With a new mayor and a completely new city council in Westfield, developers have resumed submitting projects to a city they say they’ve avoided the past four years.
Among the measures awaiting further action are those dealing with property taxes, 13th checks, foreign ownership of agricultural land, limits to the governor’s executive powers and expanded firearm carry rights in the state capitol complex.
Legislation that would require health plans to pay out-of-network ambulance providers for transports at rates set by local units has passed the Indiana Senate.
An Indiana Senate committee on Tuesday adopted an amendment to a bill originally aimed at disbanding the recently-created Mile Square economic enhancement district, essentially keeping the designation in place, but with several changes.
HB 1399 seeks to carve out more than 5,000 “forever chemicals” from being defined as such by the state and its environmental rules board. That means chemicals deemed harmful in other states would no longer carry the same designation in Indiana.
The move comes as the Biden administration faces pressure on multiple fronts to weaken its electrification targets, in part because of slowing EV sales and also problems with public EV charging stations.
A major Louisiana health insurer’s plan to reorganize and sell itself to Indianapolis-based insurance giant Elevance Health was shelved after critics of the sale voiced various concerns over the proposal.
The city was joined by Indy Chamber and City-County Council President Vop Osili in opposing a proposed county-wide tax provision that would replace the downtown tax district.
Lawmakers are racing to beat fast-approaching government shutdown deadlines in March, but deep policy divisions may slow them down on everything from passenger rail funding to Internal Revenue Service resources to support for the World Health Organization.
Our hope is that voters, journalists and debate moderators will all do more in the coming weeks to push the candidates to have robust discussions on economic development policy and other key issues that will determine the economic trajectory of our state.
Having children begin school at an earlier age would also benefit families as it would allow parents to work during those hours to also help alleviate the shortfall of workers in some areas.
Whatever one’s doubts about the likely benefits of these projects, the question is whether state government should interfere in local government decision-making.
A state legislative committee held a nearly eight-hour meeting to consider the proposed sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Indianapolis-based Elevance.
