Feds finalize deal to give SK Hynix $458M for West Lafayette facility
The chip manufacturer announced plans in April to open a 430,000-square-foot building spanning 90 acres in the second half of 2028.
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Statehouse leaders say growing Medicaid costs, leveling revenue complicate budget
Growing costs, especially for Medicaid, could make it more difficult for Republican leadership to achieve a key goal: spending less than the state takes in.
Destiny Wells seeks to become Indiana Democratic Party chair
Wells, who lost her bid to unseat Republican incumbent Attorney General Todd Rokita last month, said that a cornerstone of her campaign will be appointing an ethics chair for the party.
Democrats replace embattled Sen. Greg Taylor with new caucus leader
The move comes just a day after The Indianapolis Star published a new round of allegations from women who say Taylor sexually harassed them—accusations the Indianapolis Democrat vehemently denied.
Embattled Indiana Senate minority leader denies sexual harassment allegations
Democrat Sen. Greg Taylor directly responded to reporter questions in an impromptu availability following a leadership panel at a downtown legislative conference on Wednesday.
Spartz to boycott committees, GOP caucus
Fifth District Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz took to social media Monday to say she refuses to go to meetings for committees or the GOP caucus.
State approves $60M for LEAP District development for Lilly, Meta projects
The state will eventually recoup much of that investment when LEAP land is sold to tenants, officials from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said.
State retirement oversight board removes BlackRock from portfolio for ESG violations
The board of the Indiana Public Retirement System unanimously voted to replace Black Rock as the provider of global inflation-linked bonds to the system.
Former nursing home CEO included in Biden’s sweeping clemency grant
James Burkhart was chief of Indiana’s largest chain of nursing homes before being indicted on 32 fraud counts in 2016.
A Medicaid study committee made no recommendations this year—despite a funding shortfall
A year the Holcomb administration revealed a shortfall in the state’s Medicaid program of nearly $1 billion, lawmakers will start working in January to piece together legislation that at least in part deals with the second-largest and fastest-growing item in the state budget.
Congress passes Young-backed bill to add more U.S. judges, but veto looms
A bill that would create dozens of new federal judgeships across the country received final approval in Congress on Thursday morning, setting up a likely veto from President Joe Biden even as his administration pushes to confirm his final nominees to fill existing judicial vacancies.
Hoosier voter turnout down, but higher than in 2012, 2016 elections
Seventy-six counties reported drops, but the percentage change hit double digits in Hendricks and Vermillion counties.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
The outgoing president said he would be taking more steps in the weeks ahead and would continue to review clemency petitions.
Gov.-elect Braun selects pharmacy leader as health secretary
Dr. Gloria Sachdev will oversee four major state agencies: the Department of Health, the Family and Social Services Administration, the Department of Child Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Holcomb, IEDC cap off year with record $39.1B in expected private investments
The investment total continues a trend of record-breaking years for the IEDC. The state has improved its annual total every year since Gov. Eric Holcomb took office (with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic.)
FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign before Trump takes office in January
Christopher Wray said at a town hall meeting that he would be stepping down “after weeks of careful thought,” roughly three years short of the completion of a 10-year term.
Teacher pay, more funding top requests by Indiana’s largest teachers union
The Indiana State Teachers Association, which represents roughly 40,000 Hoosier educators, released a priority agenda on Tuesday—just weeks before state lawmakers are set to return to the Statehouse.
Judge blocks ‘right of first refusal’ law on electric transmission projects as MISO readies to OK bids
U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt ruled that an act signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2023 that gives local utilities the right of first refusal on electric transmission projects discriminates against interstate commerce.
Biden threatens veto as House considers Young-backed bill to ease federal judge shortage
Republicans in the U.S. House say they will consider a bipartisan bill co-authored by U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) to ease federal judicial shortages across the country, including in Indianapolis, but President Joe Biden is threatening to veto the measure.
Indiana’s Medicaid expansion ‘trigger’ law could affect coverage of 754K Hoosiers
Roughly two-thirds of Indiana’s total Medicaid budget is covered by the federal government. For the 2024 fiscal year, that amount came to nearly $13.5 billion, compared to the $3.7 billion from state coffers.