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URBANA, Ill. — Indiana House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer said Tuesday that Democrats have narrowed the scope of their legislative boycott to three bills, but there still is no end in sight for the partisan stalemate that began more than two...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana House of Representatives adjourned for the rest of the week Wednesday, but Speaker Brian Bosma did so with a "glimmer of hope" the legislative stalemate that began more than two weeks ago could be approaching its final...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — All eyes will be on Indianapolis Thursday. Thousands are expected to gather at the Statehouse to support unions and workers' rights. This time around, about 20,000 people are expected to show up at the Statehouse. Democrats...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana House of Representatives remained frozen in place for the eighth straight day Tuesday, and party leaders offered few indications that a thaw might be negotiated in the near future. The House adjourned about 3:30 p.m. with...

BREMEN — Indiana Sen. Ryan Mishler says it’s not unusual for him to run into constituents in his hometown and hear their surprise. They assume a state senator would often be in Indianapolis. Some mistakenly think he works in Washington, D.C....

INDIANAPOLIS — In legislative speak, it's sometimes called "the nuclear option" — and Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives are using it. The party's members left the House during a recess Monday afternoon and then left the...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions is one step closer to being in Indiana's constitution. The state House of Representatives voted 70-26 on Tuesday in favor of a measure that would allow Indiana voters to decide whether to adopt...

A walkout and road trip across state lines is certainly not something we see every year from our state lawmakers, but experts say it's not unheard of. "Probably the more nationally famous walkout over redistricting occurred in Texas," said Sean Savage,...

Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, pulled a conference committee report for Senate Bill 373, the controversial "ag gag bill," in the waning hours of the 2013 session of the Indiana General Assembly, effectively killing the bill. The...

GOSHEN -- As some state lawmakers on Thursday took aim at the Department of Child Services, the agency's director told a group of child welfare advocates that recent changes have allowed DCS to investigate more complaints while seeing fewer child...

The right-to-work debate is facing a constitutional showdown and it's getting personal between House leadership.   House Minority Leader Pat Bauer, D-South Bend, and other Democrats refused to debate on the House floor Tuesday, saying they needed to...