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.
Republicans currently hold seven of Indiana’s nine U.S. House seats.
Republicans hold 70 of the 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives, and leadership needs just 51 votes to send the measure to the Senate.
An Indiana lawmaker who resisted President Donald Trump's push to have Republicans redraw the state's congressional boundaries was the victim …
House Bill 1047 passed a second reading in the House on Tuesday.
Republican Sen. Chip Perfect, of Lawrenceburg, said he will resign effective Sept. 26 after nearly nine years representing southeastern Indiana's Senate District 43.
Grooms served in the Indiana Senate for a decade, representing the 46th District from 2011-21.
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.”
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.