New year, new ed policy
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 [...]
Your Braun Administration line-up card
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 [...]
The 2025 road funding dilemma
Buckle up – everything transpo-related you can expect this session We’ve been predicting the major transportation issues to watch for in the 2025 legislative session for months. Through one-on-one interviews; our coverage of the Dentons Legislative Conference in Association [...]
Talk heats up in New Haven
Lawmakers, locals start to take sides over possible casino move In our last issue, we told you that Sen. Tyler Johnson (R) of Leo, whose SD 14 includes the proposed site for a new Full House Resorts, Inc. casino [...]
Diploma crosses finish line
State Board satisfied with new diploma, what you can expect next Through poring over three different drafts, taking in hours of public feedback, and a bit of public shaming from the state’s universities, the Indiana State Board of Education [...]
Banks manifesto; part deux
Senator-elect builds on 2021 memo with new working class plan U.S. Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R) releases a two-page “Policy Vision for the 119th Congress” that he titles “Working Families First.” The memo not only outlines his objectives to Hoosier [...]
O’Bannon aid squeezed
ICHE recommends cuts to grant awards after FAFSA changes In a significant move that could affect thousands of Hoosier students, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education plans to reduce the Frank O’Bannon Grant awards for the upcoming academic year. [...]
Translating the transition
Team Braun details priorities, policy proposals, implementation Governor-elect Mike Braun (R) sheds some additional light on his administrative and policy priorities this week, eager to put wins on the board as quickly as possible out of the gates, even [...]
Lots of new gaming lawmakers
Majority of gaming-district senators will be in first full term Despite the proposed transfer of an operator’s license from Ohio County in Southeast Indiana to Allen County in Northeast Indiana and state budget shapers combing the couch cushions for [...]
Paving a way forward
We explore various options for constructing Hoosier roadways As we’ve extensively detailed for you, Indiana’s roads couldn’t be more of a hot topic for legislators right now. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2024 legislative session, House Committee on [...]