INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In some ways, the 2026 legislative session ended as it began: with state lawmakers responding to external forces.

Lawmakers wrapped up on Friday to offset December’s early start to session for the ultimately-unsuccessful effort to redraw Indiana’s congressional district maps.

The General Assembly’s Republican supermajority kept their priorities limited, with just four priority bills in the House and two in the Senate.

Outside events spur lawmakers’ actions

The session opened in December with Republicans responding to President Donald Trump’s demand Republica...