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Despite concerns about protections from intrusive exams and “bad faith” grievances, the measure was passed by the Senate with bipartisan support.

A coalition of nonpartisan voting rights groups is challenging a voter citizenship check that is set to take effect this summer. The groups say the legislation violates federal law and makes naturalized Hoosiers “second-class” voters.

There’s no shortage of controversial energy and environment bills this legislative session — from who should pay to develop small nuclear reactors to defining natural gas as “clean energy.” But there are several that both Indiana Republicans and Democrats agree on.

A House committee amended controversial legislation that will reintroduce previously halted work reporting requirements to Indiana's Medicaid expansion program. Among other things, the committee made changes to who is exempt from the work reporting requirements.

The seals are part of Indiana’s recent high school diploma redesign. They are meant to help students gain necessary skills to attend a postsecondary education institution, join the military or enter the workforce after graduating from high school.

The new standards were supposed to reduce a kind of pollution at steel mills that isn’t being controlled right now — leaks of toxic heavy metals and fine particles that don’t come from a single point, like a smoke stack.

Advocates have been pushing for years to eliminate the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes. A bill to do that cleared the Senate this year. But a House committee gutted the measure Wednesday.

Advocates and Medicaid members said proposed changes to Medicaid could lead to bigger issues for Hoosiers and the state. Demonstrators called on lawmakers and the governor to protect Medicaid from changes being made at the state and federal level.

State officials, lawmakers and advocates gathered at the Statehouse Tuesday to push for more resources to prevent child abuse and encourage people to report suspected cases.

Student IDs from Indiana’s public colleges and universities could no longer be used as voter IDs under a bill, SB 10, approved by House Republicans Tuesday.