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Why social conservative backlash made Indiana the right state for anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Lauren Chapman

Political scientists say that backlash made the Statehouse an apt environment for out-of-state groups to push anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
'A solution in search of a problem': Lawmakers may vote to overturn transgender girls sports veto Tuesday

George Hale

Lawmakers easily passed a bill to ban transgender girls from girls school sport. Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed the bill, but a one-day technical session this Tuesday will be lawmakers’ first opportunity to overturn that veto.