In rare bipartisan unity, lawmakers pass state budget with robust K-12 spending

In their final hours at the Indiana Statehouse Thursday, lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the two-year state budget filled with one-time spending and an unexpected amount of new education dollars. 

In a rare move, nearly every Democrat voted for the $37.4 billion two-year budget drafted largely by Republican leaders, who have supermajorites in the Statehouse. In fact, the budget received the most "yes" votes of any budget bill this century.