Articles tagged as: Indiana General Assembly
January 6, 2016
Senator Earline Rogers Retires After 38 Years Of Service
Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, announced Tuesday that she would not seek another term in the Indiana Senate, following more than three decades of service to the Indiana General Assembly.
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Sen. Pat Miller To Retire After 2016 Session
After more than three decades of service at the Statehouse, State Sen. Pat Miller, R-Indianapolis, will not seek re-election this fall.
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2016
Registering Vehicles In Indiana Might Get Easier
Legislation that drastically simplifies the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' complex registration and fee system received positive feedback in Wednesday's initial House committee hearing.
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2016
Pence Echoes Ritz's Approach To 'Pause' A-F grades, ISTEP Sanctions
Gov. Mike Pence and state Superintendent Glenda Ritz finally agree on the best way to handle a "pause" of penalties schools would otherwise pay for poor test scores for 2014-15, and they appear poised to follow Ritz's preferred approach.
Read MoreDecember 21, 2015
Battle Looms Over Restriction On Cold Medicine Used For Meth
The 2016 legislative session has yet to start, but already pharmaceutical industry groups are clashing with law enforcement organizations over a bill that would require a prescription for a common a cold medicine also used to make methamphetamine.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2015
IPS Seeks Legislative Change To Alternative Teaching License And Other Laws
Indianapolis Public Schools will seek a change to state law in the 2016 General Assembly session that would reduce requirements for professionals to become teachers. District leaders also want to tweak recently passed laws that created innovation network schools.
Read MoreNovember 17, 2015
Indiana House Republicans Will Work On Teacher Scholarships, Protections
Tuesday marked Organization Day, the official kickoff to the 2016 legislative session and the day lawmakers reveal more details about their ideas for upcoming legislation.
Read MoreNovember 11, 2015
State Senator: Pass Bill Now To Hold Schools, Teachers 'Harmless" On ISTEP Scores
Sen. Mark Stoops, D-Bloomington, today called for the Indiana legislature to take the dramatic step of passing a bill next week during what is normally a mostly ceremonial session to protect schools and teachers from consequences of an expected steep drop in ISTEP scores.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2015
Panel Recommends Legislation To Terminate Parental Rights Of Rapists
A bill authored last session to terminate a rapist's parental rights failed to even get a committee hearing. But the hopes of its advancement this coming session are boosted by a unanimous recommendation from the Criminal Code Study Committee.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2015
Pence Restores Some School Safety Funding After Shootings
Gov. Mike Pence is increasing school safety grant funding by more than $3 million dollars in the wake of a shooting at an Oregon community college that left more than a dozen dead. But it also comes after the new state budget cut that funding by more than half.
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