State Budget Agency directs new five percent spending holdbacks As U.S. House Republicans were figuring out how to respond to the White House rescissions package this week, seeking to maintain the spending prerogative of the legislative branch in the [...]
Signs on in tough times, but how does the environment stack up? Some quasi-random thoughts to ponder about the first legislative session for the Braun Administration . . . Someone in the hallway with experience in 206 under a [...]
$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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How he – and we – see process, policy at “geographic” mid-point Governor Mike Braun (R) offered his take Tuesday on the first half of the session and where he intends to direct his efforts over the next two [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Get your pencils and scorecards ready for this year’s starting line-up Governor-elect Mike Braun names the largest complement of state agency directors to date headed into Christmas, an intriguing mix of holdovers, former leaders and staffers, current and former [...]