The cigarette tax hike is the result of a last-minute compromise by Indiana legislators to address a projected revenue shortfall of $2 billion over the biennium.
The Indiana Legislature approved a pared-down $46.2 billion state budget bill early Friday morning that will triple the state’s cigarette tax and cut funding for a wide swath of entities and programs.
The social video platform is one of three companies—along with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube—facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Hours before kickoff, in a sea of cream and crimson outside Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, one IU fan said nabbing a ticket to the College Football Playoff national championship was like “winning the lottery.”
The survey asked 600 Indiana residents about a wide variety of topics, including what they thought about Indiana as a place to live, taxes, tariffs, redistricting and data centers.
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.
The younger Rohrman, 41, worked his way up through roles as sales manager, used car manager, new car manager and general sales manager before leading his first store about 15 years ago.
We found that in the three months leading up to and the three months following Indiana’s last tax hike, sales to Michigan retailers in border counties rose more than 50% as buyers stocked up.
As GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Zepbound and Mounjaro generate billions in sales, researchers at Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharma companies are exploring their potential for other purposes.
Other parts of Indiana’s HIP 3.0 proposal are still under consideration, including an expansion on provider taxes, cost-sharing requirements and wellness incentives.
Over the course of a decade, Indiana’s per-enrollee costs for certain Medicaid recipients are expected to surge by 43% and 72% for lower-income and elderly Hoosiers, respectively.
Demarcus McCloud, 46, who has a 25-year history of violent crime, was ordered to pay nearly $1.8 million in restitution for the damage he caused to federal property and property that receives federal funding.
