President Donald Trump has spoken out against the CHIPS Act, meant to incentivize semiconductor-related development in the U.S., but industry insiders say they’re optimistic the initiative will survive.
Several of the session’s most important pieces of legislation—including bills affecting the budget, property tax relief and health care transparency—will be heard, amended and passed out of committee next week.
A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday.
Data center construction has been met with some apprehension, including the low number of jobs produced for the large tax incentives and utility burden these developments require.
Planned Parenthood said nine of its affiliates, including the one that covers Indiana, received notice that the administration would withhold funding from Title X, the nationwide family-planning program.
Amid uncertainty around federal research funding, universities must explore private support, Purdue University President Mung Chiang told an tech industry group on Tuesday.
Legislative leaders have made clear that they intend to act on Gov. Mike Braun’s central campaign promise to provide property tax relief. However, with less than a month left to pass a solution, leaders have yet to announce agreement on an approach.
The justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to pay unemployment taxes because the work of the social services agency is motivated by religious beliefs.
Whether out of fear of losing federal funding, a desire to avoid litigation or a reluctance to seem political, organizations are changing the way they talk about diversity—if not outright cutting back on their pro-diversity efforts.
Frozen grants, delayed allocations and terminated funds are all examples of what Indianapolis housing providers and builders face as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes federal programs and jobs.
Public health is an area where the state has repeatedly failed to make progress. We believe that’s changing, and we urge lawmakers to give the programs time to take root and produce results.•
The legislation would expedite approval processes for large-load customers like data centers and set out cost-recovery mechanisms for projects utilities undertake to serve those big customers.
