House Property Tax Compromise With Braun Increases Hownowner Savings
After days of silence, Gov. Mike Braun gave a thumbs up on a significant property tax amendment minutes before Republican leaders brought it to the House floor.
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Fulton County Republicans Encouraged To Get The Vote Out
Grass roots and getting out the vote were among the themes at the annual Fulton County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday, Sept. 14.
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Gov. Holcomb, Speaker Huston And Sen. Bray Visit Local Stakeholders In Tippecanoe County
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Speaker Todd Huston and Senator Rodric Bray each made the following statements following a productive visit with local stakeholders in Tippecanoe County to discuss water issues.
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Chaotic, Twelfth-Hour Push Nets $312M Increase For Traditional K-12
By Whitney Downard and Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle Outrage from public school officials over dismal funding in the next two-year state budget prompted lawmakers to add a twelfth-hour K-12 spending boost in Indiana’s spending plan in a chaotic final day that yielded several so-called ‘final’ draft budgets. Even as … Read More
Indiana Lawmakers Suggest Likely Revival Of ‘Obscene And Harmful’ Library Materials Ban
Indiana lawmakers are largely mum about the revival of a much-debated ban on materials deemed “harmful to minors” in school and public libraries.
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Budget, Housing Testimony Seeks More For The Poorest Hoosiers
The Senate committee responsible for drafting the state’s budget heard over four hours of public testimony Thursday, as leaders negotiate how to spend more than $43.3 billion over the next two years.
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Ban On Taxpayer-Funded Gender-Affirming Surgery For Indiana Inmates Heads To Governor
A bill to ban state and federal dollars from being used to provide Indiana inmates with gender-affirming sexual reassignment surgery advanced to the governor’s desk Thursday.
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Virtual School Funding Increase Benefits House Speaker’s Client
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston maintained Thursday that virtual charter schools deserve equal funding as their brick-and-mortar counterparts and denied that a virtual education company he consults for would unfairly benefit from an increase in taxpayer dollars proposed in the state budget
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Lawmakers Don Jerseys Over Suits And Dresses In Friendly Game Of Basketball
There were no suits, ties or dresses for state lawmakers Wednesday night — just shorts, tennis shoes and a lot of sweat.
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Indiana Senators Not So Keen On ‘School Choice’ Voucher Expansion In House-Proposed Budget
Top Indiana senators said they aren’t so sure about a House Republican budget plan that would more than double taxpayer spending on the state’s “school choice” voucher program.
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Indiana House Republicans ‘Committed’ To Voucher School Expansion
Indiana House Republicans will seek to expand the state’s “school choice” program despite a top GOP senator’s call for more voucher school reforms.
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Rural Hospitals Worry As Lawmakers Move To Lower Costs For Patients
Indiana lawmakers have seized on high health care costs as a priority problem to tackle this legislative session, but rural hospitals with thin profit margins are worried — and want more help from the state.
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Momentum Grows For Legal iGaming
The gaming industry and some Indiana lawmakers want to bring casinos and lotteries straight to your phone in the upcoming legislative session.
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Inflation Hits Indiana State Capital, Infrastructure Projects
By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle INDIANAPOLIS – Ever-increasing prices at the pump and grocery store checkout line aren’t the only places where Hoosiers can see the impact of inflation – state building projects are also feeling the budgetary strain. Pent-up demand for delayed services and supply chains … Read More