Former Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb lands director job on clean energy developer’s board
Doral Renewables LLC announced Holcomb’s board appointment on Thursday, less than three months after the two-term Republican governor’s tenure came to end.
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‘Not a deadbeat’: House amends out cap on Medicaid plan, keeps work requirements
In Tuesday’s committee hearing, conservative lawmakers defended the plan to add red tape and bureaucracy to the program against Hoosiers who were worried they’d lose their health coverage.
Funding requests for high-ability students, public schools dominate subcommittee budget talks
Advocates for Indiana’s high-ability students descended on the Indiana Statehouse on Monday to make their case for continued funding in the next state budget.
Bill to reduce dollars withheld from construction contractors breezes through Senate committee
Key elements of House Bill 1033 would establish a maximum amount of retainage—the portion of payment withheld from a contractor until a project reaches completion—for certain state and local projects.
Governor’s office clarifies intentions for Indiana Historical Society building
Despite language in the state budget that appears to terminate the state’s contract with the nonprofit, Gov. Mike Braun’s office now maintains the intention is not to force IHS to give up its building.
Braun signs executive orders aimed at ‘extreme gender ideology’
Two executive orders signed Tuesday by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun seek to reinforce prohibitions for collegiate transgender athletes.
New data sheds light on Indiana schools likely most affected by impending cuts to financial aid
A proposal to shrink thousands of financial aid grants is likely to cut deepest at some of the state’s largest universities.
Analysis: Some Indiana homeowners disproportionately burdened with property taxes
As Indiana’s Legislature continues to debate statewide property tax reform, new data show that homeowners have taken on an unfair share of property taxes.
State’s proposed budget could cost Indiana Historical Society its building
The historical society owns the downtown Indianapolis building where its headquarters, museum and archives are housed. However, the state owns the land.
Partisan school boards, payday lending bills move forward
With the committee deadline over, lawmakers are now working with fewer bills in the 2025 session.
Opposition brings likely end to Indiana utility siting bill, but the issue isn’t going away
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.
Indiana Senate OKs anti-DEI bill that takes aim at state agencies, schools
The bill advanced after more than three hours of floor debate—and following a contentious, unprecedented challenge to Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s Senate presidency.
Senate approves electronic pull tabs for charity gambling as House OKs immigration notice mandate
Also past the halfway point are bills on voting, water transfers and teacher pay. The House, meanwhile, pulled back on divorce and municipal election changes.
Despite pushback, lawmakers advance bill to double inspections of Indiana’s confined animal farms
Indiana farming groups argued that additional oversight requirements will come at a cost to producers.
Braun’s proposed statewide school safety office earns early support in House committee
The proposed Indiana Office of School Safety was pitched by lawmakers Thursday as a cost-effective, “one-stop shop” for state and local officials to collaborate on school safety initiatives.
Bill to bring back A-F grades for Indiana schools passes committee
School grades have been effectively suspended since 2018, when Indiana shifted from ISTEP to a new state standardized test and later grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indiana lawmaker seeks regulations for early-wage-access industry
Critics of the bill, authored by Republican Rep. Jake Teshka, summed the proposal up as “re-warmed payday lending.”
GOP lawmakers eye small nuclear in Indiana despite concerns over cost, feasibility
Consumer advocates argue the novel technology is “too risky” and will come at a “massive” cost to ratepayers.
GOP-backed bill to increase oversight of Indiana water projects gets early support in committee
The measure would require a utility or large private-sector project leader to obtain an approval permit before carrying out a project where significant amounts of water are moved from one water basin in the state to another.
Indiana bill would ban social media accounts for Hoosiers under age 16 without parental consent
The measure would require a social media operator like Facebook or TikTok to restrict a minor from accessing the site if they did not receive “verifiable parental consent” from the minor’s parent.