Trump wants government to buy $200B in mortgage bonds to bring down mortgage rates
The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was about 6.2% on Thursday, down from nearly 7% when President Donald Trump took office.
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Indiana wins national drone test site designation
Sen. Todd Young said the site will mean more training opportunities for the Indiana National Guard and other military who come here to train, plus spillover economic benefits to communities that host them.
Immigration policies, lower fertility rate slow US growth projection, budget office says
The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million people in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years.
Trump says he’ll ban large investors from buying homes, with few details
Many economists from the right and the left alike say larger investors do not have as expansive a grip on the housing market as politicians might suggest.
Trump officials loosening strings on federal education money for conservative states
Education Secretary Linda McMahon approved Iowa’s plan Wednesday. Indiana and Kansas have also applied to be exempted from certain parts of federal education law, and leaders of other states have expressed interest.
Congress facing another shutdown in 4 weeks
Lawmakers are back in Washington, D.C., this week for a four-week sprint to finish funding the government before the current spending law runs out on Jan. 30.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, gutted of federal funds, votes to dissolve
The vote ends a 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations.
Rep. Jim Baird expected to make full recovery after car crash, his office says
Baird, 80, represents Indiana’s 4th District, which includes much of Boone, Hendricks and Morgan counties.
Trump’s plan to seize, revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces hurdles
President Donald Trump said he plans to ask American companies to take over Venezuela’s oil industry after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a raid.
Trump made many tariff threats in 2025, but some never materialized
Some of Trump’s unrealized threats reflect a broader approach from a president with a track record of using sky-high levies to pressure other countries into new trade deals.
Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents.
While the question revolves around only a few cents per transaction, it raises important consumer protection and legal questions for states to consider.
Trump rural health grants come with clawback threat to states
Indiana was awarded $206.9 million for fiscal 2026 from the rural health care fund. States will be forced to undergo a re-scoring process every year with the Office of Rural Health Transformation.
Over one year, Medicaid paid more than $207M for dead people. A new law could help fix that.
Since 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general has conducted 18 audits on a selection of state programs.
Behind the walls of Indiana’s ICE detention facility
The Indiana Capital Chronicle recently took an hourlong tour of Miami Correctional Facility—the first media allowed in what federal officials have referred to as “the Speedway Slammer.”
Republicans and Democrats pitch competing plans to tackle affordability
Lawmakers in both parties view simmering fury over the cost of living as the top issue in next year’s midterm elections and are pitching a growing profusion of proposals to tackle the notoriously difficult problem of affordability.
A fair, a UFC fight, a prayer event: Trump’s plans for nation’s 250th
The celebration will begin on New Year’s Eve. The Washington Monument will be lit with “festive birthday lights to honor the start of this historic anniversary year,” Trump said.
Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat
The issue arose again Thursday when the Labor Department announced a surprisingly low inflation figure of 2.7% for November. Economists immediately noted quirks that could have artificially lowered the rate.
TikTok signs deal to form new unit that would ensure continued US operations
The U.S. venture will have a new, seven-member majority-American board of directors. It will also be subject to terms that “protect Americans’ data and U.S. national security.”
Some Indiana lawmakers ponder taking up marijuana debate after Trump’s reclassification order
For several years, the common refrain among some state lawmakers has been that they had no desire to tackle the issue until the federal government reclassified the drug. That argument will be removed if the president’s order receives federal regulatory approval as directed.
Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug
Reclassification by the Drug Enforcement Administration would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.