Articles tagged as: 2022 legislative session
January 7, 2022
Indiana lawmaker walks back remark on Nazism impartiality
Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin said he should have chosen better words when he said during a committee hearing that a bill he filed would require teachers to be impartial in all of their teaching, including during lessons about Nazism, Marxism and fascism.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2022
COVID-19 surge not deterring push to end Indiana emergency
The Republican-dominated state Legislature started its 2022 session Tuesday and planned to quickly take up actions that GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb says will allow him to drop the emergency declaration that he first issued in March 2020.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2022
House Republicans try again to eliminate Indiana's handgun license requirement
House Republicans are trying again to eliminate Indianas license requirement to carry a handgun in public.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2022
Indiana House Republicans proposed $1 billion in tax cuts
A proposed tax cut package introduced by Indiana House Republicans this week would cost the state more than $1 billion a year in revenue within the next three years.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2022
Senate education committee approves funding fix, hears hours of testimony on curriculum bill
The Indiana Senate Education and Career Development Committee took its first steps to fast-track a virtual funding fix and heard hours of testimony on legislation about curriculum and classroom transparency for schools.
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2022
Business leaders launch advocacy group Indiana Cann to urge lawmakers to legalize cannabis
A new organization of business leaders has formed to advocate for the legalization of adult use of cannabis in Indiana.
Read MoreDecember 17, 2021
Holcomb wants health emergency provisions split from vaccine mandate ban
Indiana House Republicans have tied a controversial push to effectively ban private companies from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to language that would help end the state’s public health emergency.
Read MoreDecember 16, 2021
Hoosiers rail against proposed employer vaccine mandate bill from multiple fronts
Dozens of Hoosiers testified against a bill Thursday that would weaken employer vaccination requirements.
Read MoreDecember 14, 2021
Indiana juvenile justice task force wants minimum age for detainment, other reforms
The recommendations include setting a minimum age of 12-years-old for detainment by police and boosting support for youth reentering the community after completing detention.
Read MoreDecember 13, 2021
Lawmakers to hear testimony Thursday on COVID-19 vaccine mandate legislation
Indiana House lawmakers will take testimony Thursday – for the second time in about three weeks – on a bill that would effectively ban private companies from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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