Budget-writing season has been especially difficult this year in many Indiana cities, towns and counties as elected officials grapple with the effects of a new law that overhauled the tax systems that fund local governments.
The panel discussed a longshot effort to have Indiana absorb several—maybe dozens—of Illinois counties.
That evaluation from Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray’s office comes as the White House has stepped up its pressure campaign on Indiana lawmakers.
Although Indiana leans Republican, caucus members argued that Hoosier Democrats should still be represented in Congress.
If approved, the plan would change the ways the state and school districts can merge and disburse federal grant funding.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Nominating Committee’s members met in executive session Monday and reviewed 47 applications for three open seats on the five-member commission.
The call comes a week after Vice President JD Vance made his second trip to Indianapolis to discuss redistricting with Republicans in the House and Senate.
Housing assistance programs are feeling the impact from furloughed public employees, and essential food programs might soon be facing funding problems if the shutdown continues.
State data showed modest wage gains for teachers, but education advocates warned that Indiana’s pay still ranks near the bottom nationally.
Indiana tax collections are running well ahead of projections after three months of the fiscal year, according to the latest monthly revenue report.
States like Indiana must use their own dollars to keep funds flowing to families or let it lapse, a move that could cut benefits for tens of thousands of Hoosiers.
Indiana’s hospital systems could face hundreds of millions of dollars in annual Medicaid reimbursement cuts if the rates they charge to employer-provided insurance plans are higher than thresholds set by Gov. Mike Braun’s administration.
Lawmakers also expressed appetite for ditching the Professional Licensing Agency, an umbrella body overseeing 33 profession-specific licensing entities—like the Board of Pharmacy.
We are seeing repeated failures to project both revenue and expenses.
Courts consistently support the government’s authority to discipline employees when their speech impairs operations.
“Cable pollution,” or dormant, abandoned and low-hanging utility lines left behind by telecommunications companies, can pose safety risks and financial burdens for local governments, local leaders say.
Vice President JD Vance’s second visit to Indianapolis comes as state GOP legislators continue to weigh a special session for mid-cycle redistricting—a move that has split some members of the party.
But under Indiana’s latest budget, no new outcome-based dollars will be distributed until at least the next budget cycle.
Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday said his administration is already making changes based on the findings of a monthslong audit of the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
The project, spearheaded by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and British contractor Eunomia, will replace a 20-year plan that has been in force for more than three decades.
