As Indiana’s legislature continues to debate statewide property tax reform, officials in Lake County are pointing to new data showing that homeowners have taken on an unfair share of property taxes.... Read More
From birth control and bats to gambling and marijuana, lawmakers will likely have to try again next year on these measures.... Read More
In Gov. Mike Braun’s proposed spending plan — and the House version approved last week — Republican budget writers moved to terminate the state’s contract with the nonprofit institution.... Read More
Within Senate Bill 518 are provisions to require all Indiana public school districts to share property tax dollars with charter schools in their attendance boundaries if 100 or more students leave the traditional district for brick-and-mortar charters.... Read More
A House Republican priority measure to lower health care costs for Hoosiers, largely through “site of service” reforms, advanced Tuesday to the Senate — but it still needs work.... Read More
A key lawmaker called the bill a response to ongoing resistance of local governments to greenlight solar, wind and other renewables projects that are necessary to support the state’s growing energy demands. ... Read More
When proposed in 2021, the project was pitched as a way to improve sustainability of the forest’s oak-wood ecosystem. ... Read More
Senate Bill 289 advanced from the chamber in a 34-13 vote after more than three hours of floor debate—and following a contentious, unprecedented challenge to Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s Senate presidency.... Read More
Should Indiana’s special education classrooms be equipped with round-the-clock video surveillance? District administrators aren’t opposed—but only if the state foots the bill. Educators, meanwhile, have been less receptive.... Read More
Senate Bill 193 originally proposed annual inspections for all confined feeding operations, or CFOs. Currently, those farms must be inspected by state regulators at the time of licensure, and then once every five years.... Read More
