Indiana lawmakers are meeting for one day to tackle formalities before starting full-time work on their 2015 session in January.

Indiana Chamber of Commerce President Kevin Brinegar says though it's not a top priority, promoting Sunday sales will be one of the efforts it pushes when the legislature convenes in January.

The leaders of all four legislative caucuses say they will work together to produce an ethics reform package in the upcoming session, an issue they say rises above political party lines.

A study committee made up of Indiana governmental and business leaders wants the General Assembly to mandate the elimination of part of the state's business personal property tax.

At the heart of the dispute between Indiana and computer giant IBM is whether the technology firm's failures in the contract to modernize the state's welfare system were enough to justify Indiana terminating the whole contract, and getting damages afterward.

Indiana Public Finance director Kendra York says in a letter that the state didn't want to take over responsibility for running and maintaining the 157-mile road.

The reform effort comes in the wake of an investigation of GOP Representative Eric Turner that exposed gaps in the state's ethics rules.

Replacing candidates on the ballot could get easier as lawmakers contemplate pushing back a key deadline.

Pence says he's concerned about strings attached to the money. But Democrats complained Thursday that the Republican governor is throwing away an opportunity to expand a pilot program that is set to open next year to children in only five counties.

The money had already been earmarked for the programs but the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute board had delayed its distribution to gather more information and confirm the money will be spent to expand programs.