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Far beyond Harvard, conservative efforts to reshape higher education are gaining steam

July 22, 2025 | Associated Press

Officials in states including Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Iowa and Idaho increasingly have focused on university governance—rules for who picks university presidents and boards and how much control they exert over curriculums and faculty tenure.

FDA names former pharmaceutical exec to oversee drug program

July 21, 2025 | Associated Press

Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which regulates the safety and effectiveness of all U.S. drugs.

Education Department to release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

July 18, 2025 | Associated Press

The release of $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs comes after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

Indiana lawmaker proposes state takeover of Mile Square

July 18, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

Under State Sen. Michael Young’s proposal, a governor’s appointee, a state-appointed board and the Indiana Attorney General would tackle policy and prosecution in downtown Indianapolis.

Health insurance through Affordable Care Act faces big premium hikes

July 18, 2025 | The Washington Post

The average person buying a marketplace plan would pay 75% more for their monthly premium if Congress doesn’t extend the subsidies, according to KFF.

Curt Smith: Pro-family policies are highlight of new budget bill

July 18, 2025 | Curt Smith / Special to IBJ

Republicans would be wise to spotlight the bill’s most popular elements, two of which stand out: paid parental leave and a strengthened child tax credit.

Rep. Ed DeLaney: Big budget-busting bills become law, will hurt state

July 18, 2025 | Rep. Ed DeLaney / Special to IBJ

Why is there no sense of urgency in our Legislature?

Jim Shella: The BMV is an example of when government works

July 18, 2025 | Jim Shella / Special to IBJ

Let me argue that government can, in fact, be the solution.

Dr. Richard Feldman: We’re in a dark time for American health care

July 18, 2025 | Dr. Richard Feldman

Assisting low-income individuals in obtaining health insurance is essential.

Dana Black: Trump presidency is going just as we warned

July 18, 2025 | Dana Black

Voters told us we were being hyperbolic and that our American democracy will hold.

House gives final approval to Trump’s $9B cut to public broadcasting, foreign aid

July 18, 2025 | Associated Press

The cancellation of $1.1 billion for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting represents the full amount it is due to receive during the next two budget years.

Indiana’s universal school voucher system spotlighted at conservative policy conference

July 17, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Hoosier House Speaker Todd Huston was among key panelists on Wednesday’s “school choice” education panel.

Republican senators caution Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell

July 17, 2025 | Associated Press

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gaining some key backing on Capitol Hill from GOP senators who fear the repercussions if President Donald Trump follows through with threats to try and remove the politically independent central banker.

Gov. Braun says state could intervene in Indy law enforcement after downtown violence

July 16, 2025 | Taylor Wooten

The Republican governor’s statements came on the heels of a string of shootings involving youth in the city’s core, including one on July 5 that killed two minors, and just before Indianapolis hosts WNBA All-Star Weekend.

UPDATE: Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating idea in private

July 16, 2025 | Associated Press

President Trump made the statement less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation’s central bank.

Young’s support helps foundations avoid tax increase in new Trump legislation

July 16, 2025 | Associated Press

Sen. Todd Young of Indiana and Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma advocated to remove the provision which, at the high end, would levy a tax of 10% on the investment earnings of philanthropic foundations with more than $5 billion in assets.

Lt. Gov. Beckwith among supporters of lawsuit filed against Indiana GOP leadership

July 16, 2025 | Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

The complaint alleges that party leadership repeatedly silenced delegates, bypassed convention procedures, and rewrote internal rules without consent.

Senate votes to move ahead with Trump’s request for $9B in spending cuts

July 15, 2025 | Associated Press

Democrats warn that the cuts would devastate public TV and radio stations, and gut foreign aid programs.

United States imposes 17% duty on Mexican tomatoes

July 14, 2025 | Associated Press

Proponents said the import tax announced Monday will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry.

Boys & Girls Club programs threatened by Trump grant freeze serve thousands of families