COLUMBUS, Ind. — The candidates for Indiana Senate District 41, incumbent Republican Greg Walker and challenger Democrat Ross Thomas, differ on whether Indiana should enact a hate crimes law and whether the state’s cigarette tax should be increased.
The question of hate-crime legislation in Indiana has been ongoing over the past four years, stymied this past legislative session when Republicans dropped Senate Bill 418, which would have allowed judges to give tougher sentences for offenses based on race, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
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