Braun endorses Lana Keesling as next state GOP chair
If approved, Keesling will replace Randy Head, who resigned in December after just five months in the role, citing the demands of his full-time lobbyist job.
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Pledges to boost border enforcement prompt Trump to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico
While the trade war feared by investors, companies and political leaders now seems less likely to erupt, that doesn’t mean the drama over President Trump’s tariff threats has ended.
Council Democrats expel outspoken member from caucus
Indianapolis Democrats have a supermajority in the council with 19 seats. Republicans hold six.
Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Canada, too
The decision came just hours after a similar agreement with Mexico.
Trump’s workforce crackdown could encourage private-sector employers
More companies are expected to join the movement this year as they raise performance expectations and mandate workers return to the office full time, work experts say.
Governor’s cabinet secretaries among state’s highest-paid employees
The eight cabinet secretaries serving under Gov. Mike Braun will each take home $275,000 annually for their new positions.
Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from tariffs as he threatens more import taxes
President Trump on Sunday night returned from Florida and threatened to impose steeper tariffs elsewhere, telling reporters that the import taxes will “definitely happen” with the European Union and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.
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.
Eight takeaways from Gov. Mike Braun’s proposed state budget
The House Ways and Means Committee began budget hearings with members of Braun’s cabinet this week. The House will amend its version of the budget into HB 1001 closer to the session’s halfway point in February.
Legislative roundup: Priority tax, health care bills get hearings; small-scale nuclear bills clear committee
House and Senate Republicans rank this session’s top priorities as tax reform and health care reform—and several bills key to achieving their vision had their first hearings this week.
IPS board takes stand against bills that threaten district’s survival
House Bill 1136, the most extreme bill facing the district, would dissolve IPS and its elected school board and replace it with charter schools overseen by an appointed board.
Indiana’s 24,000 federal employees among those offered buyouts
Workers in Indiana were among the millions of federal employees who on Tuesday received a memo offering the option to resign while still receiving pay through September.
Indiana casino relocation nixed without a vote
A bill to move a casino license from Rising Sun to New Haven was pulled by the chairman of the Public Policy Committee.
Gov. Mike Braun doubles down on campaign promises in first State of the State address
On Wednesday, most of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus boycotted the event, instead opting to host their own rally.
Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants
The Trump administration withdrew the order a day after a federal judge in Washington temporarily halted its implementation until Feb. 3.
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.”
Trump offering federal workers buyouts in effort to shrink government
The email sent to millions of employees said those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to choose to do so by Feb. 6.
UPDATE: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants, loans
The Trump administration plan had plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion, and set the stage for a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money.
Legal battle looms as Trump orders funding freeze during review of federal loans, grants
The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.
Bill would give Indy residents choice to pay higher taxes for better roads
The measure includes a provision to allow Marion County residents to vote, through a referendum, for property-tax hikes that would be used to pay for road improvements.