Phil Boots

Indiana State Sen. Phil Boots (R-Crawfordsville) announced Friday he will retire next year, opting not to run for re-election.Boots, first elected in…

As the debate about wind power continues in West Central Indiana, proposed legislation could limit small towns’ ability to regulate turbine construction…

Last year, Crawfordsville’s Human Rights Commission changed city ordinances to ensure they could not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or…

State officials are taking the road funding debate outside the statehouse, to rural locations across the state.The meetings between the Department of…

Schools may get a blueprint next year for tightening security.The Senate votes next week on ordering Indiana's Department of Homeland Security to compile…

A House committee votes Thursday on lifting restrictions on buying and selling wine on the Internet. Indiana bans online wine sales unless the customer…

The Indiana House easily approved legislation repealing the state’s common construction wage, and the bill’s support in the Senate looks strong. So…

A Senate committee Wednesday unanimously approved legislation allowing wineries to sell directly to consumers over the phone or internet, without a…

Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota are all Republican strongholds, but they all passed binding referenda last week to increase the minimum…

House Speaker Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) says he has reservations about legislation headed to his chamber that he calls a significant expansion of…