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Indiana House approves bill tying state funding to immigration enforcement
The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday tying state funding for local governmental bodies to their cooperation in the enforcement of federal immigration law despite arguments from some Democrats who said they could not support the measure.
‘We’d love to have you’: Illinois secession bill earns Indiana House approval
Republican House Speaker Todd Huston’s proposal would create an Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission tasked with exploring the secession and transfer of counties that have already voted to leave the state of Illinois.
Illinois secession bill passes Indiana House
A bill aimed at redrawing the Indiana-Illinois border passed out of the Indiana House Thursday with the Speaker of the House suggesting that other Midwestern states join Indiana.
Illinois county secession bill passes Indiana House. What's next?
House Bill 1008 from Republican House Speaker Todd Huston would create a commission to study how 33 Illinois counties could join Indiana.
Indiana Statehouse pass immigration bill
House lawmakers passed a bill to prohibit Indiana businesses with more than 10 employees from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
Indiana lawmakers advance plan to take counties from Illinois
House Bill 1008 creates a commission to explore moving the state borders to bring some Illinois counties into the Hoosier state.
Indiana House passes bill revoking hospitals' nonprofit status if they charge high prices
This marks the closest Indiana lawmakers have gotten to price-controlling the state's largest nonprofit hospitals, after years of discussion.
Indiana bill banning people who are homeless from street camping dies in House. Here's why
HB 1662 would have banned the homeless from street camping on public property. The bill did not have enough support to pass ...
Daily Journal1d
Indiana bill to shift more dollars from traditional publics to charter schools earns Senate approval
A bill to expand property tax revenue for charter schools cleared a key legislative hurdle Thursday despite fierce pushback ...
The Republic1d
STATEHOUSE: Contentious Indiana homelessness bill effectively dead, for now
By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana bill that sought to tackle homelessness ...
Bills to legalize, decriminalize weed in Indiana fail to move forward
INDIANAPOLIS– Despite a record amount of marijuana bills filed by both Indiana Republicans and Democrats this legislative ...
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Indiana bill to punish people sleeping outside fails, but language could come back
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness have spent the past week urging lawmakers to amend or throw out the bill, which would jail and fine people sleeping on state property. Now, some ...
South Bend Tribune2d
These Indiana bills try to fix what 'ain't broke' | Opinion
Senate Bill 10 proposes eliminating the use of student IDs for voter identification. During most of my five terms in the Indiana state Senate representing South Bend and Mishawaka, one of the ...
Daily Journal1d
Haggard bill on foreign adversaries advances to Indiana Senate
A bill to protect Hoosiers from influence by foreign adversaries advanced to the Indiana Senate.
Senate bills to close Indiana primary elections, reduce early voting days die. Could they come back?
Senate bills that would have established closed primaries in Indiana and reduced the number of early voting days died on the ...