While the question revolves around only a few cents per transaction, it raises important consumer protection and legal questions for states to consider.
Motivated by rising property tax bills caused in part by rising home prices, Gov. Mike Braun and the Republican-majority Legislature last spring upended the funding structure for local government and forced tough budgeting decisions in cities and towns.
Gov. Mike Braun became Indiana’s fourth consecutive Republican governor when he was sworn in on Jan. 13, following GOP Govs. Eric Holcomb, Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels. But Braun’s administration has had no interest in carrying the torch of his predecessors.
Five Indianapolis City-County Council members, including three from the mayor’s own party, called on Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett to resign following an investigation into how his administration handled allegations of sexual harassment by the mayor’s former chief of staff.
The final budget boosted the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack, with similar hikes on other forms of tobacco. Those tax increases were expected to generate $850 million over the two-year budget cycle.
First American Nuclear, a startup developing a fast-spectrum small modular reactor for nuclear energy, announced on Nov. 4 it is planning to invest more than
$4 billion to move its headquarters to Indiana and develop a nuclear plant and “energy park” in the state.
The Post’s editorial board announced the distinction Monday, kicking off what the board says is a new yearly tradition to recognize states that “did the most to improve or otherwise acted in a way worthy of distinction.”
District 31, which includes parts of Hamilton and Marion counties, is currently held by Sen. Kyle Walker, R-Lawrence, who announced earlier this month that he will not seek a second term.
Lewis previously served as president from 2012 to 2017. The council—which Democrats control 19-6—will make the decision official at the Jan. 5 council meeting.
Lawmakers in both parties view simmering fury over the cost of living as the top issue in next year’s midterm elections and are pitching a growing profusion of proposals to tackle the notoriously difficult problem of affordability.
That the city’s schools sit on the cusp of radical change is the culmination of over half a century’s worth of disruptions for Indianapolis schools that opened the door for education reformers and their allies to advance their vision.
Under the terms of the One Big Beautiful Bill law that created it, the federal government will seed each Trump Account with $1,000 for every U.S. citizen born from 2025 through 2028.
Solar and storage accounted for 85% of the new power added to the grid in the first nine months of the Trump administration. Experts say that’s because demand is high and the technologies can be deployed quickly.
Eli Lilly and Co.’s career website this month listed 254 job openings in Indianapolis and another 90 in Lebanon, accounting for more than three-quarters of the 445 open positions the pharmaceutical giant listed across the United States.
