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Last night, the state legislature passed a $35 billion two-year budget, in Indianapolis. The state’s biennial budget includes spending increases in education and for the state’s overwhelmed Department of Child Services. However, Democrats objected to the state budget bill, House Bill 1001. In this Feature Report, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with State Sen. (D-Bloomington) Mark Stoops and State …

The Indiana State Senate approved a nearly $34.5 billion state budget, today. Indiana works on a biennial budget, meaning every two years the state legislature votes on allocating billions of dollars to the state’s general fund. The 2020-2021 budget is nearly $3 billion more than the budget approved for 2018-2019, including an increase in funding for the Department of Child …