Linda Lawson

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Local school boards would have to decide every year whether they wanted to have gun-carrying employees at their schools under a proposal approved Tuesday by an Indiana House committee. The House Ways and Means Committee...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A few key things worth knowing about Indiana's election Tuesday: PRESIDENT WHO? Think the presidential race is only between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? Wrong. Indiana voters can pick among 19 candidates for president —...

Indiana House Democrats Elect New Leadership Linda Lawson chosen as leader   Indianapolis, IN--- Members of the Indiana House Democratic caucus met today in Lafayette to address leadership issues within the party.  The caucus ended with a vote to...

During a caucus in West Lafayette, Indiana House Democrats decided that longtime Minority Leader Pat Bauer would no longer serve in that position. According to Fox59's Aishah Hasnie, 23 people showed up for the vote; Democrats needed at least 21 votes to...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Advocates for domestic violence victims say Indiana legislators could wind up limiting police officers' ability to protect those being abused under a proposal that aims to clarify a court's ruling that people don't have the right...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In the end, they just didn't have the votes. For two legislative sessions, Indiana Democrats fought the divisive labor measure known as right-to-work. They offered amendments aimed at changing the bill. They sought to put the...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Democrats planned to end their off-and-on boycott of the state House Wednesday in a move that could open the way for Republicans to call a final vote on the divisive right-to-work legislation that prompted the walkout....

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House Republicans on Wednesday approved $1,000-a-day fines against boycotting Democratic legislators who gathered in the Statehouse Rotunda with labor union supporters rather than show up to debate a divisive right-to-...

One of the strongest abortion bans in the country is taking shape in Indiana. If it continues to move forward through the General Assembly, abortions would be outlawed in Indiana after 20 weeks except to preserve the life of the mother. The bill's...

The State Assembly will soon vote on two bills to further limit abortion and eliminate about 20% of the budget for Planned Parenthood of Indiana. House bills 1205 and 1210 both passed in committee Thursday. They will likely come up for a full vote...

A new bill to prohibit fox and coyote pens has been introduced. Dave Cheatham and Linda Lawson introduced House Bill 1135 Tuesday. Indiana voters also strongly support the legislation to prohibit the practice of fox and coyote penning. That's...

State Senate and House members appeared to hit a snag in negotiations Monday on a bill that would regulate large-scale dog breeding operations. Republican Sen. Brent Steele of Bedford suggested several changes to the proposal to regulate so-called...