Brandon Smith

House Republicans advance their budget proposal. A controversial immigration bill quickly clears the House chamber. And a ban on transgender women competing in college sports heads to the Senate.

A Senate committee overhauls the property tax reform bill. A Medicaid reform bill advances to the full Senate. And a House committee approves a bill expanding access to birth control — but leaves several common forms out.

A property tax reform debate kicks into high gear. Senate lawmakers advance a bill to cut in half the number of early, in-person voting days. And a Senate committee debates an education measure to promote “fostering a national identity.”

Families who adopt children out of foster care in Indiana face potentially significant expenses that the state’s $2,000 adoption subsidy doesn’t cover. State lawmakers want to create a fund to help families cover those costs.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun used his first State of the State address to make the case for his policy priorities to lawmakers and the public.

Indiana has at least 600 rape kits waiting to be tested at the state’s crime labs. And there are potentially many more in local law enforcement agencies, waiting to be sent to the labs.

Diversity, equity and inclusion — and a list of policies and beliefs tied to them — would be banned in state agencies, educational institutions and any organization that receives money from the state under a bill approved by a Senate committee Wednesday.

Gov. Mike Braun is ordering the Indiana Department of Health to resume releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports, as it did before the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect.

The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus says its focus in the 2025 session is making Indiana safer, healthier and more equitable.

Mike Braun will be sworn in as the 52nd governor of Indiana Monday, while Micah Beckwith will take the oath of office as lieutenant governor and Todd Rokita as attorney general.

The Indiana Department of Transportation is shifting its speed cameras to a new highway work site as it continues to refine the system.