Articles tagged as: 2025 legislative session
February 3, 2025
Homeschool graduates in Indiana could soon be shielded from extra skill tests
The Indiana House advanced a bill ensuring homeschool diplomas are recognized equally.
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These 3 bills will 'destroy' IPS, district leaders say
“This legislation is not student-focused and fails to reflect the community's input on how they envision their public schools thriving,” the IPS Board said.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2025
Weekly Statehouse update: Online gaming legalization, moving municipal elections, test strips bill
Major gambling expansion takes its first steps. Municipal elections move to presidential election years in a Senate bill. And a bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips clears a significant hurdle.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2025
Can Indiana's reading improvements be repeated with math?
Indiana’s reading crisis captured the attention of state education leaders and lawmakers now the state could soon begin pursuing new interventions for another troubled subject – math.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
LGBTQ+ Day at the Statehouse responds to Trump executive order, calls for support
Advocates and LGBTQ+ Hoosiers gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to share resources and call attention to a measure to walk back Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
Lawmakers hope to close telehealth gap for hard-of-hearing Hoosiers
A 2023 law made it easier for some Indiana medical providers to offer telehealth services. But, speech-language pathology assistants weren’t included under that law. State lawmakers now want to correct that.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
Committee advances bill to expand employer tax credits for taking on child care costs
Child care-related turnover and absenteeism causes a significant impact on Hoosier employers, according to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
Deer farmers want to use genetics to address chronic wasting disease in Senate bill
Chronic wasting disease is an incurable illness in deer that causes neurological problems, much like mad cow disease. The DNR found Indiana’s first case of chronic wasting disease last year.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
After testimony pits neighbor against neighbor, proposed casino move likely dead this session
The proposed move of a casino from southeast to northeast Indiana is likely dead this legislative session after hours of testimony Wednesday that pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2025
Bill looks to clarify financial responsibility in employer-sponsored health plans to tackle costs
Employers who sponsor health plans typically utilize administrators, like pharmacy benefits managers, to facilitate those plans. But, that doesn’t mean those intermediaries have to act in the best interest of the plan sponsors. A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would change that.
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