INDIANAPOLIS — “We do a very good job balancing budgets and doing the work of government, but we also have to do a better job of offering a hand up […]
INDIANAPOLIS — House and Senate proposals to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Indiana failed to advance during the 2017 session of Indiana General Assembly. The Indiana State Medical Association and the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A proposal to expand state-funded prekindergarten for at-risk children and maintain parental choice passed the Senate education panel 8-1 March 15 and moves to the Senate Appropriations panel […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to strengthen and clarify students’ ability to pray in Indiana public schools advanced to the Senate Education and Career Development Committee March 8, and is expected […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A bill to ban the death penalty in Indiana for those with serious mental illness stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee and failed to advance before the third […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Two pro-life bills supported by the Indiana Catholic Conference have advanced at the mid-point, commonly called “crossover,” in the Indiana General Assembly. “Crossover” refers to the point in […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Catholic Conference celebrated a legislative victory after a bill to expand payday lending practices in Indiana was defeated Feb. 16, by members of the Senate Insurance […]
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana House committee heard a bill to expand Indiana’s laws regarding informed consent for abortion to include information on nonsurgical, chemical abortion reversal. The Indiana Catholic Conference […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A measure to expand payday lending, a plan the Indiana Catholic Conference opposes due to its exploitative nature of low income persons, is expected to be heard before […]
By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation to lift a ban on food assistance for reformed drug offenders passed a Senate panel Jan. 23 by an 8-1 vote and is […]
By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — A proposal to enhance state-funded prekindergarten for at-risk children also expands school choice access. The Indiana Catholic Conference supports the legislation. The preschool expansion […]
By Brigid Curtis Ayer INDIANAPOLIS — Legislation to ban the death penalty for those with serious mental illness was introduced in the Indiana General Assembly Jan. 4. The Indiana Catholic […]
