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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers return Monday the Statehouse for the start of this year’s legislative session with a large budget surplus and a long list of big-ticket spending wishes to sort through.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

My Christmas wish is pretty simple: I would like lawmakers to listen to what Hoosiers want. All Hoosiers, not just the loudest slice of their Republican constituents.

The Indianapolis Public Schools board delayed a vote on a proposed operating referendum amid pushback from charter schools that want a greater share of the possible tax revenue. 

Indianapolis charter school leaders say the district’s plan to share revenue from a potential $824 million in new taxes next year is insufficient.

IPS plans to lobby the state legislature to keep its seven school buildings that will sit empty under a proposed district overhaul.

State law requires unused school buildings to be offered to charters or state colleges for $1. As IPS plans to vacate seven buildings, officials hope to change that.

BRIAN HOWEY:

The campaign was based on the notion that House Republicans weren’t conservative enough. The results show voters disagreed.

INDIANAPOLIS - This "trend" bubbled up in the homestretch leading into the May 3 Indiana primary in several media quarters: A slate of "Liberty Defense" candidates was poised to pull