Scott Pelath

Last year, the people of Indiana entrusted the Republican Party with some of their most precious possessions. They have a new, polished Republican governor. They have two powerful Republican "supermajorities" in the House and the Senate. The...

As the General Assembly began its work last November, as Speaker of the House, I pledged a renewed spirit of bipartisanship with legislators working together to solve our state's most pressing challenges. As this year's legislative session concludes,...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $30 billion budget early Saturday that gives Gov. Mike Pence a partial victory in his quest for an income tax reduction and restores some money cut from education and...

IN--INDIANA FLOODING Body of 2nd C. Indiana flood victim recovered ARCADIA, Ind. (AP) — Police in central Indiana have recovered the body of a second driver who disappeared in a rain-swollen creek. Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Bryant Orem...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — House Speaker Brian Bosma used the ceremonial opening of Indiana's legislative session Tuesday to call for bipartisanship, even though Republicans now enjoy a supermajority that largely allows them to circumvent Democrats to push...

Members of the Indiana House and Senate gathered Tuesday for the traditional Organization Day at the Indiana Statehouse. Newly elected members were sworn into office alongside reelected members. Majority and minority leadership have been established,...

INDIANAPOLIS — For all those Hoosiers annoyed with having to show their IDs when buying alcohol — even if they look old enough to have lived through Prohibition — relief could be on the way. The Indiana House of Representatives approved...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana House has approved three labor-related bills that were targeted by Democrats during their five-week legislative boycott. The House on Wednesday endorsed proposals that would change regulations covering worker pay on...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana General Assembly began the process Monday of moving on with the legislative session, despite the continued absence of Democrats in the House of Representatives. The Senate Appropriations Committee listened to testimony on the...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana House of Representatives remained frozen in place for the eighth straight day Tuesday, and party leaders offered few indications that a thaw might be negotiated in the near future. The House adjourned about 3:30 p.m. with...

It was the lasting image of last year's legislative session. House Democrats fled to Champaign, Ill. for almost six weeks.  It was a move that served its purpose for Democrats: House Republicans did not have the quorum they needed.  Ultimately, the...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions is one step closer to being in Indiana's constitution. The state House of Representatives voted 70-26 on Tuesday in favor of a measure that would allow Indiana voters to decide whether to adopt...