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Precinct committee persons in Senate District 34 have selected Indianapolis City-County Councilor La Keisha Jackson to fill the remaining term of Sen. Jean Breaux, who passed away last month after

Family, friends and legislators gathered at the Indiana Statehouse rotunda on Friday to remember to life and legacy of the late Sen. Jean Breaux.

Republican leaders said before the start of 2024 Indiana Legislative Session they wanted it to be a quiet one, focused on small tweaks to existing policies. Yet some of their priorities were anything but, including a measure that will hold back thousands of third grade students and legislation involving one of the most controversial geopolitical conflicts in memory.

Lawmakers efforts to halt proposed cuts to a Medicaid program did not make it into legislation this session, despite outcry from families of medically complex children. Instead, they sent legislation to Gov. Eric Holcomb focusing on administrative requirements for the Family and Social Services Administration.

Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would hold back thousands more grade schoolers for failing the state's literacy test.

Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would hold back students who fail the state's crucial reading test, currently administered in the third grade.The bill would also knock the test's first administration back a year, with second graders who pass not being required to take it again.About 7,000 more students would be barred from

Indiana’s state House has advanced an education bill meant to address the states long declining literacy rates. Lawmakers voted largely along party lines Tuesday to approve legislation that would hold

Indiana’s state House has advanced an education bill meant to address the state's long declining literacy rates.

Indiana’s state House has advanced an education bill meant to address the states long declining literacy rates. Lawmakers voted largely along party lines Tuesday to approve legislation that would hold

A controversial bill that would hold back some students who fail the states reading proficiency exam is nearing the governors desk.