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Applications to a federal program that provides financial assistance to families are rarely approved in Indiana. State senators almost unanimously passed a bill to bolster the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program Monday.
Last year, a similar bill got a hearing in a House committee but never received a vote. Nearly two dozen education advocates testified against the previous bill and no one spoke in favor.
A bill that would change Indiana’s energy utility policy was among those passed Monday at the Statehouse.
Senate Bill 188 would end Indiana's longstanding practice of nonpartisan school board elections by obligating school board candidates to affiliate with a political party.
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana lawmakers held a hearing Monday on a bill that would allow school board candidates to declare a political party affiliation on the ballot. Under Senate Bill 188, all candidates would have a political party affiliation next to their name on the ballot or would run as independent candidates. The idea, which is backed [...]