Indiana To Opt Out Of Some Trump Federal Tax Cuts
Indiana legislators aren’t going along with all the federal tax cuts that Pres. Donald Trump pushed through Congress last summer.
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Indiana Leaders Offer Glimpse Into Plans For Compressed Legislative Session
Indiana’s top legislative leaders on Thursday, Dec. 18 sketched out a restrained agenda – including tweaks to a contentious property tax law – ahead of an unusually short Statehouse session that is also expected to feature movement on health care, child care and utilities.
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Can Trump’s Political Threats Swing Indiana Senate On Redistricting?
The long-simmering disagreement over an Indiana congressional redistricting has exploded into a political spectacle, with Pres. Donald Trump warning Republican state senators of electoral retribution.
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Challenge Coins: What Are They And Who Has Them?
In just a few weeks, one Hoosier member of law enforcement will get a rare recognition: one of the Department of Child Services’ challenge coins honoring “a heroic act that protected a Hoosier child.”
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AARP Indiana To Host Virtual Event On Property Taxes
Property taxes are critical to the well-being of Indiana communities, but older Hoosiers cannot always afford them.
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Experts Carefully Optimistic About State’s Fiscal Footing As Lawmakers Look To Cut Taxes
Indiana’s budget chiefs offered a measured sense of optimism on the state’s finances at a potentially transformational task force’s first meeting — as Republican-aligned speakers pushed for big moves on taxes and Democrat lawmakers expressed frustration with the group’s structure.
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Indiana Senate Spars Over State-Funded Teacher Gun Training
Indiana’s Senate on Tuesday, April 18 — after vivid and emotional arguments — approved legislation creating a state-funded gun training program for school staff.
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Lawmakers Strip Key Bill Of Most Property Tax Relief
House legislation tackling high property tax bills lost the majority of those provisions during a Senate committee meeting Tuesday, with senators saying “permanent” relief could come in the future after Indiana reduces pension liabilities.
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Transgender Disputes And Tax Reform Dominate First Half Of The Session
While hundreds of bills made it to the half-way point, two major themes rose to the forefront — disputes over transgender and gay youth and a Republican push for tax cuts.
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Two-Thirds Of Filed Senate Bills Dead: Immigrant Help And Marijuana Legalization Among Casualties
Just one in three of the Indiana Senate’s filed bills — about 160 of 489 total — survived do-or-die deadlines this week.
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Hope For Hemp
Indiana lawmakers are passing legislation regarding hemp for the first time in a few years.
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