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Governor to Name Chuck Goodrich as Next Indiana Commerce Secretary • Rising Cost of Basic Necessities Leaves More than One Million Indiana Households Struggling, New ALICE Report Finds • IEDC ‘On Track’ to Close Out First Edition of Community Grants; Start Awarding New Round • Braun Bets on AI to Boost Hoosier Businesses Amid Growing Backlash • Indiana Governor Calls for Rehearing of AES Rate Case • Engling Captures Republican Bid for Indiana Secretary of State • Braun Demotes Zay, Appoints New IURC Chair Following ‘Unacceptable’ Decision

Proposed Child Care Rules Would Move Indiana Backward, Advocates Say • Indiana Takes on Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers • Report: Indiana Ranked 1st in U.S. for Rising Home Foreclosure Rates • Indiana Commerce Secretary Leaving Post; Will Serve as Adviser Until End of Year • U.S. Department of Education Approves Indiana’s “Returning Education to the States Waiver”

Report: 80% of Eligible Low-Income Children Not Served by State’s Subsidized Childcare Programs • Governor Suspends Indiana’s Gas Tax for 3rd Time • Indiana Senate’s No. 2 Republican Steps Down From Post After Split from Bray • Beau Bayh Wins Democratic Secretary of State Nomination • Hoosier Kids Are Doing Worse Than Before the Pandemic • State Drafts Childcare Regulations Governor Says Will Boost Affordability • State Revenues Continue to Beat Projections

Young, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Workforce Training • Braun Eyes Property Tax Breaks for Seniors, Assessment Changes • Indiana Dems Announce Treasurer, Comptroller Candidates • Indiana Shows Support for Labor Department’s Prevailing Wage Raise Proposal • Rokita Wants to Block Federal Marijuana Shift • From 19 to 55 Cents: IPEC Hears Options for a Possible Tax Increase

Indiana’s Reading Recovery Ranks Sixth in National Report • New Indiana Transparency Dashboard Details how State Agencies Spend Federal Grants • National Democratic Group Targets 11 Indiana House Races • Despite Rural Challenges, Hoosier Communities Say READI Critical to Housing, Quality-of-Life Goals

Fed’s New Era

Majority of Indiana Reps Approve Year-Round E15 Sales Bill Passed by House • Indiana Unveils Medicaid Overhaul Aimed at Pressuring Hospitals to Lower Prices • Workforce Pell Grants: Financial Aid Coming for Low-Income Hoosiers Pursuing Industry Credentials • Indiana’s New A-F School Accountability System Clears Last Hurdles • Indiana Changes Hospital Payments to Promote Affordability • How Will A New National School Choice Program Affect Indiana? It’s Complicated.

Braun Adds Indiana Gas Tax Suspension on Top of Sales Tax Break • Unemployment Stays Flat in Delayed March Report • State Launches ‘Keep IN’ Initiative to Support Small Business Growth, Retention • Federal Court Rules Against New Global Tariffs Trump Imposed After Loss at Supreme Court • Braun’s Office Announces Expansion of Indiana Health Prices Platform • Trump Backs Federal Gas Tax Suspension • Cost of Raising a Child in Indiana Up Nearly 12%

Attorney General Todd Rokita Launches IN Fuel Watch • Indiana Launches Artificial Intelligence Economic Development Initiative • FSSA Hiring 400 Employees to Monitor Medicaid Eligibility Ahead of Work Requirements • Fed Likely to Leave Rates Unchanged At What Might Be Powell’s Last Meeting • Inflation Spikes to 3.5 Percent in March as Iran War Drove Prices Higher • USDA to Move SNAP Administrative Office and Staff to Indianapolis • U.S. House Passes ‘Skinny’ Farm Bill That Keeps Big GOP Cuts to Food Assistance

Indiana Unemployment Dips Again in Delayed February Report • READI 1.0 Investments Fueled $675M in Economic Impact, Study Shows • White House Pushes Imminent Easing of Controls on Marijuana • Indiana Hospital Systems Meet Benchmark on Direct-to-Employer Health Care Deals • New Data Suggests Indiana Has the Best Roads in the Nation • FSSA Seeks Return of $200 Million in Improper Payments to Attendant Care Providers

BREAKING: Governor to pump $200M into child care vouchers, take 14K kids off waitlist • Braun announces 30-day break on Indiana sales tax for gasoline • State revenues continue to beat projections in March • Governor Braun Announces MGA Chair’s Agenda –Deploying Advanced Nuclear Energy • Indiana amnesty period for paying delinquent taxes set to open in July • 1 big thing: Toll road’s unknown impact • Providers wait for hundreds of millions in delayed Medicaid payments