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Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. will be prohibited from carrying a handgun in public, both on- and off-duty, beginning July 1.

Hoosier adults age 18 and up not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm will be entitled to carry a handgun in public without needing to obtain a state permit, beginning

Gov. Eric Holcomb has vetoed a hodge podge of provisions relating to state and local government put together from the wreckage of various failed proposals hours before the House and

Its now up to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to decide whether Indiana will become the 22nd state to allow handgun owners to carry their weapons in public without needing to

Its now up to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to decide whether Indiana will become the 22nd state to allow handgun owners to carry their weapons in public without needing to

Republican state legislators are urging Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to call the Indiana General Assembly into special session if the U.S. Supreme Court limits or rescinds the right to abortion.

Hoosier lawmakers are unanimously supporting a Lowell initiative to invest the proceeds of its recent water system sale more aggressively than usually is permitted with government funds.

New agricultural equipment and facilities soon may be eligible for property tax abatement under legislation sponsored by four Region lawmakers thats headed to the governors desk.

State Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville, is championing legislation at the Statehouse to increase what Indiana Medicaid pays for private ambulance runs to match the higher rates paid by Medicare.

Charter schools receiving referendum funds would be under no obligation to spend the money in the same manner as the local school district, such as for teacher pay raises or