Democratic Rep. Earl Harris of East Chicago, who served in the Indiana House more than three decades, died on Monday after missing much of the 2015 session with an illness. He was 73.

A House bill seeks to restrict what private companies can do with information collected on students.

The bill passed 63 to 31 mostly along party lines, with five Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

A House committee Monday halted progress of a bill that would open up many of Indiana's adoption records filed between 1941 and 1993. Those files were automatically sealed, and the governor's office says it has concerns about releasing the identity of those birth mothers.

House members voted 63-31 Monday to support the Republican-backed bill would bar any state laws that "substantially burden" the religious beliefs of an individual, business or religious institution.

Indiana Democrats say Hoosiers need answers about BMV overcharges. Their calls for an investigation come after new reports suggesting top officials knew about the overcharges long before the BMV halted the practice.

Carmel Republican Rep. Jerry Torr 's bill would eliminate Indiana's prevailing wage, which is a mandatory hourly rate that must be paid to laborers on publicly financed construction projects.

The controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act or RFRA, being debated in the Indiana legislature, is sparking another debate: whether state law should protect gays and lesbians from discrimination.

The Indiana Republican says Lynch's view of the president's executive action on immigration disqualifies her from the job.

Unemployed Hoosiers could be pushed into job training and educational programs meant to help them get back into the workforce under a bill that passed the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously on Thursday.