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Indiana Governor Mike Braun (left) is greeted by Chris Salatas, President and CEO of the Lake County Economic Alliance, at a luncheon at Halls of St. George in Schererville. Following the luncheon, Braun participated in a fireside chat with Salatas on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (John Smierciak / for the Post-Tribune)

Braun pitches property tax relief, energy at Schererville economic talk

April 3, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

Gov. Mike Braun said the state legislature and his administration will work on the property tax bill and “land it in a spot” where local governments and schools “are healthy.”

The Indiana Statehouse appears on May 5, 2017, in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Indiana lawmakers amend Indiana-Illinois border bill to add Indiana commissioner, shift quorum

April 4, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Indiana legislators are seemingly preparing to review the Indiana-Illinois border without its neighboring state.

In downtown Highwood at the #TDOVLakeCounty demonstration on March 30, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

Collegiate transgender athlete ban gets initial Indiana Senate approval

April 1, 2025 at 4:55 p.m.

A bill that would ban transgender women from collegiate sports passed on second reading in the Senate Tuesday, with amendments proposed by Democrats voted down by the Republican supermajority.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele enters the Daley Center on Dec. 27, 2024, for her initial court appearance for her DUI arrest in Chicago on Nov. 10, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Bill establishing Indiana residency for tax assessment boards passes House

April 1, 2025 at 12:33 p.m.

The bill requiring property tax assessment board of appeals members to live in Indiana passed unanimously out of the House Monday.

The Indiana Statehouse, as seen on January 4, 2021. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Indiana partisan school board bill passes House

April 1, 2025 at 12:25 p.m.

The Indiana House passed a bill Monday that would make school board races partisan, but it will be sent back to the Senate for consideration because it was amended in...

Dr. Chandana Vavilala, from the Lake County Health Department, shown during a meeting on a reduction in Health First Indiana funding on Friday, March 28, 2025. (John Smierciak / for the Post-Tribune)

Health First Indiana set to receive less funding as legislators debate its impact

March 31, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

The Lake County Health Department partnered with organizations to address chronic illnesses, disease prevention and gun safety. The Porter County Health Department partnered with organizations to address disease prevention, heart...

State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton, right, shown on Saturday, Feb. 22, said he has a number of concerns about immigration legislation that received final approval by the legislature this week. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune). (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Attorneys: Indiana’s immigration bill is unconstitutional, an unfunded mandate for municipalities

March 27, 2025 at 2:05 p.m.

Northwest Indiana immigration attorneys raised concerns with an immigration bill that received final approval by the legislature this week as unconstitutional and an unfunded mandate on local governments.

People gather to protest against HB1041, a bill to ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity, during a rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. Legislators are now considering expanding the ban to include college athletes, following an executive order by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy File)

Indiana bill banning transgender collegiate athletes from women’s sports passed out of committee

March 27, 2025 at 10:56 a.m.

A bill that would ban transgender women from collegiate sports passed out of the Indiana Senate Education and Career Development committee.

The Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis on Jan. 4, 2022. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Lake County elections public records request cited as reason for oath of ballot bill

March 26, 2025 at 3:18 p.m.

A bill for the oath of ballot counter for provisional ballots, which was amended but held in committee Wednesday, was authored because of a “difficulty in responding to” a records...

One of the highway signs paid for by Porter County Council Vice President Red Stone, R-1st, decrying tolls on Indiana highways. (Lamar Advertising/provided)

Indiana tollway bill amended out of committee, but tolling language remains in the bill

March 25, 2025 at 1:07 p.m.

The Indiana House toll road bill was amended and approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Transportation committee Tuesday, but the language for establishing toll roads remains in the bill...

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