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Indiana's nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency estimated the personnel needed to create and maintain a registry for care professionals could cost the state as much as $93,000.
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a letter to gender-affirming care providers Tuesday requesting information about procedures offered to transgender youth. The letter – largely based on misinformation – issued vague threats against medical providers and families.
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The Indiana Senate Environmental Affairs Committee adjourned without voting on a bill on Monday that would have created a climate solutions task force.
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Legislation that would limit discussions of human sexuality and how students express their gender identity in elementary school classrooms was passed by the Indiana House Education Committee on Monday.
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Officers with the New Albany Police and Floyd County Sheriff's departments will soon carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug.
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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.
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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.
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Bill aims to prohibit local governments from limiting project bids to contractors with union workersHouse 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.
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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.
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The Indiana House Committee on Public Health has unanimously approved House Bill 1568, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control without an appointment.
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Clarksville officials are still awaiting a response to a recent $6 million offer for the former Colgate-Palmolive property. The town is ready to try to take the property – including the iconic clock – through eminent domain if the offer is rejected or ignored.
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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.