The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will extend hours of operation on Election Day and the day before to issue ID cards and driver's licenses that may be used for identification at polling places.

A property rights battle over public access to Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline is likely to go before the state Supreme Court.

The first of six committee meetings featured testimony from two expert witnesses who advocated for stricter immigration measures.

An Indiana Senate study committee on immigration kicks off next week with the first of six meetings.

Two big early efforts from Mayor Joe Hogsett, a Democrat, won approval from the city-county council Monday night. As did a long-pushed for change to Indianapolis police recruiting policies, but not without some pushback and changes.

Proponents say the law ensures the dignity of all lives and prevents discrimination against those with disabilities. But Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Indiana say the measure unconstitutionally violates a woman's privacy.

The Hoosier Democrat says he met recently with government officials in Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

The law, which takes effect in July 2017, mandates that coaches for all public school sports complete a course on concussion recognition and will give civil immunity to coaches who complete the course from being sued for student injuries.

Justice Brent Dickson is set to hear his final arguments this month in the same tiny southern Indiana courtroom that housed the state's original Supreme Court.

The law runs counter to the state's criminal code reform which aimed to give judges more flexibility to suspend sentences, particularly of drug offenders.