An Indiana lawmaker kickstarted a debate Tuesday about increasing the speed limit on interstates and highways to 75 miles per hour in rural areas.

Indiana needs more nursing school graduates to meet the states current health care needs, but nursing schools say they don't have enough faculty. A House committee passed a bill that would remove the clinical experience requirement for instructors to help meet those needs.

Sexual violence survivors told lawmakers Tuesday why they should support a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for all sex crimes.

Indiana's unemployment rate improved in December for the first time in eight months.

A bill that updates which crimes would bar individuals from working at a home health agency passed the House Monday. The bill would apply similar criminal background requirements used for long-term care facilities to home health agencies.

A state Senate bill, SB 241, would establish a hunting and trapping season for bobcats in Indiana by July of next year.

Nearly 100,000 public pension recipients in Indiana will get an extra month’s worth of benefits this year under a measure unanimously approved by the House Monday.

Local governments would be banned from preventing local pet stores from selling dogs under a bill approved by Republicans in a House committee Monday.

A Republican lawmaker introduced legislation that would reshape Indiana’s school choice system. However, the plan likely won’t face a vote until next year.

Two bills regarding Indiana’s wetlands are working their way through the state legislature. Because of a state law passed three years ago and the result of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, few wetlands in Indiana are protected today.