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Jan 17, 2025 · The Indiana Capital Chronicle is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to giving Hoosiers a comprehensive look inside state government, policy and elections.
Lawmakers have an unenviable task on health care
8 hours ago · I don’t feel bad for lawmakers very often. But trying to solve the national problem of high health care costs and accessibility from a state-level perspective is rough. And almost impossible. The best they can hope for is less of an annual increase, which is honestly downright depressing. The ...
Child tax credit is one way to aid Hoosier families
3 days ago · The winter holidays are past but we can still focus on the love and family that comes with that time of year. Despite political divisions that attempt to sow discord, we all have a similar goal: the security and well-being of our families. Hoosiers …
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4 days ago · Memphis man recounts teenage days aiding worker’s strike during King’s last visit to the city BY: Holly McCall - January 20, 2025 MEMPHIS — At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard uniforms, others with red and white signs draped around ...
Hospitals, Braun administration weigh proposed fee changes
1 day ago · A bill to reform a provider fee put newly minted administration officials on the opposite side of Indiana hospitals, as uncertainty at the federal level threatens to disrupt long-standing norms. Mitch Roob, who leads the state’s Medicaid efforts, panned a …
Indiana lawmakers contemplate slashing unemployment insurance …
Jan 16, 2025 · Legislation nearly halving how long Hoosiers can collect unemployment insurance split a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday — alongside proposals loosening engineer registration requirements and raising certain pension benefits. The Senate’s Pensions and Labor Committee took only testimony, no votes ...
Breaking down the fiscal issues that will dominate 2025 legislative ...
Jan 6, 2025 · Lawmakers will convene Wednesday to begin drafting the state’s next two-year budget, determining how to spend approximately $44 billion dollars to fund government services such as schools, health insurance programs and infrastructure as well as tackling other fiscal issues. A December revenue ...
Commentary - Indiana Capital Chronicle
Jan 7, 2025 · Hoosiers hope lawmakers will take time to enact water protection BY: John Ketzenberger - January 15, 2025 Water is very much on Hoosiers’ minds. From the unpopular legislation from four years ago that stripped our critical wetlands of protection to the 2023 announcement of a proposed pipeline carrying water 35 miles from Tippecanoe County to the LEAP development in Lebanon, it’s top of ...
What to expect in the final hours before Indiana's first execution ...
Dec 17, 2024 · Later, at his sentencing, Corcoran stated that he wanted to waive all his appeals. And in the early 2000s, when the time was still ripe for Corcoran to initiate post-conviction review, he refused to sign the post-conviction petition.
Lawmakers hint at road funding changes • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Dec 19, 2024 · Budget heads and others called on the Indiana General Assembly to boost transportation infrastructure funding at the state and local levels.