January 27, 2023
Farm Bureau outlines priorities for legislative session
The Indiana Farm Bureau is focusing on four general topics for the 2023 legislative session: rural viability, energy, taxes and food security.
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Weekly Statehouse update: Physician non-competes to Senate, committee hears housing bill
A House committee advances legislation to bring down the cost of new housing. A Senate committee approves a ban on physician non-compete agreements. And a bill to better treat mental health in the criminal justice system takes its first step.
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Bloomington will update public art rules after court order
City officials are updating Bloomington’s public art requirements after a court order stated the city likely violated one group’s First Amendment rights.
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Indiana worker elected to UAW executive board hopes to ‘transform’ union
United Auto Workers union members elected a new “activist” slate of leaders in December 2022. That includes Dave Green, an Indiana worker who vows to use his new position to make the UAW more “accountable” to members.
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Senate passes proposed change to Indiana constitution to refuse bail for more people
A resolution that would change the Indiana constitution to allow judges to withhold bail for more people passed the Senate Thursday and is on its way to the House.
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Solar advocates condemn utility influence on Indiana lawmakers at Renewable Energy Day
Solar advocates said the Indiana legislature is helping utilities eliminate their competition by making independent solar less affordable. That was the message at this years Renewable Energy Day at the Statehouse.
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Committee passes bill to give Hoosiers more control over the personal data companies keep
Hoosiers would have a lot more control over the data companies keep on them under legislation unanimously approved by a Senate committee Thursday.
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Lawmakers aim to get people with mental health issues into treatment, instead of jail
Indiana lawmakers are trying to divert more people away from local jails and into mental health treatment. Advocates call a proposed bill compassionate, humane and fiscally responsible.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2023
Bills to address 'urgent' literacy decline passes out of committee
Indiana lawmakers and leaders are attempting to address the decade-long decline in literacy and reading skills among the states young students.
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2023
Legislation to modernize Indiana's HIV laws clears House committee
People with HIV would no longer be subject to harsher criminal penalties under legislation that advanced out of a House committee Wednesday.
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