Hoosiers in need after a disaster would be able to access more money, more easily from the states disaster relief fund under legislation headed to the House.

A slate of education bills passed out of the Senate Tuesday after debate and endorsement from lawmakers. Those proposals will now move to the House for further deliberation.

It's been called a compromise, but the history of Indiana's wetlands law, as well as testimony from wetland experts and advocates, suggest it's anything but.

SB 253, authored by Sen. Rodney Pol (D-Chesterton), would require those who maintain public beaches and piers on the lake to have highly visible, emergency flotation devices available. Local governments would also have to report drownings at public sites at least twice a year.

Indiana wetland advocates overwhelmingly support this bill and oppose the one in the House, which would seek to take away more wetland protections. They say that bill has been fast-tracked through the legislature and could get a vote in the Senate as early as Tuesday.

Indiana lawmakers are making sure local governments and homeowner associations cant stop children from operating lemonade stands.

Medical providers say prior authorization creates administrative burdens for them and barriers to care for their patients. A GOP priority bill that would have heavily limited the use of prior authorization did not make it through committee before the Senates deadline.

The National Consumer Law Center recently identified Indiana as having weak debt protections laws, and some advocates are concerned about how this is affecting consumers.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday that, in the words of one Republican, takes baby steps towards providing greater transparency at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.