Region priorities cross finish line at end of annual Indiana legislative session

Two legislative proposals likely to produce positive outcomes for Northwest Indiana in the years ahead were among the final measures to win approval during the 2024 session of the Indiana General Assembly.

Hoosier lawmakers adjourned their nine-week annual session Friday night after a marathon day of revising, debating and approving the final texts of dozens of anticipated new laws, including some percolating since Jan. 8 when the Republican-controlled House and Senate solemnly convened to implement what they believed was the will of the people.

The tone was considerably less formal as the final...