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No more zoning defense?
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 [...]
Lotto fun while it lasted
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 out the budget
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 [...]
Takes two to tango
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 [...]
Life IN “a period of transition”
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 [...]
Not enough to go around
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 [...]
How we fared nationally in ’24
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 [...]
Trump tariff transpo turmoil
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 [...]
Hope springs eternal for Guv
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 [...]
Try again next year . . .
Senate drops bill on how to teach about America after pushback Editor's note: This story was originally published in the February 14, 2025 issue of Indiana Education Insight. Another fight over regulating how Indiana teachers should teach about American [...]