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.

Originally reported by Kaitlin Lange and Arika Herron of the Indianapolis Star on April 22, 2021.