Indiana

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has cited CenterPoint Energy for four violations investigators say caused more than 100 reports of carbon monoxide issues in Southern Indiana in late December.

One Southern Indiana, the local chamber of commerce, is finalizing loan selections for small businesses affected by road construction and bridge closures in downtown New Albany.

Lawmakers hope to streamline the process to reduce the amount of work the state has to do to give claimants their money. On Tuesday, Indiana’s House passed House Bill 1451 to simplify the process for Hoosiers receiving unemployment compensation. Though, it wouldn’t change the application process.

In response to increasing demand, Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawai‘i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky is expanding its vasectomy services into Indiana.

A House panel approves new vote-by-mail rules. Expanded access to birth control nears passage by the House. And a bill to decriminalize simple possession of cannabis gets a historic hearing.

Indiana lawmakers have filed a historic number of anti-LGBTQ bills this session. Advocates are raising concerns about what they’re calling a “slate of hate” targeting gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth, limits on classroom conversations and identification laws.

House Bill 1024 contains the sixth attempt since 2019 to take away the power counties, cities and other local units have to limit bids to employers who have a Project Labor Agreement (PLA). It passed committee Thursday.

A Senate bill would strip Indiana’s school librarians and teachers of a legal defense against charges that they disseminated harmful material to minors.

Voting by mail in Indiana will get a little harder under legislation approved by a House committee Wednesday. But the bill originally went a lot further in restricting vote-by-mail.

Legislation to allow speed cameras in a few highway work zones takes an unprecedented step. A Senate committee narrowly approves driving cards for undocumented immigrants. And property tax relief gets complicated. Here’s what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse.