Legislative Updates

Indiana Consumer Advocate Files for Rehearing in AES Rate Hike Case • Indiana FSSA Shares Medicaid Work Requirement Rules • Student Loan Shake-Up Hits July 1: Here’s What to Know • Young Announces More Than $57 Million for Transportation Infrastructure Projects Across Indiana • Gas Tax Breaks to Cost State, Local Governments $533M • State Panel Winnows Applicants for Utility Regulator Opening; Interviews Set for Next Week • Charted: America’s Tax Divide

Interim Study Committee Member Assignments Announced • Trump Declines to Renew Major Trade Deal with Canada, Mexico • Indiana Joins Federal Workforce Pell Grant Program with Ivy Tech, Vincennes • State Restricts Popular Credential Scholarship Applications • Governor Announces Final Extension of Gas Tax Breaks; Further Action to Require Legislation • Nearly a Third of Indiana Counties Have Moved to Restrict Data Centers

New Indiana Laws Taking Effect July 1, From a Cellphone Ban to a New ACT Alternative • Inflation Hits 4.1 Percent in May, Highest Level in 3 Years • Former Gov. Eric Holcomb to Co-Lead Nationwide AI Workforce Effort • Indiana SNAP Payment Error Rate Rises, Increasing Likelihood State Will Be On The Hook for Benefits • Indiana Assessed Value Rises 10% Since 2025 • Supreme Court Rules States Can Accept Mail Ballots After Election Day • Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute Releases Analysis on State Economic Development Incentives • Governor Directs State to Reimburse Local Governments for Gas Tax Holiday Revenue

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%