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Indiana House Bill 1418 unanimously passed out of the Local Government Committee at the Indiana General Assembly Tuesday morning, a positive start in the process of creating a state law that would allow a second development in unincorporated Porter County, Grand Oaks, the option of requesting annexation by the city of Valparaiso.

Any such annexation likely is a long ways off since some of the lots in the new development havent yet been platted, let alone built on.

As the cost of energy continues to increase and becomes more unreliable for Hoosiers, legislators do little to resolve the issue.

Republican state Rep. Ed Soliday, chairman of the House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee, filed a bill last week that would establish a statewide energy plan – something Indiana has

More than three years after Indiana lawmakers passed legislation to authorize the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue digital driver’s licenses, the effort to bring mobile credentials to Hoosiers appears stuck in neutral.

House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, recently promoted state Rep. Mike Aylesworth, R-Hebron, to chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Lobby groups, activists, supporters, school children and even a gowned bride taking wedding photos filled the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday during Organization Day in Indianapolis, with many passing out information and calling on legislators to listen to their demands.

INDIANAPOLIS—On Monday, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, a business advocacy group, hosted its 2023 Legislative Preview, during which it went over its main priorities for the upcoming Indiana General Assembly

Every incumbent Northwest Indiana state representative facing a challenger for reelection Tuesday appears to have won a new two-year term.

The bill creates a regulatory framework for companies to store captured carbon dioxide underground in Indiana.