Mayor Joe Hogsett Introduces $1.7 Billion 2026 Budget • Braun Taps First State School Safety Director • ACLU of Indiana Appeals Dismissal Over State’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law • Texas AG: Lilly Offered Kickbacks to Providers to Prescribe Blockbuster Drugs • Indiana Sees ‘Historic’ Increase in IREAD Scores. See How Schools Did. • A White House Visit and Poll Amplify Redistricting Fight in Indiana • Indiana House Republicans Weigh Redistricting in Closed-Door Caucus • Busiest Freshmen • Utility Consumer Advocate Retiring From State Service • Gen Z’s Double-Whammy

VP Vance Meets with Indiana GOP Leadership on Redistricting; Democrats Denounce Effort • A Top Federal Reserve Official Says Dour Jobs Data Backs Case for 3 Rate Cuts • State Revenues Beat Projects in July • Indiana Agencies Outline Spending Cuts in Pursuit of 5% Reserve • States Scramble to Complete Renewable Energy Projects Before Tax Credits Expire • EU’s New AI Code of Practice Could Set Regulatory Standard for American Companies • The trade war is just starting • State agency revises Medicaid budgeting • Young, Klobuchar boost small biz support • Indiana tops U.S. road quality • Senate approves $180B funding pre-recess

Indiana secures major opioid settlement • Fed maintains rates amidst economic uncertainty • Labor market weakens amid policy uncertainty • Job growth flatlines amid revisions • Trump unveils sweeping tariffs strategy

Young, Schatz push for housing reform • Indiana’s college-going rate hits low • USDA hub lands in Indy • Indiana secures $15.1M federal disaster relief aid • Trump, EU agree on 15% tariffs • Indiana’s opioid settlement boost