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INDIANAPOLIS – Thousands of union workers, teachers and activists flocked to the Statehouse on Thursday to protest a series of Republican-backed legislative efforts that they characterized as harmful to union workers and to public education.

For 12 days, union and non-union workers have flocked to the Statehouse in protest of what they considered to be “anti-worker” legislation.

A state budget-writing panel opened its floor for a second day of public testimony on Wednesday as legislators there prepare to unveil their own budget proposal next week.

Education officials are revamping teacher licensure that has the potential to affect Franklin College education majors.

Bills in the Senate defining how legislative and congressional districts are redrawn in Indiana and establishing a redistricting committee passed out of the full Senate Thursday.

A bill permitting grandparents and great-grandparents visitation rights to their grandchildren passed through the House Thursday.

Members of the Indiana State Teachers Association share concerns about Gov. Daniels' State of the State address Tuesday.

Governor Mitch Daniels reviews Indiana's economy, jobs, education and the future during the State of the State address Tuesday.

The Indiana Senate Tuesday approved the search for funding for the Illinois-Indiana toll road.

Senate Bill 224, would require charging a minor as a delinquent for sending text messages containing nude images.

The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy voted in favor of three bills dealing with local debt, mergers and sales tax on Tuesday.

House Bill 1234 would make no contact orders obligatory for any perpetrator of a violent crime who is released on bail without having a hearing in open court.

Gov. Mitch Daniels prepares State of the State address, including praise for the Indiana General Assembly.

A bill that will allow Hoosiers to decide their township’s fate passed through the Indiana House of Representatives on a 55-44 vote on Thursday.

Concern over a bill that would restructure state funding of adult education programs ended in a narrow 6-4 vote as it passed through the House Education Committee Wednesday.

Legislators heard strong debate Wednesday over a measure to eliminate townships and township trustees.

INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana Senate committee had a moment of levity Tuesday in the middle of considering a serious bill.

INDIANAPOLIS— Data from Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute revealed 22 Indiana counties reported paying more in taxes than they receive in benefits and 70 counties reported receiving more in benefits than they paid in taxes.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Speaker Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, said the House will take a vote on property tax caps on Monday; however, partisan ideas flared over amendments and their intentions in debate.

INDIANAPOLIS-- Senate Bill 163 would allow the state to collect contact information for winners at gaming sites so that courts could intercept the money if those winners have not met their child support obligations.

INDIANAPOLIS-- Senate Bill 30, won the endorsement of the Senate Pensions and Labor Committee on Wednesday, attempts to make it easier for public employees to retire.

INDIANAPOLIS-- Rep. Ed DeLaney of Indianapolis introduced a new bill for this session that would do away with townships, trustees and township advisory boards across the state of Indiana.

After about an hour of discussion, frustrated Democrats walk out of a spacial budget committee meeting with plans to explore other options.

Tuesday's First Amendment Symposium focused on four core values: truth, freedom, intergrity and courage. The event also invited Governor Daniels to speak on the dangers American democracy faces in the future.

Amnesty International members gathered at the Statehouse to protest the death penalty Wednesday.

With more than 8 percent of Hoosiers out of work, state lawmakers on Thursday discussed ways to make sure the state can pay for unemployment checks itself, rather than continuing to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to cover those payments.

A Senate committee devoted more than a hour Thursday debating a measure that could not become law but revealed the different ways Republicans and Democrats view the mortgage and foreclosure meltdown.

The House Ways and Means committee grilled Department of Corrections Commissioner Edwin Buss Thursday as he laid out a budget for prison development.

A House energy panel on Wednesday advanced a bill that would credit consumers for generating their own renewable energy and contributing extra energy to the electrical grid.

Indiana will spend federal stimulus money quickly to spur job growth once that money reaches the state, Gov. Mitch Daniels said Wednesday.

The House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee approved measures Tuesday that would require the state to study ways livestock waste can be transformed into renewable energy, change the way corn market funds are accounted for and increase the sum in the grain indemnity fund by $5 million.

In this year’s first step toward writing last year’s property tax caps into Indiana’s constitution, a panel of state lawmakers on Tuesday began a debate that promises to last into the final days of this year’s legislative session.

The Republican governor and Democratic House Speaker differ on how to create jobs and whether to tap state reserves to fund extra projects now.

Despite angry opposition from Gov. Mitch Daniels’ office and the Indiana Department of Transportation, House Democrats advanced a bill on Thursday that would drastically alter funding for roads and highways and would slash the state’s transportation department’s budget by a half-billion dollars over the next two years.

Gov. Mitch Daniels forged a fearless and resilient tone Tuesday night as he cautioned lawmakers of tough choices but framed those choices as opportunities to employ common-sense solutions to problems facing the state.

Leading lawmakers respond to Gov. Mitch Daniels' State of the State Address.

Several state lawmakers are once again seeking to amend Indiana's constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

State universities face a 4 percent cut in state funding under Gov. Mitch Daniels' budget proposal. Lawmakers say they hope universities won't make up the lost money by raising tuition.

Local government reform, military benefits, renewable energy, ethics, animal abuse and more will be topics of debate among lawmakers this year.

State lawmakers met Wednesday to hear testimony on mortgage foreclosures in Indiana with hopes of crafting a bill to combat foreclosures this year.