It’s a pivotal moment for the Republicans, who have control of Congress and are racing to wrap up work with just days to go before Trump’s holiday deadline Friday.
Republican leaders are buying time as they search for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, but the endgame wasn’t immediatley in sight early Tuesday morning.
Proponents of an AI moratorium had argued that a patchwork of state and local AI laws is hindering progress in the AI industry and the ability of U.S. firms to compete with China.
The bill would extend and make permanent various individual and business tax breaks that Republicans passed in Trump’s first term, plus temporarily add new ones that Trump promised during the campaign.
GOP leaders were up all night and the president himself worked to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition and deliver by their Fourth of July deadline.
The move also comes on the heels of a new law adopted by the General Assembly earlier this year to increase transparency requirements involving state contracting.
House Republicans, up all night, are ready to vote on the $4.5 trillion bill, but House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York has been holding the floor for more than seven hours.
The outcome delivers a milestone for the president, by his Friday goal, and for his party. It was a long-shot effort to compile a lengthy list of GOP priorities into what they called his “one big beautiful bill,” an 800-plus page measure.
Indiana’s wealthiest families will get funding for their children’s private-school tuition while our less-fortunate families struggle to afford preschool.
We look forward to robust discussions both at IBJ Media’s Nuclear Energy Forum, which is not a newsroom event, and within the governor’s Strategic Energy Growth Task Force about nuclear power and the range of other energy sources that will be needed to help grow the state’s economy.
Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to start a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, announcing the America Party in response to the president’s sweeping tax cuts law.
Meanwhile, six City-County members voted against a measure that would pay law firm Fisher Phillips the remaining $300,000 for its investigation into the Hogsett administration’s handling of sexual harassment allegations.
The high court action continued a remarkable winning streak for Trump, who the justices have allowed to move forward with significant parts of his plan to remake the federal government.
Bedford—who stepped down as CEO of Carmel-based Republic Airways last week after more than 25 years in the position—was confirmed on a near party-line vote.
