Though there weren't as many energy and environment bills this legislative session as in previous years, there were still some notable measures up for debate at the Indiana Statehouse.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that requires hospitals to ensure Medicaid members have the option during a delivery visit to get a long-acting reversible contraceptive, also known as a LARC. The new law also requires Medicaid to cover the cost of keeping a LARC option stocked.

Most of Indiana's six Republican candidates for governor weren't shy about attacking each other Monday during the campaign's first formal debate.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a controversial reading retention bill into law Monday. The new law will hold back nearly all third graders who fail the states reading proficiency exam.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill Monday that critics say violates federal law when it comes to removing people from the voter rolls.

Indiana's unemployment rate has been unchanged for five months, holding steady at 3.5 percent. That's according to recently updated numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Language that would have eliminated the seven percent retail sales tax on period products did not survive the end of the legislative session. Indiana continues to have one of the highest tax rates on period products in the country.

Republican leaders said before the start of session they wanted it to be a quiet one, focused on small tweaks to existing policies. Yet some of their priorities were anything but, including a measure that will hold back thousands of third grade students and legislation involving one of the most controversial geopolitical conflicts in memory.

Prior to 2024, Republican legislative leaders called for a return to a normal session, with an agenda focused on small tweaks to existing policies. Where it ended up was with bills far more substantive than many had imagined.

A bill to define and ban antisemitism in state public education institutions is headed to the governors desk.