Statewide News

Advocates and Medicaid members said proposed changes to Medicaid could lead to bigger issues for Hoosiers and the state. Demonstrators called on lawmakers and the governor to protect Medicaid from changes being made at the state and federal level.

State officials, lawmakers and advocates gathered at the Statehouse Tuesday to push for more resources to prevent child abuse and encourage people to report suspected cases.

Student IDs from Indiana’s public colleges and universities could no longer be used as voter IDs under a bill, SB 10, approved by House Republicans Tuesday.

The bill aims to address concerns over water transfers like those planned to serve the controversial LEAP industrial district in Lebanon.

Indiana House Republicans voted to give anyone the right to sue local governments to stop performances they think are obscene.

School board candidates would be forced to choose a political label for the ballot under a bill narrowly approved by the House Monday.

Under an amendment, school corporations and charter schools that participate in the pilot program could be exempt from certain regulations like collective bargaining; training for things like abuse, neglect and suicide prevention; and teacher performance evaluations.

The Indiana Department of Transportation has a new commissioner for the second time since Gov. Mike Braun took office in January.

The Indiana Department of Health issued guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records. IDOH said it was to comply with Gov. Mike Braun’s March 4 executive order that directed agencies to “enforce the biological binary” of gender.

Both the state and national unemployment rates steadily rose over the last year, according to new preliminary data. Indiana unemployment rate for the month of February stood at 4.3 percent.