NEWS
Wheel-y tough votes
Cities, counties deal with angry locals over road funding tax ask Indiana’s new transportation funding law is leaving local governments with a choice: pass a wheel tax or potentially lose access to one of the state’s most lucrative road [...]
In the Ivy
Pollio settles in at Ivy Tech, wants school to be state workforce engine Ivy Tech Community College President Marty Pollio envisions the state’s largest postsecondary system to become the centerpiece of workforce development in Indiana . . . and [...]
NIPSCO GenCo is a go
LaPorte Co. questions how ratepayers avoid paying data center bill NiSource secures approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (Cause No. 46183) for NIPSCO Generation (GenCo), a separate entity designed by the utility to serve the unprecedented power needs [...]
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 [...]