
Lawmakers expect ‘tough’ budget cuts to offset $2.4B drop in projected state revenue
An updated revenue forecast presented to the Budget Committee projected the state’s revenue will flatline from 2025 to 2027.
An updated revenue forecast presented to the Budget Committee projected the state’s revenue will flatline from 2025 to 2027.
About 15 hours after the Indiana Senate approved a high-profile property tax bill, Gov. Mike Braun signed the legislation, codifying his campaign promise of providing widespread relief to Hoosier homeowners.
The high-profile property tax legislation has been criticized both for not providing enough homeowner relief and for reducing revenue for local governments.
Hundreds of teachers, parents and students from across the state rallied to call for increased funding for public schools.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun is expected to sign the latest version of Senate Bill 1, which supporters say would provide more than $1.4 billion in property tax relief over three years. Critics of the bill say local governments will raise income taxes to make up the difference.
An Indiana Senate committee voted to amend a bill targeting the cost of health care at nonprofit hospitals, with the new version freezing prices but not imposing penalties for two years.
Senate fiscal leaders presented a conservative state budget plan Thursday morning that drops universal school choice and extraneous spending.
The governor and legislative leaders have for weeks gone back and forth on the key components of Senate Bill 1.
Senate Bill 478 sets out advertising, age-limit, licensing, packaging, testing and other requirements for the hemp-derived products.
The bill would require all Indiana agencies, statewide offices, local governments, nonprofit organizations and state educational institutions to input contracts into the state’s transparency portal within 30 days.
Twenty-eight lines instructing embattled Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales to analyze vote center and municipal election year changes ensnarled the Senate for almost 40 minutes Monday — but, after a 35-13 vote, the bill heads to the Gov. Mike Braun’s desk.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed 20 bills into law Thursday, including one that would expunge certain civil “red flag” proceedings and another impacting carbon dioxide sequestration projects.
Senate Bill 2, authored by Sen. Ryan Mishler, would quadruple the administrative workload of the Family and Social Services Administration by requiring quarterly eligibility reviews.
The proposal would create an Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission tasked with exploring the secession and transfer of counties that have already voted to leave the state of Illinois.
The legislation targets “excessive” and unreasonable charges on towing invoices, especially for commercial vehicles like semitrailers.
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.
Lawmakers said they’d be open to expanding the prohibition to other forms of advertising, too.
An Indiana House Committee approved new language that may be an attempt to bar drag performers from reading children’s stories in public libraries or schools.
Members of the Indiana Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services agreed with the need to address the high cost of health care. But they often disagreed with the approach of House Bill 1004.
The measure would mandate that Hoosier sheriffs notify federal immigration authorities when they suspect an arrestee is in the United States illegally.