Jennifer McCormick, the Democratic candidate for governor, released her property tax plan Thursday afternoon, proposing a 10% cap on property tax bill increases and targeted relief through expanded tax credits for certain Hoosiers.... Read More
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett debuted his $1.6 billion budget package Monday night, packed with a slew of cross-department initiatives intended to foster greater public safety and more infrastructure and quality of life efforts. ... Read More
Business and agricultural leaders want more details on how an ambitious property tax relief plan for homeowners proposed by U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, the Republican candidate for governor, would affect commercial, industrial and agricultural property owners.... Read More
It’s taken 16 years and three governors to get I-69 fully completed between Indianapolis and Evansville—now it will fall to future leadership to finish the interstate’s linkage to Kentucky. On Tuesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb and his two predecessors...... Read More
South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix Inc. will receive up to $450 million of federal CHIPS Act support to build its $3.87 billion semiconductor packaging facility at the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, the federal government announced early Tuesday morning. The U.S. Department of Commerce and SK Hynix signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of […]... Read More
Hoosier leaders for the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veteran organizations are advocating for the legalization of electronic pull-tabs to generate more charity gambling revenue for their chapters.... Read More
Indiana’s economic development conversations are becoming increasingly centered on a high-tech manufacturing industry in which few current Hoosier workers have experience: semiconductors, also called computer chips or microchips. As the federal government hustles to bring the industry back to the United States from foreign shores, Indiana is attempting to snag multibillion-dollar private-sector investments and millions […]... Read More
One hundred students at Purdue University recently completed an intensive, eight-week training program devoted to the understanding of semiconductors, the crystalline solids that conduct electricity and power computer microchips.... Read More
Mike Braun, the Republican candidate for governor, released his plan to control property taxes on Friday, calling for increasing the homestead deduction, capping property tax increases and increasing voter participation in property tax referendums.... Read More
The Indy Chamber has lobbied unsuccessfully since 2018 to raise the state’s cigarette tax, and it is ready to give it another go in the 2025 legislative session. The chamber held a panel discussion this week to help prime the issue. ... Read More
