Bill roundup: What did—and didn’t—survive the final committee deadline
State lawmakers had their final (and for some, especially long) meetings this week as they returned to some of the last and thorniest bills left on their plates.
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Indiana Senate leaders release their latest state budget proposal. Here’s what’s in and what’s out.
Senate fiscal leaders presented a conservative state budget plan Thursday morning that drops universal school choice and extraneous spending.
House increases homeowner relief in property tax compromise with Braun
The governor and legislative leaders have for weeks gone back and forth on the key components of Senate Bill 1.
State considers incentives to lure attorneys to ‘legal deserts’
The Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future made dozens of suggestions for addressing rural Indiana’s attorney shortage, including grants, loan repayment and allowing paralegals to take on certain tasks.
High school credential bill moves forward with new higher ed oversight language
Gov. Mike Braun, Secretary of Education Katie Jenner and Higher Education Commissioner Chris Lowery are key supporters of the legislation.
Braun orders state-affiliated nonprofits to produce missed transparency reports
The Governor’s Office singled out the Indiana Economic Development Foundation, which supports IEDC travel and business-attraction efforts, for failing to produce years of transparency reports.
House committee advances reworked property tax plan, but hurdles remain
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.
Skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for solution
At least 14 states already cover the cost of GLP-1 medications for obesity treatment for patients on Medicaid. Indiana is not one of them.
Senate takes a crucial step toward extending Trump tax cuts
The framework now moves to the House, which must pass it before lawmakers can start working on the bill itself.
House property tax plan would mean lower bills for most homeowners, big changes in system over time
To achieve immediate tax relief, the plan would create a credit worth up to $200 on all homeowners’ property tax bills beginning in 2026.
State leaders say potential federal funding cuts unlikely to cause special session
The Trump administration is considering cuts or changes to spending on Medicaid, education and other programs that could impact the state budget.
Indiana bill roundup: Heavy-hitters on deck ahead of committee deadline
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.
Legislation could sweeten tax incentives for certain quantum computing, defense-related projects
Data center construction has been met with some apprehension, including the low number of jobs produced for the large tax incentives and utility burden these developments require.
Three plans, three approaches: State leaders still trying to find landing spot for property tax relief bill
Legislative leaders have made clear that they intend to act on Gov. Mike Braun’s central campaign promise to provide property tax relief. However, with less than a month left to pass a solution, leaders have yet to announce agreement on an approach.
Spartz booed and jeered in contentious Westfield town hall
U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, who represents Indiana’s Fifth Congressional District, hosted the town hall that was attended by more than 500 people.
Homebuilders prepare for proposed tariffs that could raise material costs, erode margins
The National Association of Home Builders projected that current tariffs could raise the cost to build a single-family house in the United States $7,500 to $10,000.
Bill roundup: Data center legislation, other bills move to Braun’s desk
And the first bills are hitting Gov. Braun’s desk for approval.
Braun: Morales’ India economic development trip falls outside secretary of state’s responsibilities
Secretary of State Diego Morales said the trip was privately funded, but his office did declined to tell IBJ who paid for the trip.
Bill creating transparency measures for Indiana economic development agency heads to House floor
Critics of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., which receives hundreds of millions in tax dollars each year, have wondered whether the agency has been transparent and fiscally responsible enough.
Proposed workforce tax credit could apply to training for 800 Hoosiers
Indiana employers who pay for additional staff training that leads to increased wages could be partially reimbursed for the investment.