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April 22 2025

TSF Story: Democrats fear being relegated to the kids’ table during state budget discussions

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Kate Breeden TheStatehouseFile.com April 21, 2025 Indiana’s state revenue forecast projected that the next budget cycle will fall by nearly $2.4 billion, and the General Assembly has less than one week to deter “...”

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April 21 2025

WFYI story: Judge rejects visa plea from international students at Indiana universities

This story was originally published by WFYI. By Zak Cassel WFYI April 18, 2025 A federal judge ruled Thursday that he would not grant a temporary restraining order to seven international students whose visas the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revoked earlier this month. The “...”

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April 21 2025

TSF story: Opinions and motives conflict in ongoing Hoosier National Forest controversy

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Olivia O’Neal TheStatehouseFile.com April 18, 2025 With around 20% of Indiana being forest land and 83% of that privately owned, it can be challenging for some Hoosiers to truly immerse themselves in wild spa “...”

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April 18 2025

HOMELESS BILL SCUTTLED AGAIN: Indiana legislators reject another ban on street camping, but advocates for people without housing remain wary

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 18, 2025 For a second time this legislative session, Indiana lawmakers on Thursday backed away from passing a bill which organizations that advocate for homeless people said would put those who sleep on the streets at risk of being ch “...”

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April 18 2025

TSF story: Revenue loss of more than $2 billion throws doubt on Indiana’s proposed new budget

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com April 16, 2025 Over the next three years, Indiana’s projected revenue will be down by $2.37 billion, according to Ben Tooley, director of fiscal policy for the Indiana House of Repr “...”

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April 16 2025

TSF story: MAHA movement comes to Indiana: Kennedy, Braun and Oz share Hoosier health orders

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Erin Bruce TheStatehouseFile.com April 15, 2025 On any other Tuesday morning, you wouldn’t hear anything above a whisper in the Indiana State Library. But shouting led to the second floor where protestors, reporte “...”

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April 16 2025

TSF story: ‘Just a big slogan and propaganda’: Kennedy, Oz and Braun met with swift criticism

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com April 15, 2025 The chants, cheers and shouts of protestors in the hallways of Indiana’s usually quiet state library could be heard through the heavy wooden doors of the Author’s R “...”

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April 15 2025

ICC Story: Indiana Senate sends finalized local property, income tax plan to governor

This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Casey Smith and Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle April 15, 2025 Shortly after midnight Tuesday, Indiana Senate Republicans agreed to significant changes in an immense local property and income “...”

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April 14 2025

TSF story: Teachers and supporters fill Statehouse to say school funding “shouldn’t be political”

This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By Anna Cecil TheStatehouseFile.com April 14, 2025 On Monday morning, a sea of red t-shirts washed over the top three floors of the Indiana Statehouse as hundreds of protesters gathered to voice their concerns about the “...”

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April 11 2025

COURT OPENINGS: Robing ceremony for Stephen Scheele, Holcomb’s last appellate selection, points to Braun’s future role in judicial vacancies

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 11, 2025 At the conclusion of last week’s robing ceremony that formally welcomed Judge Stephen Scheele as the newest member of the Court of Appeals of Indiana, a “thank you” was offered to former Gov. Eric Holcomb, who during hi “...”