The bill, aimed at ensuring public accountability for library spending, has already faced criticism from library directors who feel it is punishing libraries and adding to financial challenges.

A complete cellphone ban in Indiana schools is one step closer to becoming a reality.

The exemption begins with the 2023 tax returns.

The suit contends that by prohibiting Indiana teachers from providing “human sexuality” instruction to students from pre-K through third grade, it violates their First Amendment rights.

The law “improves transparency,” Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a statement, adding he was “happy that these decisions will continue to take place at the local level.”

Indiana's new state budget provides an extra $1.5 billion for K-12 tuition support.

The new birth control law, which takes effect July 1, will allow pharmacists, not just physicians, to prescribe some hormonal contraceptives such as the patch or the pill. 

Indiana residents could have over-the-counter birth control access under a bill state lawmakers sent to the governor Tuesday, a move proponents say will prevent unwanted pregnancies in a state that passed an abortion ban last summer.