The lieutenant governor and several lawmakers have called for the Family and Social Services Administration to pause proposed cuts. The proposed cuts would affect caregivers providing attendant care as legally responsible individuals.

Last year 39 people drowned in Lake Michigan, six of them along Indiana beaches and other public sites. A state senator is trying, once again, to pass legislation that would require all public beaches and piers to have rescue equipment nearby.

Bills to protect citizens against large, potentially harmful water withdrawals are likely dead.

Tank leaks at BPs Whiting Refinery in northwest Indiana sent toxic pollution into the air in the past two weeks. Residents reported headaches, dizziness and general malaise.

Public schools could be required to let students take time out of the school day for religious instruction. Indiana lawmakers are considering a plan to let students get faith-based education for up to two hours per week.

The plaintiffs in a redistricting case against the Anderson City Council have filed a motion in federal court for summary judgment, a decision based on evidence and statements without a full trial.

Religious chaplains would be allowed to serve as public school counselors in a bill approved by a Senate committee, wetlands protections are further eroded in legislation clearing the House, and debate begins on raising highway speed limits.

Economic development was the only real issue that separated the major Republican candidates for governor at a forum Thursday.

A bill that proposes solutions to the state’s reading crisis, including holding back third graders who fail the IREAD-3 test, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday.