Federal Reserve likely to ignore Trump, keep rates unchanged this week
President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have said that inflation has steadily cooled and high borrowing costs are no longer needed to restrain price increases.
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Trump swiftly undoing transgender protections in HUD housing policies
With changes to the Equal Access rule and other guidance still unclear, what happens now often depends on where a case is filed.
Trump threatens 100% tariff on foreign-made films
U.S. film and television production in the U.S. was down 26% last year compared with 2021, according to data from ProdPro, which tracks production.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems
Elon Musk, now preparing to step back from his work with the Department of Government Efficiency, has been focused on Social Security as an alleged hotbed of fraud.
Indiana lawmaker files disciplinary action against state’s attorney general
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s claims about a sitting lawmaker—that she stopped an immigration bill for “personal reasons”—could land him in more legal hot water.
Braun signs bill to create IEDC land-purchase guardrails, new state business office
The bipartisan bill requires the IEDC to be more transparent when it makes large land purchases for major projects like the massive LEAP business park in Boone County.
Under new law, state needs to create high school workforce credential framework
The measure builds on recent education efforts to “reinvent high school,” meaning a curricular change to create additional high school credit pathways in addition to college prep.
IU alumni blast board of trustees changes slipped into state budget
A coalition of ranking Indiana University alumni voiced “alarm and anger” Wednesday to new state policy that gives decision-making power over the board of trustee’s membership to the governor.
Braun chides Beckwith for Three-Fifths Compromise comments, defends tax plan
Indiana cabinet members, lawmakers, lobbyists and more gathered Wednesday to celebrate Gov. Mike Braun’s first 100 days in office—but the man of the hour had tough words for his second-in-command.
Senate votes down resolution to block Trump’s global tariffs
The Democratic resolution forced a vote under a statute that allows them to try to terminate the national economic emergency Trump used to levy the tariffs.
Indiana Economic Development Foundation releases annual audits at Gov. Braun’s demand
The state-affiliated nonprofit averaged more than $2 million in spending annually on travel and more.
Ex-Indiana congressional candidate gets prison sentence in campaign finance fraud case
Former Indiana Congressional candidate Gabriel “Gabe” Whitley admittedly falsified campaign finance records and lied about raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions ahead of the May 2024 primary.
Trump eases tariffs on imported auto parts through executive order
U.S. automakers had said the auto levies as previously announced would raise production costs and hit their profits. The auto industry is one of the biggest drivers of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. economy.
Public Broadcasting sues Trump after attempted board firings
Since taking office for his second term, Trump has targeted National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two broadcasters that receive a portion of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as appropriated by Congress.
Trump to offer automakers some relief on tariffs over worries they could hurt factories
Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that the tariffs could raise prices, reduce sales and make U.S. production less competitive worldwide.
Elevate says state funding freeze endangers startups, entrepreneurial community
Commerce Secretary David Adams announced last week that the state had frozen funds earmarked for Elevate Ventures, but he did not outline specific concerns about the nonprofit or its operations.
Here’s what died–and dropped in–during final hours of Indiana legislative session
Controversial language targeting homeless Hoosiers, regulating marijuana-like products and cracking down on illicit massage parlors perished in the final hours of this year’s General Assembly.
Tariffs double some prices on retail sites Temu, Shein
There are no import surcharges on items that are already available in U.S. warehouses, keeping the prices of those goods generally stable, at least for now.
Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash from some of the state’s religious and civil rights leaders for his comments on the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted each Black enslaved person as three-fifths of a human being for the purposes of taxation and representation.
Indianapolis attorney is part of Trump push to change culture on campus
On leave from Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Tom Wheeler is part of the Trump administration’s inter-agency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, which is in a battle with Harvard University.