Government

Prescription drug prices and rising health care costs, ticket scalping, and adoption subsidies are just some of the issues lawmakers will tackle in study committees this year.

U.S. Vice President and former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence warned graduates at Taylor University’s commencement Saturday morning they should be “prepared to stand up” in the face of “opposition” to their religious beliefs.

Leadership at Indiana’s budget agencies is undergoing major changes.

Following the closure of the West Lafayette recycling center Monday, Tippecanoe County Commissioners say they’re open to ideas for dealing with the plastic and glass the facility used to accept.

Commissioner Tracy Brown says incineration of certain wastes has been proposed and, but he’s also interested in hearing how science might deal with the refuse.

Brown says, “if someone comes up with something or an idea and they’re looking for a beta site to test I promise them a great deal of volume in the stream, that we could be a beta for.”

A final vote on Montgomery County’s first zoning ordinance will have to wait until after elected leaders sort out the proper process to move it forward.

County commissioners removed the proposal from the agenda of their Monday meeting, citing procedural issues. Now, the proposed ordinance has to go before the plan commission a second time before the commissioners can vote on it.