Stricter cellphone bans, more focus on STEM and increased school “efficiency” are shaping up as some of the highest-priority education debates Indiana lawmakers will tackle during a fast 2026 ...

Hoosier leaders might be busy taking behind-the-scenes feedback on the prospect of early redistricting, but rank-and-file Republicans are increasingly going public with their opposition. Statehouse ...

Gov. Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita want a federal judge to lift a decades-old ban on the placement of a Ten Commandments monument at the Indiana Statehouse grounds. A motion filed in the ...

Indiana drivers will soon have a new option at the license branch: the state’s first all-black license plate. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles officially revealed the “blackout” plates on Monday, ...

Indiana’s cigarette tax is set to increase for the first time in nearly two decades, following a late April legislative scramble for additional revenue. Separately, a gasoline excise tax will continue ...

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As the 2025 legislative session draws nearer, longtime Democratic lawmaker Rep. Ed DeLaney is flagging funding concerns across all Indiana schools — public and private — and called for the next state ...

Indiana has exhausted its supply of lethal injection drugs after carrying out two executions in the past six months — and Gov. Mike Braun said Tuesday he doesn’t plan to buy more, at least for now.

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...

What can $126 million buy you in Boone County? More than 1,500 acres, if you’re the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). The LEAP Innovation District is Indiana’s attempt to compete with ...

Incentives to boost manufacturing of small nuclear reactors are at the heart of a Republican-backed bill that seeks to expand Indiana’s energy portfolio. But consumer advocates argue the novel ...

Questions remain about Benjamin Ritchie’s early Tuesday execution after his attorneys reported seeing sudden, unexpected movement during the lethal injection process. But no members of the media were ...