Senate Dems Include Benefit Increase in 2021 Agenda

Indiana Senate Democrats listed increased workers’ compensation benefits on the 2021 legislative agenda they unveiled Wednesday. Democrats, who are heavily outnumbered by Republicans in the upper chamber, listed four agenda items for the session that include increasing the minimum wage; police reform, including banning no-knock warrants and chokeholds; expanding access to voting; and boosting workers’ compensation benefits. “Indiana has a large and proud working class, and yet we do not support them adequately,” Democratic leader Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapo...