“Hailey’s Law” and a bill to fund a proposed Bear’s stadium in Northern Indiana are key issues heading into the final stretch of the legislative session. Speaking with reporters Thursday, House Speaker Todd Houston (R-Fishers) discussed a wide range of legislative topics, focusing on a few major issues moving through the statehouse. One of those

Indiana is now making thousands of children repeat the third grade, after new regulations and failing IREAD-3 test scores.  It’s a significant increase from just a few years ago.  Some local nonprofits are helping students with reading skills to get them moving forward.  IPR’s Abby Urban reports. Programs like Read United from the Heart Of

Numerous state lawmakers were threatened over President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting push that failed in Indiana last year. They are now moving to criminalize a harassment tactic called doxxing. Doxxing is posting someone’s personally identifiable information to a social media platform with a harmful intent. A committee heard brief testimony Wednesday after receiving the legislation

Many Muncie residents showed up to this week’s city council meeting to ask that new rules restricting public comments at meetings be changed back.  IPR’s Stephanie Wiechmann reports. In January, newly-voted-in council president Republican Jeff Green changed the rules on public comment at council meetings, to begin in February.  They include moving public comments from

Lee Hamilton, a 17-term congressman serving southern Indiana, whose foreign policy expertise, reverence for democracy, and bipartisan ideals made him a towering and highly respected figure in national politics, died Wednesday. He was 94. Hamilton, a Democrat, served as vice chair of the 9/11 commission and chair of the House committee investigating covert arms transactions