A panel of lawmakers is grappling with a growing controversy over how property tax values of so-called "big box" stores - like Walmart, Kroger and Walgreens - are assessed. Millions of tax dollars for communities around the state hang in the balance.

The Indiana Supreme Court will hear an appeal involving a lawsuit seeking a lawmaker's emails and other correspondence with utility company officials over solar power legislation he sponsored.

Public health advocates told an Indiana legislative committee there's no scientific consensus on whether electronic cigarettes pose any health risks even as a growing number of youths are trying them.

An ordinance that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has been approved by the Carmel City Council. The council narrowly voted 4 to 3 in favor of the measure on Monday.

More than two weeks after the first meeting of the Gov. Mike Pence's drug abuse task force, the governor is ordering state agencies to begin implementing some of the group's initial recommendations.

A panel of lawmakers and legislative appointees met for the first time Thursday to begin discussing redistricting reform. But, there seems to be fundamental disagreement between committee members on whether Indiana's system needs to be changed.

A study committee could have a recommendation in the coming weeks for a body camera policy the General Assembly can debate next session.

The Indiana Department of Transportation is asking a former contractor to either repave a stretch of Indiana highway that's prematurely deteriorating or else reimburse the state the amount it paid the company in 2012.

Republican Sen. Dan Coats says he'll oppose short-term government funding measures until Congress addresses what he sees as a coming fiscal crisis. Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly says shutting down the government would threaten an improving economy.

The Regional Cities committee largely agrees on the goal of the initiative: attract and retain talent. There's less consensus on how to accomplish that.