The revised property tax reform bill would reduce the number of revenue sources that school districts would need to share with charters, as proposed in separate legislation.
Language similar to House Bill 1662, which died earlier this legislative session, was amended into a seemingly unrelated bill, raising concerns from Democrats and advocates for the homeless.
Indianapolis City-County councilors unanimously approved the policy, which, among other things, empowers the Department of Public Works to deploy plows at any level of accumulation, based on road conditions.
Before Monday’s vote, more than two hours of committee testimony was dominated by medical students and professors from Indiana University and other Hoosier colleges.
Indiana House Republicans’ property tax reform proposal passed out of committee Monday morning, but demands from Gov. Mike Braun and some Republicans for even more relief could complicate the bill’s future.
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.
President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a nearly century-old tax loophole that saved companies from paying tens of billions of dollars in fees on cheap imports, most of which come from China.
