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Trump Tariff Fears Prompt Supply Chain Scramble • Indiana “Seals” New Diploma Type • Indiana Budget Hearings Begin • Indiana Health Care Costs Analyzed • Holcomb’s Middle East Economic Trip
Mike Braun’s Transition Team Announced • Indiana GOP Majority Steady • Fed Reserve Cuts Rates Amid Economic Uncertainty • Busted $1.9 trillion bet • Stat du jour: Where women rule
US Job Market Shows Confusing Results • Mixed Signals on U.S. Jobs • 50 Million Americans Have Already Voted • U.S. Economy Grows Stronger at 2.8% • Kelley School Predicts 2025 Economic Trends
Purdue Prepares for Arrival of South Korean Chip Manufacturer • Indiana’s Labor Force Continues to Increase for Three Consecutive Months • The Inflation Boogeyman • Last Gubernatorial Candidate Debate
Supreme Court Allows Rule Limiting Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants • State Seeing Early Enthusiasm for Early Childhood Teacher Apprenticeship Program • Teen Tobacco Use Falls to 25-Year Low • Seeking Public Comment on Indiana’s New High School Diplomas
Annual Inflation Rate Drops to 2.4 Percent, Lowest Since February 2021 • New Statewide Coalition Aims to Advance Entrepreneurship • Lawmakers Scrutinize ‘Black Box of State PBM Spending’
$120M More Needed for Indiana’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure, Report Says • How Did We Get Here? Historical Analysis of Property Tax Reform Seeks Answers • Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner to Step Down • Lilly to Invest Another $4.5B in Lebanon Site for New ‘Medicine Foundry’ • More Americans File for Unemployment Last Week; Layoffs Remain Historically Low • U.S. Adds 254K Jobs in September, Blowing Past Expectations • Indiana Ranks Well in National Fiscal Report, Earns a ‘B’ • Indiana Gubernatorial Debates • Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Why The Fed Went Big Last Week • Report Assesses Impact of Indiana’s Childcare Challenges for Employers, Workers • Braun Health Care Plan Builds Released • Indiana Lawmakers Consider New Legislative Ideas to Further Address K-12 Student Absences
1 Big Thing: Employers’ Big Hiring Pullback • Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady. But Cuts Aren’t Far Off. • Weaker Labor Market Stokes Fears of a Downturn, Spurs Market Sell-Off • Playbook for Enhancing Indiana’s Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce
Braun Rolls Out Property Tax Relief Plan Calls for Caps • Indiana Finishes Fiscal Year with $2.6B in Reserves Plans Medicaid Deficit Fixes • Stakeholders From Around the State Gather to Address Infant and Maternal Mortality • Cigarette Tax Hike Would Help Ease State’s Medicaid Shortfall Leaders Say • Indiana Debate Commission Sets Governor’s Debate