Google scraps diversity hiring goals as it complies with executive order
Many companies inside and outside of the technology industry have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs.
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Revised Indiana casino bill calls for study on best locations
Efforts to move the gaming license for one of Indiana’s underperforming casinos have stalled this year, but a newly filed bill seeks to carry momentum into future legislative sessions.
Bill to add judges in a few counties advances, but plan to cut elsewhere still unclear
A bill that would add two superior courts in Hamilton County and magistrates in two other counties was unanimously approved Tuesday afternoon by the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee.
Waitlists and attendant care: House lawmakers move major Medicaid bills
Indiana House lawmakers on Tuesday passed several pieces of legislation that would curb some of the Medicaid savings measures advanced by the previous gubernatorial administration.
Nonprofit’s lawsuit over the federal funding freeze is part of an ‘avalanche’ of litigation
More than a dozen federal lawsuits have already been filed against President Trump and his administration by a wide range of nonprofits.
Senate approves electronic pull tabs for charity gambling as House OKs immigration notice mandate
Also past the halfway point are bills on voting, water transfers and teacher pay. The House, meanwhile, pulled back on divorce and municipal election changes.
Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
Heads of federal agencies are under increasing pressure from the Trump administration to slash the size of their staff after early indications of the deferred resignation program show officials still short of realizing their goal of 2% to 5% reduction.
Former state lawmaker joins Indianapolis lobbying firm
Matt Whetstone, a former Republican state representative, has jumped back and forth between policymaking and lobbying throughout his career.
Local leaders sound alarm on Braun’s property tax overhaul legislation
Republicans and Democrats testified the bill would decrease local governments’ revenues significantly and affect the quality of some public services.
Despite pushback, lawmakers advance bill to double inspections of Indiana’s confined animal farms
Indiana farming groups argued that additional oversight requirements will come at a cost to producers.
Rubio unveils plan to review, potentially abolish U.S. foreign aid agency
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is moving swiftly against an agency that has emerged as a chief target in President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape the federal government.
China counters with tariffs on U.S. products, will also investigate Google
China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect.
Bills reducing early-voting period, closing primaries head to Senate floor
Hoosier voters could see in-person early voting slashed under legislation moving to the Indiana Senate’s floor.
Braun endorses Lana Keesling as next state GOP chair
If approved, Keesling will replace Randy Head, who resigned in December after just five months in the role, citing the demands of his full-time lobbyist job.
Pledges to boost border enforcement prompt Trump to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico
While the trade war feared by investors, companies and political leaders now seems less likely to erupt, that doesn’t mean the drama over President Trump’s tariff threats has ended.
Council Democrats expel outspoken member from caucus
Indianapolis Democrats have a supermajority in the council with 19 seats. Republicans hold six.
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada, too
The decision came just hours after a similar agreement with Mexico.
Trump’s workforce crackdown could encourage private-sector employers
More companies are expected to join the movement this year as they raise performance expectations and mandate workers return to the office full time, work experts say.
Governor’s cabinet secretaries among state’s highest-paid employees
The eight cabinet secretaries serving under Gov. Mike Braun will each take home $275,000 annually for their new positions.
Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from tariffs as he threatens more import taxes
President Trump on Sunday night returned from Florida and threatened to impose steeper tariffs elsewhere, telling reporters that the import taxes will “definitely happen” with the European Union and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.