House committee approves state fair alcohol bill
By Olivia Covington TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Alcohol vendors could be allowed to sell their products at the Indiana State Fair under a…
Vectren launches fundraising for weatherization program
By Paige Clark TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana-based company announced Monday it would match all public donations dollar-for dollar to help weatherize…
Ivy Tech combines Evansville, Bloomington, Tell City locations into one region
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Ivy Tech Community College will combine its Bloomington and Southwest regions and appoint one chancellor to oversee…
Senate passes bill to provide legal protections for Christmas celebrations
Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate has passed a bill meant to provide legal protections to public schools that celebrate Christmas…
Senate sends House bill to tweak do-not-call list
By Hannah Troyer TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Individuals who continue to get pesky solicitation calls, despite being a part of Indiana’s “Do Not…
House votes to send historic tax credit program to study
By Jacob Rund TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana House voted Thursday to gut a bill that would have shifted the state’s historic…
Committee strips funding from Indiana Grown bill
By Jacob Rund TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – An amendment to strip a $5 million appropriation establishing the Indiana Grown Initiative passed the House…
Lawsuit challenges Indiana’s definition of marriage
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Four Hoosier couples are challenging the state’s marriage law, saying it’s unconstitutional for Indiana to refuse…
February revenues significantly below targets as lawmakers ponder spending
By Erika Brock and Jess Seabolt TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – With just days left in the 2014 legislative session, lawmakers learned Friday that…
Video & story: Senate sends lifeline expansion to governor
Indiana lawmakers act to expand Lifeline Law from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo. By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Senate sent legislation to…
Bill protecting student athletes on its way to Gov. Pence
By Erika Brock TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill that would require coaches to remove student athletes from play if they show any…
Expungement law expanded under bill
By Erika Brock TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Changes to the expungement law that took effect last year were expanded Thursday under a bill…
House sends redistricting bill to Senate
By Erika Brock TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The House passed a bill Tuesday that assigns a bipartisan commission the…
Todd Young files to seek reelection to Congress
By Erika Brock TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – In what he is calling a personal effort to prevent the federal…
House to take up bill to create redistricting commission
By Erika Brock TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The Republican-controlled House is set to take up legislation that would give…
Former Rep. Jerry Denbo dies at 63
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A former state representative remembered for convincing the General Assembly to bring…
Pence names two to utility commission
By Jessica Wray TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence named two new members Friday to the Indiana Utility…
Pence won’t rule out run for president
By Jessica Wray TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s Gov. Mike Pence is leaving the door open on a potential…
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Mass transit supporters say they’re hopeful for compromise
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Video & story: Olympic skier from Lawrenceburg honored by governor
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Alcohol sales at the fair close to becoming law
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Injured state representative returns to work
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State rep., daughter recovering from injuries after downtown crash
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State rep., daughter critically injured in downtown crash
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Video & Story: Senate keeps HJR 3 off ballot until at least 2016
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Video & story: Committee strips corporate tax hike from mass transit bill
State lawmakers go to Washington D.C.
By Melissa Maynard Stateline.org As a Democratic state senator in Maine, Chellie Pingree enjoyed frequent, freewheeling debates…
Indiana senators say yes to budget, debt deal; House members split votes
By Jessica Wray SHFWire WASHINGTON – Indiana’s two U.S. senators voted Wednesday night for a deal…
VA warns that benefits, claims will be delayed if shutdown continues
By Jessica Wray SHFWire WASHINGTON – Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki warned House VA committee members…
Commentary: Ukraine, the moment we could use Lugar
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – As the chest-thumping and hand-wringing among our nation’s political class…
Commentary: Racial sensitivity 101
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPoltics.Org In the past week I have had to deal with stories where…
Commentary: Playing the Palestinians cheap
By Dan Carpenter TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS — News that three Indiana members of Congress are among scores…
Video & story: Ban on teen tanning heads to governor
Indiana General Assembly votes to ban teens under 16 from tanning from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo. By…
Video: Senate passes recycling bill
Sen. Ed Charbonneau’s bill to improve recycling in Indiana. from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo.…
Video & story: Olympic skier from Lawrenceburg honored by governor
Gov. Mike Pence honors Olympic Skier Nick Goepper from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo. By John Sittler TheStatehouseFile.com…
