Gov. Mike Braun maintains that consolidating leadership will streamline state government and save taxpayer dollars. But when can one person legally hold two government offices at once?
A grim May revenue forecast prompted lawmakers to cut most agency appropriations by 5% in the latest budget—and authorized the State Budget Agency to withhold another 5%.
Free speech advocates quickly raised concerns that the governor’s threat risks trampling constitutional protections and chilling lawful speech.
Other parts of Indiana’s HIP 3.0 proposal are still under consideration, including an expansion on provider taxes, cost-sharing requirements and wellness incentives.
The Indiana Department of Correction will begin sending payments to dozens of counties on Monday to cover costs for housing state prisoners, ending months of delays.
The funding request, which is summarized in the agenda for Wednesday’s State Budget Committee meeting, says the agency needs the funding to prepare the correctional facility for ICE detainees.
Apologies, shaming and a state employee’s departure have come to Indiana following insensitive posts and comments about the murder of conservative influencer Kirk.
It’s now up to the State Ethics Commission to decide whether Jennifer-Ruth Green violated state law—and what sanctions, if any, to impose.
Commissioners declined to say if probable cause was affirmed in the pending ethics case involving Jennifer-Ruth Green, the former secretary of public safety.
Boston Consulting Group was hired in April to prepare a report that seeks to answer “whether data centers provide sufficient return on investment for Indiana.”
State officials say their request would give schools more freedom to address their specific needs. But would funding reach those who need it?
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in which he argued that the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program is unconstitutional.
Jennifer-Ruth Green called the allegations “baseless” and attributed the issues to “politically motivated leaks designed to assassinate my character.”
The administration is seeking an advisory opinion on the legality of the Governor’s Commission on Supplier Diversity and the continued implementation of the Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises Program.
Chronic absenteeism continues to be the highest in grades nine through 12, according to the Department of Education. Nearly one in three Hoosier students are chronically absent during their senior year.
Hoosiers have poured almost $200 million into scholarships, medical research, child welfare and more in less than two decades—just by buying specialty license plates for their vehicles.
In the past week, Braun has also accepted the resignation of his IEDC executive director and appointed a new leader of the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.
Retention of the crane bay structure had long been considered an integral part of the stamping plant redevelopment by neighbors and city leaders.
“The governor has been very clear: We’re just not in the land development business, and it’s not a core competency,” Commerce Secretary David Adams told IBJ.
Boston Consulting Group is researching the economics of data centers and is expected to produce a white paper report detailing the best way for the state to approach such proposals.
