Articles tagged as: Indiana General Assembly
January 3, 2023
Indiana scores low in environmental justice report
The report said Indiana lawmakers haven't passed any meaningful environmental justice legislation including refusing to hear a bill this past legislative session that would have created a climate and environmental justice task force.
Read MoreNovember 22, 2022
About half of Hoosiers approve of Gov. Eric Holcomb's job performance in latest Hoosier Survey
About half of Hoosiers in a new poll approve of the job Eric Holcomb is doing as governor.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2022
Lawmakers hear hours of testimony on decriminalization of cannabis
Indiana lawmakers heard more than four hours of testimony Tuesday on the regulation of marijuana and related substances.
Read MoreAugust 17, 2022
Remembering RFRA – Do businesses have the same influence now?
Many Indiana companies say the near-total abortion ban is bad for the economy – are lawmakers persuaded? WFYI’s Emilie Syberg spoke with Indiana Public Broadcasting Statehouse Bureau Chief Brandon Smith to compare the political moments.
Read MoreAugust 4, 2022
Indiana GOP lawmakers settle on $200 for tax rebate payments
Those payments will be less than the $225 refunds that were originally proposed by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb but the deal represents a concession from GOP senators who were reluctant to go along with that plan.
Read MoreAugust 4, 2022
Indiana lawmakers appear to strike deal on inflation relief package
Hoosier taxpayers are set to receive $200 checks after state lawmakers appear to have reached an agreement on an inflation relief package.
Read MoreJuly 30, 2022
What happened in the first week of Indiana’s special session? And what’s next?
Indiana lawmakers gathered for the start of a special session on Monday July 25, to consider bills that ban abortion, send financial support to families and provide inflation relief. Here's where those bills are now.
Read MoreJuly 29, 2022
Dozens gather at Jewish Day of Action for Reproductive Justice to protest proposed abortion ban
Dozens of Jewish people gathered at the Indiana Statehouse Friday to protest against a bill that would largely ban abortion.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2022
Live updates: Abortion ban bill heads to full Senate, inflation relief bills advance, and anti-abortion rally brings hundreds to Statehouse
Hundreds of supporters of one of Indiana's most influential anti-abortion groups have gathered at the Statehouse north atrium for the "Love Them Both" rally.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2022
House committee passes inflation relief and family supports bill, expands relief eligibility
The House Ways and Means Committee passed its version of inflation relief Tuesday that would send a $225 check to eligible Hoosiers.
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