Indiana is driving toward a deal with the Chicago Bears for a stadium in Hammond. The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously advanced new language paving the way for a site in the Wolf Lake area where the NFL franchise could play its home games.... Read More
An Indiana Senate committee on Tuesday made extensive changes to a local finance bill, weighing in on thorny topics such as local income and innkeepers’ tax allocations, rental property caps and data centers.... Read More
In an overhaul of a bill that passed the Indiana Senate earlier this session, House legislators are looking to carve out localized tax credit “tiers” used as incentives by the IEDC and establish rules for the state’s new drone-testing site.... Read More
House Bill 1333, authored by Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer, would require data center developers that receive sales tax exemptions to give 1% of the abatement to local governments.... Read More
Indiana legislative leaders said Thursday that time is running short to make a deal with the Chicago Bears to move their games to northwest Indiana but that conversations between the team and state officials have been positive.... Read More
The bill now moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee, which could consider changes that include narrowing where a casino could be located.... Read More
IDEM Commissioner Clint Woods says the goal is to “simplify, streamline, consolidate and clarify” Indiana law. That includes getting rid of references to outdated standards, eliminating or consolidating certain boards and clarifying the permitting process.... Read More
Some of the state’s most popular state parks, like Brown County and Turkey Run, are in rural areas where local governments say they could use some help paying for infrastructure and water quality projects.... Read More
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, will be the House sponsor of Senate 27 — which creates a framework for a state-owned stadium the Bears can use — showing his strong support of Indiana’s push for a second NFL franchise. ... Read More
If the bill passes the Senate in the back half of the session, a variety of retirement funds for teachers, lawmakers and other public employees would be required to offer the option for members to invest in cryptocurrency exchange funds.... Read More
