The opening days of the Indiana General Assembly saw lawmakers adjusting to staying apart while working together on issues like COVID protections and criminal justice reform. But the defining business... Read More
Last Tuesday was Organization Day, the ceremonial preamble to each session of the Indiana General Assembly; as legislators gathered to be sworn into office, it was impossible not to notice a few absen... Read More
On Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released state-by-state personal income data for the first quarter of 2020. Indiana’s anemic 1.2% growth from the end of 2019 ranks 46th in the n... Read More
For governors and mayors across the nation, every day of social distancing has added to a different kind of distance – the growing gap between tax collections and budget realities. With large sectors... Read More
No one has been spared the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For millions, slowing the spread of the voracious coronavirus is a matter of life-and-death. Even the most fortunate of us are dealing with... Read More
Justice, it’s often said, should be blind. But as a matter of fiscal policy, it’s increasingly difficult to turn a blind eye to the costs of criminal justice and corrections as practiced in Indiana. ... Read More
Indiana’s fiscal policymakers got an early holiday present last week – a state revenue forecast bolstered by predictions of a more resilient economy and legislative action to expand our sales tax base... Read More
In January, fifty new mayors will take office across Indiana. From Aurora on the banks of the Ohio River to Gary on the shores of Lake Michigan – and dozens of cities and towns in between – they’l...... Read More
Evidence is mounting that the longest (albeit one of the slowest) economic recovery in U.S. history is nearly at its end – including slumping sales for recreational vehicles made in Elkhart, Indian...... Read More
Two weeks ago, Indiana closed the books on fiscal year 2019. The biggest news is that surging revenues left Indiana with a historic budget surplus – the state collected nearly $267 million more th...... Read More
