Lee Hamilton commentary: Democracy takes it on the chin in redistricting
Around the country, states have been taking on the task of coming up with new lines for congressional districts. And with about two-thirds of the districts for the next decade mapped out, a recent New York Times analysis found something discouraging. The people drawing redist â...â
House concurs with Senate amendment removing new restrictions on absentee voting, sending HB 1116 to Gov. Holcomb
UPDATE: Stripped by the Senate of its most criticized provisions to discourage absentee voting, House Bill 1116 went to the governorâs desk Monday after the House concurred with the Senate amendment. A conference committee had been appointed to try to resolve the differences be â...â
Legislators rush to send bills over finish line of 2022 session
As the General Assembly reaches the final week of the 2022 session, legislators are trying to finalize bills in conference committees. These committees, which are intended to iron out differences between the Senate-passed and House-passed versions of bills, are legislatorsâ las â...â
Senate leaves Holcomb veto intact while House sends legislation to end emergency order
Both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly sent some good news to Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursdayâthe Senate upholding his veto of last yearâs ethanol gas labeling bill and the House sending him the legislation that he had requested to allow him to end the COVID-19 emergency or â...â
‘Weâre going to see a lot more people in Walmart open carrying:’ Constitutional carry provisions return in conference committee
As time and bill numbers dwindle on the 2022 session of the Indiana General Assembly, some legislators are flip-flopping legislation to give a permitless carry bill another chance. Republican conference committee members are pushing to make Senate Bill 209, regarding drug schedul â...â
John Krull commentary: Behning, education and evasion
One of the most disheartening things about the education war in Indiana is that so little of the fighting is about learning. You know, the thing education is supposed to be about. Most of the jousting, in fact, now is about either control or finding someone else to blame. And mos â...â
âWe are all Godâs children:â Despite outcry, transgender youth athlete bill heads to governor
With Democrats offering passionate objections, the Indiana Senate Tuesday passed a much-debated bill that would prohibit transgender girls from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, sending it to Gov. Eric Holcomb to veto or sign into law. Upon its third â...â
‘Divisive concepts’ House Bill 1134 misses 2nd reading deadline, dies in Senate
Indiana teachers unexpectedly got what they have been advocating for during the General Assemblyâs 2022 sessionâthe death of House Bill 1134. After hours of Senate Republicans meeting in caucus and the bill being moved to the end of the Senate calendar twice, Senate sponsor â...â
House bill that would repeal handgun licensing requirement is gutted in Senate committee
UPDATE: An Indiana House bill that would repeal the stateâs handgun licensing requirement has been heavily amended in a Senate committee. As amended by the Senate Judiciary Committee during an eight-hour hearing that ended late Wednesday, House Bill 1077 would maintain the requ â...â
As House committee deadline passes, some hoped-for bills get put back in the drawer
Across the state, Hoosiersâ news feeds are filled with everything thatâs happening in their backyards. But what about the things that arenât happening? Tuesday was the last chance for Senate bills to be passed through House committees, leaving many short of final passage. C â...â