Senate Amends Bill Prohibiting Dedicated Lanes, Officer Involved Shooting, Training Requirement for Nurses, Republican Candidate Forum, Virtual School Leaders Arrested

January 26, 2024

The Senate amended a bill yesterday prohibiting dedicated lanes for one year, and added the creation of a task force to study the impact of those lanes. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were involved in a shooting last night that resulted in a man’s death. Trauma-informed care could be the first state-mandated continuing education requirement for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Economic development was the only real issue that separated the major Republican candidates for governor at a forum yesterday. Three former administrators from troubled virtual schools were arrested this week, for an alleged scheme to defraud the Indiana Education Department.

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