The program already faces significant federal cuts — and advocates cautioned that spending reductions in the current draft of Indiana’s budget could cause the initiative to fold altogether.... Read More
A yearslong legal battle over a Columbus City Council member’s candidacy sparked a sharp exchange Thursday between Indiana’s Supreme Court justices and Bartholomew County Democratic Party Chair Ross Thomas.... Read More
Key elements of House Bill 1033 would establish a uniform, maximum amount of retainage for certain state and local public works projects.... Read More
House Bill 1208, authored by Rep. Gregory Steuerwald, R-Avon, would increase the oversight over a county jail’s commissary fund, requiring the State Board of Accounts to create training requirements for the sheriffs responsible for their county’s fund.... Read More
Despite language in the proposed state budget that could put the Indiana Historical Society headquarters in jeopardy, Gov. Mike Braun’s office now maintains the intention is not to force the nonprofit to give up its building. ... Read More
As Indiana’s legislature continues to debate statewide property tax reform, officials in Lake County are pointing to new data showing that homeowners have taken on an unfair share of property taxes.... Read More
From birth control and bats to gambling and marijuana, lawmakers will likely have to try again next year on these measures.... Read More
In Gov. Mike Braun’s proposed spending plan — and the House version approved last week — Republican budget writers moved to terminate the state’s contract with the nonprofit institution.... Read More
Within Senate Bill 518 are provisions to require all Indiana public school districts to share property tax dollars with charter schools in their attendance boundaries if 100 or more students leave the traditional district for brick-and-mortar charters.... Read More
A House Republican priority measure to lower health care costs for Hoosiers, largely through “site of service” reforms, advanced Tuesday to the Senate — but it still needs work.... Read More
