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Legislative roundup: Braun’s property tax overhaul gets a hearing; more bills move to opposite chamber

February 7, 2025 | Cate Charron

While many chairs are winding down hearings on the bills assigned to their committees, one of the most anticipated pieces of legislation for the 2025 session had its first committee hearing this week.

Q&A with hotelier Jim Dora on downtown, police work and more

February 7, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

In a conversation with IBJ, the CEO of General Hotels Corp. explains how his work has shaped his perspective on downtown and offers his thoughts on the controversial city plan to build and operate a hotel.

Bill to overhaul regional development funding awaits committee vote as deadline ticks closer

February 11, 2025 | Cate Charron

Senate Bill 377 introduces a new framework and requirements for regional development funding, shifting the focus from place-aligned projects to more industry-focused development.

Corrections & clarifications

February 12, 2025 | IBJ Staff

IBJ corrects errors in stories and columns. When those are errors of fact or clarifications of context or tone, we will put those corrections here, with links to the corrected stories.

Legislative roundup: Final committee votes on property taxes, Medicaid bills

February 14, 2025 | Cate Charron

Next week, the chambers will be busy hearing bills for second and third readings ahead of their Thursday deadline.

Gov. Mike Braun threatens to veto property tax bill, call special session if more cuts aren’t added

February 19, 2025 | Cate Charron

Senate Bill 1, which previously carried Gov. Mike Braun’s ambitious property tax relief plan, was pared down significantly in committee following outcry from local government leaders.

House approves local road fundraising measure

February 21, 2025 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

At the end of the 2025 fiscal year, any excess would fund fixes for dangerous at-grade railroad crossings. But in later years, the first $50 million of any surplus could go to Indianapolis-Marion County.

Legislative roundup: Final bills passed in session’s first half

February 21, 2025 | Cate Charron

Lawmakers spent hours in session this week passing several dozen lingering bills, including the budget and property tax reform, before the first-half deadline Thursday.

EV, battery manufacturers moving ahead on projects despite Trump’s views, actions

February 21, 2025 | Mickey Shuey

Potential rollbacks of Biden-era policies that incentivized electric vehicle production and ownership have stirred apprehension among some local economic development officials across the state.

Editorial: State must restart payments to counties housing low-level felons

February 21, 2025

Housing prisoners and fighting crime are just the types of jobs local governments need money to do, especially when they aren’t getting paid as they should for their services.

LEAP spending nears $1B with projected budget shielded, investigation finds

February 24, 2025 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The LEAP Research and Innovation District, led by the Indiana Economic Development Corp., is among the costliest economic development projects Indiana has attempted. But the agency’s structure obscures its spending and who benefits.

Gov. Mike Braun’s reorganized staff is focused on efficiency

February 28, 2025 | Cate Charron

The secretary positions—many of which are new—pay $275,000 each. Three of the secretaries also lead an agency or department in their vertical.

Commerce secretary wants to turn the IEDC inside out

February 28, 2025 | Cate Charron

In some ways, social media platforms are unlike traditional media platforms, such as radio and television. In other ways, they are very similar.

County Dems reelect Eldridge as leader, while Republicans pick Goodwin

March 3, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

Both major Marion County political parties gathered over the weekend to select leaders, with the incumbent being selected to remain as party chair for the Democrats and a former congressional staffer chosen as new leader for the Republicans.

Gov. Mike Braun signs order extending maternal leave for state employees

March 3, 2025 | Cate Charron

The new leave also extends to mothers who experience stillbirth or fetal loss after 20 weeks of gestation.

Bill roundup: Lawmakers ease back into session after week off

March 7, 2025 | Cate Charron

Committee dockets weren’t too packed during the largely slow week, but the House Ways and Means Committee heard Senate Bill 1, which drew hours of testimony.

State workforce development leader steps down

March 13, 2025 | Cate Charron

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s general counsel will lead the agency for now.

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: So what exactly is a Marion County Republican?

March 14, 2025 | Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

I like to think of myself as a moderate-conservative Republican who has voted for Democrats and Libertarians in the past.

Braun family home in Jasper gets $118K in security improvements with helipad, trailer

March 14, 2025 | Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle

In contrast to his recent predecessors, Gov. Mike Braun has publicly said he intends to split his time between the Indianapolis Governor’s Residence and his Jasper home.

Bill roundup: Property taxes dominate the week

March 14, 2025 | Cate Charron

From property taxes to child care, here’s the status of some of the bills we’re watching this legislative session, which is expected to adjourn at the end of April.

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