Hoosier Statehouse 2025

New laws passed by Indiana lawmakers will reshape school funding, accountability, literacy rules and more starting July 1.

The operating referendum would have made up for the district's state funding losses.

The fundraising efforts came after funding for the program was removed from the Indiana state budget.

Green Stem Provisioning owner George Lynch is happy Indiana will go at least another year without legal marijuana, and says he'll get to keep his billboards up for Hoosiers to see for another decade.

Indiana teachers will receive a minimum salary of $45,000 starting in July if Gov. Mike Braun signs a measure passed by state lawmakers. That would boost the state’s minimum pay by $5,000 a year. The final measure also strips a provision that would have required schools to provide paid paternal leave.

For over a year, Indiana has had a waitlist for home- and community-based services through Medicaid waivers. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration launched a new online resource for people on the waitlists.

Lawmakers finish the 2025 session with a state budget that covers a massive revenue shortfall. A measure meant to address high health care costs goes to the governor. And school board races will turn partisan under a narrowly-approved bill.

Indiana lawmakers passed a sweeping deregulation bill that aims to clean up and simplify the state’s education code, despite concerns about several of its provisions.

Lawmakers ended the 2025 session early Friday morning by passing a new state budget that Republicans say takes care of Indiana’s priorities — and Democrats argue moves the state backward.

Indiana’s largest nonprofit hospital systems will face limits on how much they can charge for care under legislation headed to the governor. The hospital systems would have to meet certain requirements by 2029 – or forfeit their nonprofit status.