This shutdown would not shutter Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection, because Republicans sent those agencies tens of billions of dollars in additional funding last year that would allow them to continue operating.
The measure is largely symbolic but it showcases the long-standing frustration some congressional Republicans have with Trump’s controversial trade policies.
Notably, the Congressional Budget Office says higher tariffs partially offset some of those increases by raising federal revenue by $3 trillion, but that also comes with higher inflation from 2026 to 2029.
House Enrolled Act 1004, passed in 2023, required the Indiana Department of Insurance to contract with a third party to calculate how Indiana’s nonprofit hospital systems’ commercial prices compared to Medicare reimbursements over time.
Language buried in a bill about local finances would override ordinances in Carmel and Fishers and prevent other local governments from restricting or banning rental properties.
Indiana lawmakers on Monday revisited a controversial provision in Senate Bill 199 that would require state officials to scrutinize and potentially eliminate certain low-wage college degree programs offered at Indiana’s public institutions.
All nine U.S. House and 100 Indiana House seats are up for election this year, along with half of the 50 Indiana Senate seats. The candidate filing period ended at noon on Friday.
Several Democratic election officials, and some Republicans, have spoken out. Placing voting under control of the federal government would represent a fundamental violation of the Constitution, they note.
Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order for state agencies to keep businesses in mind when setting environmental rules. That directive could soon materialize in changes to rules governing the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Philip Foust, a Republican, worked in the Prosecutor’s Office from 2015 to 2021 and saw “how dramatically it has drifted from its core mission,” he said in a press release announcing his candidacy.
Green said the 1st Congressional District, which had been a target of Indiana’s failed redistricting attempt, “remains an extremely difficult seat for a Republican to compete in and win.”
The Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user habits.
