
In his eighth and final State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb called for commitments to improving third-grade reading levels, expanding the child care workforce and building greater awareness of the state’s jobs programs.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb will deliver the 2024 State of the State address — the final of his term — Tuesday night in front of a joint session of the General Assembly.