A new bill in Indiana would establish accounts for students to pay for career training outside their schools, as part of House Republicans’ campaign to “reinvent” high school and align it more closely to the workforce.
Upset with what they say is the excessive cost of health care in Indiana, House Republicans want to levy fines against hospitals that charge more than 260% of what Medicare reimburses for services.
Rep. J.D. Prescott, R-Union City, has filed House Bill 1143 to establish “The Hoosier State” as Indiana’s official nickname. The bill also would put into state law the origin of the Hoosier terminology—and it’s a story that many Hoosiers today may have never heard before.
Gov. Eric Holcomb stressed in his State of the State address that further investments are needed in K-12 schools and higher education, workforce training and public health if Indiana expects to meet the talent demands of high-wage employers.
The caucus’ main initiatives are laid out in eight senate bills, although some priorities are intended to be folded into the two-year state budget that lawmakers must finalize before the end of the session in April.
The drafting of a new two-year state budget will be the primary focus, but debates over hot-button social issues could force their way to the forefront.
Renewable energy, climate change mitigation and ongoing efforts to improve statewide water quality are top issues for Indiana environmental advocates in the 2023 legislative session.
When drafting the state’s next budget, lawmakers will need to consider the state’s ongoing commitments and one-time obligations under the cloud of a potential recession.
Education advocates say they see expanding access to both early learning and higher education as critical to the state’s economic health.
The 2022 midterm elections broke the record for the greatest number of women elected to serve as a governor in the U.S.
Rep. Ethan Manning, a Republican from Logansport, said he’ll introduce a bill to allow online casino games, taxing revenue at an 18% rate and sharing some of the proceeds with cities and counties where casinos are located.
After unveiling his 2023 Next Level Agenda on Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb said a bill would be introduced in this year’s legislative session to designate the breaded pork tenderloin as Indiana’s official state sandwich.
The Indiana Office of Technology, which purchases and distributes computers for state work, does not have an audit trail of the missing computers, an investigation found.
Indiana lawmakers are drawing up changes to the state’s property-tax system, with rising assessments last spring pointing toward potentially high bills this year. But their approach has been cautious.
According to the investigative report filed by Indiana’s Office of Inspector General, a program specialist filed for and received unemployment insurance benefits while employed at the agency and also oversaw her husband’s fraudulent unemployment claims.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s plan would give K-12 schools their largest funding increase in more than a decade even amid worries about an expected slowdown in the growth of state tax collections.
The funding requests are part of the governor’s ambitious $3 billion “Next Level Agenda,” which calls on state lawmakers to approve historic investments in education, public health and state employee salaries.
Hospitals are expected to come under more scrutiny and public health spending will be debated in this year’s Indiana General Assembly.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett is asking lawmakers to consider the city’s infrastructure, housing, public safety and public health priorities.
The blockage came on the same day that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sued TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information.
