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Outgoing Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb looks back on eight years in …
2 天之前 · Looking back on two terms in office, outgoing Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb doesn’t have regrets — or at least not many. The Republican statesman is just days away from bringing his eight years as governor to a close. He’ll officially hand the reins to Gov.-elect Mike Braun on January 13. In a ...
One-time bonus — but no pay raise — for state employees
5 天之前 · Gov. Eric Holcomb is giving a one-time bonus to all state employees, but no pay raises this year after a modest revenue forecast. “It is important to recognize your efforts to improve the lives of Hoosiers but also in a way that our current state biennial budget, which ends June 20, 2025, will support,” he said in a letter sent to state employees Monday morning.
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2024年12月20日 · The new Big Ten is resulting in sharply higher carbon emissions BY: Shaun Chornobroff - December 23, 2024 Carbon dioxide emissions from Big Ten football team travel for regular-season conference games more than tripled in 2024 compared to 2023 after the addition of a quartet of West Coast schools, a Capital News Service analysis found.
Lawmakers seek road-funding changes, hope to avoid fiscal cliff
4 天之前 · While education dominates half of Indiana’s budget and Medicaid costs worry lawmakers, a projected transportation infrastructure funding shortfall creeps closer. Motor fuel taxation yields eight of every 10 state dollars that fund roads and bridges for both the Indiana Department of Transportation ...
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2024年12月25日 · 9. Supercharging county public health. Also last year, lawmakers spent big on public health. After a yearlong analysis from the Governor’s Public Health Commission found that Indiana spends a paltry average of $55 per resident annually, they authorized $225 million over two years in optional funding for counties.. Whitney reported that nearly all counties opted into …
Schoolhouse Rock, Indiana edition: How a bill becomes a law
2024年12月27日 · A biennial budget of more than $40 billion is on the line come January, alongside hundreds of other proposals from Indiana lawmakers. Just a fraction become law. How do we get there? Some might call it organized chaos, but the legislative session has an established trajectory that begins with filing ...
Lawmakers hint at road funding changes • Indiana Capital Chronicle
2024年12月19日 · It appears all funding options are on the table as budget heads and other lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Indiana General Assembly to boost transportation infrastructure investment at the state and local levels. The two-year panel — the Funding Indiana’s Roads for a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow ...
With one week (we think) left to go, here are some issues hanging …
2024年3月4日 · A Senate chamber vote is also expected Monday for House Bill 1001.The work-based learning proposal — which builds off a massive 2023 bill that put in motion statewide career-centered education and training programs — would expand career scholarships accounts (CSAs) for training and apprenticeships, rather than traditional college degrees. If passed, the …
Report: state loses out on $4.2B annually due to child care shortage
2024年9月25日 · This struggle drags down the state’s economic performance and hampers future job growth, the study concludes. Relative to other states, Indiana ranks 27th in the nation for labor force participation — the same rank the Hoosier State has for …