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They were still seeking compromises on two of the session's biggest items: spending for major road expansions and a proposal to send low-income children to preschool.

The challenges of energy conservation in Indiana have changed, we're told, even in the short time since the state program to help individuals and companies conserve electricity began in 2012.

A two-year-old program designed to cut energy consumption in Indiana in homes, schools, stores and factories could end Dec. 31, under a bill that passed the Senate by a wide margin on Monday.

When a principal strolls intoDan Haskell's classroom at North Harrison High School these days, he knows that it is him -- not his students -- who are being graded.

A perfect storm of shrinking enrollment, low tax collections and strangling tax caps are taking a heavy toll on the Gary Community School Corp. Data from the Indiana Department of Government Finance shows the Gary school district lost more money to the caps than any district in the state: $13 million last year.

This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools.

The Indiana House amended a bill targeting the state's energy-efficiency program Tuesday with a provision that would effectively end the program by the end of this year.

When Janet McCabe was Indiana's top air regulator, she faced a balancing act: trying to clean the air in a state where the economy has relied heavily on coal as a plentiful but dirty source of electricity.

John Ketzenberger is president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, a private organization that conducts research on issues from property tax reform to state spending.

Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City will be featured as one of the 10 rising stars at this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Better to sell our soul to the NRA than to people like former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others against guns.

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Columbia City, will address the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon in Maryland as one of the rising stars selected as part of this year's Top 10 Conservatives Under 40. "While it's exciting to be recognized for individual accomplishment, I view this more as a stamp of approval for the great work being ... (more)

The time is premature to call this a trend, but more units of local government in -- of all places -- Delaware County appear headed to a study committee to develop a proposal for consolidation.

Dr. Diane Ravitch is a respected educator, teacher and professor at New York University.

Wealthy businessman and former Indiana State Republican Chairman James Kittle has been identified as the businessman who offered House Speaker Brian Bosma unlimited campaign cash earlier this session if he would kill HJR-3, the proposed marriage discrimination amendment according to the AP's Tom Lobianco.

Indiana has little to brag about when it comes to the percentage of adults with college degrees.

After falling out of favor with Gov. Mike Pence, the national Common Core educational standards that had been adopted during the tenure of former Gov. Mitch Daniels have now been rejected by the State Legislature All the officials representing Carmel voted in favor of not using Common Core standards.

The university system's Board of Regents is looking for a president to replace Neal Smatresk, who left in January.

Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor and current Purdue University president, got himself in hot water back in October for giving a speech to a Minnesota think tank.

A seasoned health care executive and former high ranking state official, Smith will be responsible for growing the firm and expanding its footprint in different markets.