Indianapolis Local Education Alliance Backs Plan to Create New Authority to Oversee IPS, Charter Schools • New Forecast Shows Big Growth in Indiana Surplus • Inflation Cooled in November to 2.7%, but Economists Say to Take It With ‘The Entire Salt Shaker’ • Democrats Plan to Elect Maggie Lewis New President of Indy Council • Indiana Lawmakers to Weigh Joining Trump’s Tax Cuts

Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Plea for Gerrymandered Maps • Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates in Divisive Vote • Immigration Crackdown Bill Continues Indiana Republican Split • ‘Away for the Day’: Indiana Lawmakers Take Up Bill Expanding Cellphone Ban to Entire School Day • Ratepayer Advocates Recommend Energy Bill ‘Relief Plan’ • Lawmakers Move to Phase Out Health-Specific Retirement Benefit • IEDC Releases Job Data, Regional Development Vision • Braun Names 3 New Members for Indiana Utility Oversight Board • Trump Tires to Neuter State AI Laws • State Revenues Beat Projections in November

Indiana Senate Committee Pushes Redistricting Bill Forward Though Future Still Unknown • State Piloting Program That Would Allow Employees to Bring Infants to Work • Indiana Lawmakers Push for State to Become FAA Drone Test Site • IDOE, Lilly Endowment Commit $75M to Expand Learning Opportunities for Students • Trump’s $12 Billion Farm Aid Plan Targets Tariff-Hit Farmers

Indiana House Returning This Week to Address Redistricting; Senate to Join Dec. 8 • Indiana Republicans Release Proposed Congressional Redistricting Plan • Indiana Cigarette Consumption Down, Quit Program Enrollment Up After Tax Hike • Indiana Unveils Multi-Year Rural Health Plan in Newly Released Federal Application • Indiana Prepares for 2026 Data Privacy Law With New Consumer Bill of Rights