NEWS
FUnintended consequences
Brace for a long special and short regular session; strange fallout? After realizing that they can’t stop the Hoosier Special Session Train from departing the station, the engineers are working to implement some safety measures as the engine warms [...]
Safer streets – but rising injuries
IMPO tracks progress towards Vision Zero 2040 Indianapolis is making headway in its quest to eliminate traffic deaths . . . but new data shows a troubling reality: while fatal crashes have leveled off, serious injuries are on the [...]
A new partner in town
INDLS adds Beech Grove ahead of Union Schools shutdown The Indiana Digital Learning School – long the sole virtual school arm for the Union School Corporation – expands its reach ahead of Union’s impending state-mandated closure, adding Beech Grove [...]
District work period
Mapping out what to expect to expect going forward As U.S. House members returned to Washington, D.C. this week following the end of the August recess – the scheduled summer “district work period” – speculation ramped up on just [...]
Mapping out the Gulf of Indiana
Thank you for your attention to this matter! The longer Governor Mike Braun (R) takes to call for a special session for redistricting the better the chances are for such a session to be convened . . . or [...]
Rail merger impacts IN freight
Union Pacific to acquire Norfolk Southern in $85B deal Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce plans to merge, forming the first transcontinental freight railroad in the United States – a move expected to have sweeping implications for the national [...]
Literacy victory lap
Record jump in IREAD scores for 2025; retention law still looms State education officials celebrate as Indiana’s third grade literacy rates reach a new high, with results from the 2024-2025 IREAD-3 assessment showing a nearly five percentage point increase [...]
Mapping out a strategy . . .
A tough decision foisted upon Hoosier GOP lawmakers Redistricting Indiana’s congressional districts at mid-decade was initially raised as a tentative proposition of sorts, and didn’t even seem to gain steam when Vice President JD Vance (R) paid a hastily [...]
A look at 2025 first half revenue
OTY win up aided by TH; Wind Creek, Bally’s CHI hurt us 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 [...]
EV-related activity recharges
IEDC: Elevate Ventures August 4 partial payment = default Following a lull in activity related to Indiana Economic Development Corporation ancillary entities as the six-figure, gubernatorially mandated forensic audit of Elevate Ventures plays out, early August bustled with a [...]