$25M in state money goes where? Audits, OIG probes pending Governor Mike Braun (R) on April 8 signed an executive order that will require increased transparency for non-profit foundations and corporations created to assist state government agencies. But we [...]
Gov. Braun’s original pick for INDOT commissioner quietly exits Just 11 weeks into the role, the Governor’s original pick for Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner, Kent Abernathy, a veteran of top jobs in other state agencies under two previous [...]
Behning: Local gov’ts can’t use zoning to block charter schools A zoning fight over a charter school location in Indianapolis last year ruffled feathers of charter proponents – and apparently House Committee on Education Chair Bob Behning (R) of [...]
Fourth-biggest Hoosier Lotto $42.5M jackpot hit in Tell City A single ticket sold in Perry County wins the $42.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot on Wednesday, March 12. The winning ticket was purchased at On the Fly #822, a four-pump [...]
Gaming bills back; can gaming help to boost the budget, too? Following a muti-year informal moratorium on gaming legislation imposed by legislative leadership due to an ongoing federal grand jury investigation of the relationship between the gaming industry and [...]
SB 1 and HB 1461 are more related than you may think Editor's note: This story was published in the March 21, 2025 edition of Indiana Transportation Insight before the House made changes to SB 1. SB 1, the [...]
Context for 6 3 weeks of budget-making and property tax policy Not much has changed over the past few weeks with respect to the external factors affecting the budget – and, indirectly, the parameters of the property tax relief/reform [...]
House budget skips capital projects; other higher ed requests “You can’t have it all” is the message state legislators seem to be sending with the current iteration of the state budget that passed the House – particularly for the [...]
Relatively strong performance held back by lack of iGaming Final commercial gaming revenue numbers are in nationally, and the American Gaming Association, which collects the data, also massages it to detail key data by state and region. Among the [...]
International tariff impact on Indiana may be $ubstantial Indiana transportation businesses and consumers are bracing for the economic impact of assorted tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump (R). For those who are struggling to keep up with the current [...]