Legislative Updates

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

Early voting for the 2026 Indiana primary election has begun • Indiana Chamber debuts “Workforce First’ program, honors 4 businesses • CDLs held by undocumented immigrants in Indiana to expire April 1 • Indianapolis Public Education Corporation members announced by Mayor Hogsett • Braun signs child protection laws • Hundreds of college programs eliminated, but the majority serving students remain • Indiana amnesty period for paying delinquent taxes set to open in July • Humanity heads back to the Moon

‘Big Five’ Indiana Utilities Defend Rates in Regulator Questioning • Ascend Indiana Launches Work-Based Learning Initiative • New Estimates Show Indianapolis Area Continues as Key for State’s Population Growth • It’s a Woman’s Economy Now • Sen. Todd Young Leading Latest Effort to Address National Debt