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An expansion to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, rejected changes to the ban on gender-affirming care for minors and legislation inviting a lawsuit.
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House Bill 1462 would require emergency departments to assess their ability to provide intervention support to patients with substance use disorder.
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About 1 in 10 Hoosier families face food insecurity. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – also known as SNAP or food stamps – can help them get food on the table. But requirements to repeatedly reapply for SNAP can be difficult. This week, legislators gave the governor the opportunity to sign a bill alleviating that difficulty for a few people, but not all.
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House Republicans rejected an amendment to protect transgender youth from being forcibly de-transitioned by the state. The bill to ban medicinal and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender youth includes a six-month deadline to halt puberty blockers and hormone therapy treatments.
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Throwing stars would be legal for Hoosiers to own and carry under legislation headed to the House floor.
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South Bend school officials want the community’s feedback on the recommendation to close Clay High School as part of a new Facilities Master Plan.
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A bill that makes it a crime in many cases to electronically track someone goes a little less far after changes by a House committee Wednesday.
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Law enforcement officers get a 25-foot bubble around them that the public can’t cross when told to stop under a bill that’s a step away from the governor’s desk.
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Republican lawmakers passed a controversial bill out of a Senate committee Wednesday that requires teachers to notify parents if students request a name, title or pronoun change in the classroom. The amended legislation also addresses other issues under the banner of “parents rights."
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Stutsman announced today that he will take on the role of CEO of Lacasa Inc., in Goshen.
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Senate sends bill to simplify unemployment pay deductions, allow overpayment debt relief to governorState officials say some of the tight rules on unemployment benefits end up clogging up the system, preventing people from quickly getting paid and costing the state a lot of money – especially during economic downturns. A bill to alleviate some of DWD’s administrative burden and expedite the process of getting more money to beneficiaries heads to the governor’s desk after passing the Senate Tuesday.
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The bill’s author has said it could help Indiana to reach its goal of recycling half its waste. But a University of Pittsburgh professor questions whether some of these chemical processes should be considered recycling at all.
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It’s likely Indiana will be sued if a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for people in prison becomes law.
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The South Bend Police Department will have a new Chief of its patrol division in Captain Joe Leszczynski.
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