Indiana News

A proposal that could increase the amount of time high school students leave school for religious instruction sparked concern among some lawmakers.

Indiana is a stroke of the governor’s pen away from expanding its Lifeline Law to shield more young people from underage drinking charges.

The Indiana Senate passed a resolution in support of pregnancy care centers — but advocates said they have “serious concerns” about the move from lawmakers. Some OB-GYNs said it’s important to understand what pregnancy care centers are, and what they are not.

Indiana teachers could receive paid parental leave in a measure advanced by House lawmakers Wednesday. Schools are not currently required to provide parental leave, but an amendment to SB 146 would change that.

A previous version of the bill would have allowed a judge or the Indiana Department of Child Services to provide consent to financial institutions.

Language dropped into an unrelated bill in a House committee Wednesday bans state and local government units from hosting or funding “obscene performances.”

State lawmakers want to remove the income cap on Indiana’s school voucher program. Parents who choose vouchers say that would make the system simpler and more equitable. But public school advocates say the cost of expanding vouchers comes at a price to traditional public schools.

Medicaid members and advocates thanked lawmakers for removing the cap — but they still want lawmakers to reconsider other policies in the bill.

The Indiana Department of Health issued new guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records.

Gov. Mike Braun spoke to a crowd of a couple hundred people at the Statehouse Monday who were rallying for property tax relief — or, in many cases, the elimination of property taxes altogether.