Indiana Government News

On October 1, the Kentucky Supreme Court joined those of both Ohio and Indiana in holding that sex offender residency laws could not be applied retroactively.

Gov. Mitch Daniels, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and local officials celebrate Thursday's opening of a section of the Fort to Port highway that connects the two states.

The state Department of Health, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition are holding a Statewide HIV Awareness Program Thursday in Indianapolis.

With voters approving casinos in Ohio during Tuesday's election, the focus now turns to how the vote will affect surrounding states, including Kentucky and Indiana.

The Kentucky Supreme Court on Monday denied the state's request to suspend its recent ruling which loosened restrictions on where convicted sex offenders may live.

State Republican leaders on Tuesday proposed a one-year delay in tax increases on businesses aimed at putting Indiana's unemployment insurance fund back in the black.

More than $848 million from the federal stimulus package has been spent in Indiana, supporting 18,876 jobs, according to federal data released Friday.

The path was cleared for the state to log in the back-country area of Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood state forests today, as a state legislative committee did not back proposed bill to protect the area.

All the traffic restrictions caused by a propane tanker explosion at Interstates 465 and 69 in Indianapolis have been lifted.

It seems like everybody at the Indiana Statehouse wants to talk about lobbying ethics these days.

A federal judge has ordered Indiana's partially privatized welfare intake system to speed up decisions on food stamp applications, but the state has a year to meet its first target.

INDIANAPOLIS - The state should delay unemployment tax increases on businesses from 2010 to 2011 to help companies retain workers and possibly wait long enough for a federal bailout, Republicans who control the Indiana Senate said Tuesday.

INDIANAPOLIS House Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, on Tuesday announced a package of ethics changes that he will sponsor in the 2010 legislative session, including a cooling-off period for lawmakers before they become lobbyists and a contribution ban for state contractors.

A legislative study committee declined Monday to endorse the idea of a uniform, later start date for Indiana schools, voting instead to send the issue back to fellow lawmakers for more debate and study.

In the last state budget, Feeding Indiana's Hungry, Inc. was appropriated $300,000 per year for the two-year budget.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles license branches in 10 counties will operate longer hours next week to issue driver's licenses and photo ID cards.

Fewer Hoosiers will be without health insurance when the Healthy Indiana Plan shortens its wait list in upcoming weeks.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana has been one of the quickest states in the country in ordering and receiving doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine while Kentucky has lagged, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Wanted: Cleaning crew to sweep up financial mess at Indianapolis sports and convention arenas.

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita will testify before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Elections today at 1 p.m. in room 1310 of the Longworth House Office Building.