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11/3 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Indiana Announces Program to Fill Gaps in Local Development Initiatives • Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady • Screen-Time Limits in Schools • “The Sky Is the Limit”: Indiana Launches Statewide Drone Testing Network
Read More10/27 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Record Income Increases, For Some • Indiana Secures Nearly $19 Million in Federal Funding to Strengthen Workforce Training • Braun Team Wants to Fast-Track Energy Projects As Power Demand Surges • Gov. Braun Helps Small Businesses Prepare for the Future, Keep Jobs in Indiana • Judge Rejects Bid by Secretary of State Candidate Ballard to Force Election Commission Meeting
Read More10/20 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
A Record Number of Students Now Have an Affordable Path to College Through the Indiana College Core • Indiana’s Commerce Secretary Making Overseas Trip This Week • Ballard Sues Indiana Election Commission to Prod It Into Meeting Before Election • Indiana Workforce Chief Puts Focus on Organizational Alignment, Long-Term Funding • Indiana Lawmakers Punt on High School NIL Regulations • Social Security Checks Will Go Up By About $75 a Month To Offset Inflation • Report Finds Tax Abatements May Not Be Effective. Republicans Aren’t So Sure. • Indiana’s Constitutional Amendments • New SBA Lending Rules Create Hurdles for Aspiring Business Owners • Indiana Introduces AI Tool, Puts Government Documents in Plain Language • Gov. Braun Ensures $19.1 Million for Local Road Funding, State Board of Finance Advances Fourth Gas Tax Holiday Reimbursement
Read More10/13 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Rokita Leads 16-State Lawsuit Against DuPont “Shell Game,” PFAS Pollution • Trump Administration Proposes $70K Fee for International Students to Work in U.S. • Ball State President Questions Timing of College Performance Funding Push • Indiana Farm Bureau Targets Property Taxes, Rural Investment in 2027 Legislative Agenda • Indiana’s September Revenue Report • Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute Releases Report on State Approaches to Aligning Workforce Development and Social Services • Right to Bail: Amendment Asks Voters to Rewrite Pretrial Detention Rules • Welcome, Hailey!
Read More10/6 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Key Lawmakers Suggest Income Taxes Cover Homestead Property Tax Credit • Fed’s Preferred Measure of Inflation Dips to 3.4 Percent in August • Local Officials Knock NIPSCO Storm Outage Response • Braun Extends Gas Tax Suspension, Will Let Farmers Use Off-Road Diesel • Indiana Awards $418M for Broadband Projects Around the State • Senate Reaches Bipartisan Deal on Permitting Bill to Speed Approvals of New Energy Projects • Indiana Interstate Highway Construction Costs Soar Amid Inflation, State’s Own Ambitions • U.S. Economy Added 29,000 Jobs in September: BLS • Leader of Troubled Transparency Office is Out as Braun Announces New Pick • Lawmakers Plan Legislation to Make Locked-Out Workers Automatically Eligible for Unemployment
Read More9/29 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
2027-2028 FAFSA Opens with Continued Improvements to Ease the Filing Process • Gov. Braun Announces Federal SPARK Grant to Modernize Indiana Power Grid, Lower Costs for Hoosier Ratepayers • Indiana Officials Expect Saving $1B a Year as Teacher Pension Plan Hits Funded Status • Indiana Releases ILEARN Results for Individual Schools as State Preps New Accountability System • Trump Rolls Back Car Efficiency Standards • Let’s Bring Space Force Academy to Indiana!
Read More9/22 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
EPA Backs Indiana Coal Combustion Residual Program Takeover • Indiana Continues Gas Tax Reimbursements • Federal Reserve Hikes Key Rate for 1st Time in 3 Years • Indiana Legislators Hear Complaints Over Unequal Standards for Child Advocates in Court Cases • Gov. Braun Appoints IBJ Media Exec to Lead IEDC • Indiana Approved for Mass SNAP Replacement • September 2026 Quarterly State Revenue Update • Indiana Unemployment Stays Flat in August
Read More9/15 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Indiana Supreme Court Rules Sen. Spencer Deery Winner in 3-Vote Primary • Defense Department to Install ‘Micro’ Nuclear Reactor at Crane • Indiana Higher Ed Commission to Review Dual-College Credit Accessibility • These Upcoming Indiana Tax Deadlines are Extended Due to Historic Flooding • Indiana August Revenue Comes In $23.8 Million Above Forecast • IPS to Stop Using Enroll Indy, Drawing Criticism from Charter School Leaders • EPA Plans to Scrap Biden-Era Rules That Limit Power-Plant Climate Emissions
Read More9/8 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Mobile Driver’s Licenses Coming to Indiana Soon, BMV Tells Lawmakers • Utility Panel Greenlights Reconsideration of AES Indiana Hike • Indiana Gas Tax Suspension Continues Through Oct. 6 • U.S. Added 162,000 Jobs in August, But Wage Growth Continues to Lag Inflation • Dr. Oz, Kelly Loeffler Come to Indiana to Urge Embrace of Employee-Choice Health Plans • Tariffs Cost Indiana More than $8B • Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute Releases College Readiness and Postsecondary Transition Trends Report • Gov. Braun Helps Small Businesses Grow Sales, Export Products with New Funding
Read More9/1 Torchbearer Weekly Policy Update
Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for State • Indiana In-State Tuition Freeze Continues for Second Year • Gov. Braun Announces New Storm Recovery Texting Service to Indiana 211 • Surplus Eyed to Cover Road Losses • The Top-Growing Jobs in the Country • America’s Tariff Map • Billions in Investment Shows Strength in Indiana’s Manufacturing Sector, Officials Say • Why The the Indianapolis Teachers Union Opposes A Proposed Tax Increase for City Public Schools • State Personnel Department Seeks Raises for Hundreds of Employees in Next Budget Session • Indiana Hospitals End Routine Ambulance Diversion
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