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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
$14.7 billion in Indiana charity gaming revenue in 30 years As with virtually everything else in the Hoosier economy, the pandemic extracted its toll on charitable gaming revenues in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The pandemic shutdown ended June [...]
Hoosier road funding may change for the first time since 2017 Editor's note: This story was originally published in the February 7, 2025 issue of Indiana Transportation Insight before amendments were made to HB 1461. The House Committee on [...]
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 [...]
Senate bill would ban DEI-specific roles, audits, programming The buzzword of the month emerging in these first weeks of the session of the General Assembly appears to be “DEI.” You may recall we told you while previewing budget discussions [...]