Indiana News

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.

Indiana’s labor force participation rate has grown steadily for the eighth month in a row. That’s according to the Indiana Department of Workforce.

Former State Sen. Karen Tallian is the new chair of the Indiana Democratic Party.

The state’s budget is now in the hands of Senate lawmakers, and the Indiana Department of Education outlined its funding priorities to the Senate Appropriations Committee this week. However, some lawmakers said IDOE’s plan does not go far enough to provide for traditional public schools.

A bill boosting local prosecutors’ salaries is discussed in the Senate. A House lawmaker proposes an overhaul to the property tax system. And lawmakers want to increase minimum teacher salaries.

Republican legislative leaders said there’s enough time this session to begin a long-term overhaul of the state’s property tax system.

For every 100 extremely low-income renters in Indiana, there are only 38 affordable and available housing options. That’s according to a new report released by Prosperity Indiana and the National Low Income Housing Coalition.

Lawmakers and advocates say the nearly 20 proposed measures make Indiana hostile to immigrants who have invested in the state.

An Indiana Senate bill aims to protect water utilities from lawsuits over water contamination — and the customers who ultimately pay for them.