NEWS
When the bridge breaks
Flooding destroys roads, bridges, quarry; what’s the impact? Historic flooding late last week washed away roads, destroyed bridges and levees, and forced emergency repairs across the state, creating a pressing new infrastructure challenge at a particularly complicated moment for [...]
Degrees drive dollars
ICHE unveils new outcomes-based performance funding model Indiana is preparing to replace its previous broad and complicated higher education performance funding system, adopted three years ago, with a model centered on a single outcome: whether an Indiana student completes [...]
Familiar first half look to 2026
Market stabilizes; winners, losers become increasingly defined Until the pandemic hit in 2020, we had traditionally presented you a July deep dive into the mid-year casino numbers, detailing how things had progressed through the first half of the year [...]
Tallying tariffs’ Indiana impact
Illini study shows IN only 2nd to Michigan in Midwest hurt Tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration in 2025 raised costs for the average Hoosier household by $2,600, shrunk Hoosier State GDP by $2.65 billion (- 0.51%), reduced Indiana’s [...]
Guv gas tax holiday hits empty
Braun suspends gas taxes for final 30 days under his power Governor Mike Braun (R) is giving Hoosier drivers one more month without state gasoline taxes, but the final extension available under his executive authority is also forcing a [...]
Loan changes hit Hoosiers
New federal loan limits start July 1; how is IN affected? Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the June 19, 2026 issue of Indiana Education Insight. The federal student loan overhaul has since taken effect. A major [...]
GOP goes to the Max
What to expect from Beau and Ballard going forward Republicans are bracing for almost four months of Secretary of State Diego Morales (R) operating with no guardrails now that he has lost his bid for renomination after having the [...]
IGC sees member churn
Former IL lottery chief, ex-Vanderburgh sheriff new members Since September 2025, the Indiana Gaming Commission has seen five of its six sitting members replaced by Governor Mike Braun (R), leaving only one member who has been in place long [...]
On the upward trajectory?
College-going rate up for first time in decade; still below prior years Indiana’s college-going rate increases for the first time in a decade . . . but the rate is still lower than when it plateaued for a couple [...]
A gas tax suspension trend?
Guv suspends gas use tax again, plus excise tax; Trump follows? Governor Mike Braun (R) has unilaterally extended his gasoline use tax holiday for another 30 days – and expanded his order to include the state’s 36¢ gasoline excise [...]