Hoosier road funding may change for the first time since 2017 Editor's note: This story was originally published in the February 7, 2025 issue of Indiana Transportation Insight before amendments were made to HB 1461. The House Committee on [...]
Governor’s property tax relief plan gutted by Senate GOP Last week we told you that the legislative perception of the Governor’s property tax relief proposal was that it “needs fixed,” in the Hoosier vernacular. After having their ears bent [...]
Senate bill would ban DEI-specific roles, audits, programming The buzzword of the month emerging in these first weeks of the session of the General Assembly appears to be “DEI.” You may recall we told you while previewing budget discussions [...]
Setting the chessboard for the months to come in transpo policy Editor's note: This story was published in the January 24, 2025 edition of Indiana Transportation Insight. Can you believe the first month of the 2025 legislative session is [...]
Your detailed look at what’s moving, what isn’t, and why Following a three-session moratorium on gaming legislation due to fears of the optics of considering such legislation in the midst of a stealthy federal grand jury investigation into the [...]
Lots of multi-level sub rosa drama over property tax cut issues Even as lawmakers work to (conditionally) extend individual income tax cuts through additional years, the big tax issue on the agenda is property tax relief. The state has [...]
New governor tells us how he intends to circumvent a need to veto We’ve been privileged to converse with each of Indiana’s last nine governors –everyone who has led the state in the past 50+ years to gain their [...]
2025 off to an icy start, agencies makes up for Dec. snow response When people hear about impending severe weather in the Midwest, they may hesitate to take it seriously. Dramatic fluctuations in weather are common, and predictions can [...]
Your look at the next few months in the Hoosier gaming milieu We head into the 2025 legislative session with continued uncertainty on some key items and individuals. When we put this issue to bed on Thursday evening, there [...]
Everything you need to know for the 2025 budget session Hoosier lawmakers enter 2025 with a full education policy agenda – and likely not a ton of new money to spend. We unpacked the situation expected for the next [...]