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Bill to explore Illinois-Indiana border passes the House
House Bill 1008, authored by Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, has been panned by Illinois leaders as a stunt. On the House floor before the vote, Huston once again emphasized Indiana’s tax rates and rattled off economic statistics and framed his measure as a way to highlight the state’s progress.
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 lawmakers debate immigration bill
Indiana lawmakers debate immigration bill
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 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.
House Republicans approve bill to force Indiana to play bigger role in immigration enforcement
House Republicans approved a bill Thursday to enhance Indiana’s role in enforcing federal immigration law. Rep. J.D. Prescott’s (R-Union City) bill would give the attorney general’s office more authority to investigate businesses that might be employing undocumented immigrants — and creates penalties for those that do.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Contentious Indiana homelessness bill effectively dead, for now
An Indiana bill that sought to tackle homelessness effectively died in the House after it was not called for a vote on ...
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Utility bills, DCS issues addressed in Evansville town hall
Democratic Indiana State Representative Alex Burton held a town hall on Saturday to hear from residents. Some of the concerns ...
Sleeping in public streets won't be a crime after bill dies in the Indiana House
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana bill that would have criminalized street camping has died in the House.
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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 ...
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 ...
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Indiana's Assistant Senate Minority Leader Andrea Hunley Raises Alarm over SB 518's Impact on Public Schools
Sen. Hunley is concerned about the impact of Indiana's SB 518 on public schools, which reallocates funds to charter schools.