Articles tagged as: IPB
February 21, 2023
Lawmakers advance bill to regulate third-party food delivery services like DoorDash
Third-party food delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats could no longer include restaurants on their platforms if the restaurants dont agree to it under a bill headed to the Indiana House floor.
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Senate passes bill to allow trucks to speed up like cars to 70 miles per hour on highways
Many highways in Indiana set speed limits of 70 miles per hour for cars and 65 for large heavy vehicles like semi-trucks. A majority of Indiana Senators passed Senate Bill 13 Monday to set a uniform speed limit of 70, despite some uncertainty over whether that’s the safest course of action.
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2023
Indiana lawmakers sidestep climate solutions conversation yet again
The Senate Environmental Affairs Committee adjourned without voting on a bill on Monday that would have created a climate solutions task force.
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Bill to let Indiana utilities charge for additional costs without pre-approval passes House
The bill seeks to undo the effect of an Indiana Supreme Court decision involving the cost of cleaning up Duke Energy's coal ash waste.
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'Please say gay': House bill to limit 'human sexuality' discussion in schools passed by committee
Legislation that would limit discussions of human sexuality and how students express their gender identity in elementary school classrooms was passed by the House Education Committee on Monday.
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Bill to save small businesses millions in federal taxes heads to governor's desk
Indiana small business owners each stand to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars in federal taxes under a bill headed to the governors desk.
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2023
Valparaiso Starbucks workers vote to unionize, becomes second union location in Indiana
Workers at a Starbucks in northern Indiana voted to unionize over the weekend.
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2023
Democrats propose budget alternatives as spending bill advances to House floor
Indiana House Democrats proposed their own ideas for the new state budget Monday as lawmakers advanced the $43 billion spending bill to the full House.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2023
Weekly Statehouse update: Cannabis decriminalization hearing, vote-by-mail restrictions
A House panel approves new vote-by-mail rules. Expanded access to birth control nears passage by the House. And a bill to decriminalize simple possession of cannabis gets a historic hearing.
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2023
Bill aims to protect kids in preschool, day care from lead in drinking water
The one exception would be child care run by a church which was amended out of the bill by Rep. Alan Morrison (R-Brazil). Kids with lead poisoning can have trouble learning, behavioral issues and poor kidney function.
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