Articles tagged as: 2025 legislative session
March 12, 2025
House committee remakes partisan school board candidates bill, sends it to full House
Legislation allowing school board candidates to declare a political party on the ballot is headed to the House floor for the second time this session.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2025
EMS providers could transport to non-emergency facilities under Indiana bill
Emergency medical service providers primarily transport patients to emergency departments even if that isn’t the most appropriate facility for care. That’s because it’s the only way they’re able to receive reimbursement. An Indiana House committee approved a bill that would change that.
Read MoreMarch 11, 2025
Bill would boost deputy prosecutor salaries to help reduce effects of attorney shortage
Indiana’s attorney shortage is hitting prosecutor and public defender offices particularly hard. And lawmakers want to boost state funding for deputy prosecutors and public defenders.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2025
Lawmakers aim to streamline child care licensing for multi-site providers
A Senate committee unanimously advanced a bill Monday that aims to increase access to child care by streamlining licensing for child care providers with multiple locations.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2025
Weekly Statehouse update: Property tax debate, improving energy transmission, farmer online portal
A House committee kicks off second-half debate on property tax reform. Legislation aims to help improve energy transmission. And a bill to create an online portal for Hoosier farmers nears the governor’s desk.
Read MoreMarch 6, 2025
Indiana would create online portal, 'one-stop-shop' for farmers, under bill nearing governor's desk
Indiana lawmakers want the state to create a “one-stop-shop” for Hoosier farmers to access government information and benefits.
Read MoreMarch 5, 2025
House committee kicks off debate over property tax reform in second half of session
Debate over property tax reform began in the second half of the legislative session Wednesday the same way it ended the first half – with local government leaders sounding the alarm on their budgets, while Gov. Mike Braun’s office pressed for taxpayer relief.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2025
Braun signs order to ban transgender women and girls from sports. Advocates say it's dehumanizing
Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order Tuesday to align with federal moves to ban transgender women and girls from playing sports. Advocates say the orders are products of a nationwide campaign of misinformation and paranoia targeting transgender people.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2025
Bill would help make power lines more efficient, get more wind and solar on the grid
There’s so much wind and solar energy being proposed in the U.S. that there’s not enough power lines to get that energy where it needs to go. Building out that new transmission is expensive — it’s one of the things causing Indiana utilities to raise customers’ electric bills right now.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2025
Indiana's legislative session hits halfway point. Bills to end DEI, change school funding still face debate
More than 30 education-related bills that could reshape the state’s K-12 education system remain under consideration.
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