Brandon Smith

6 days ago | wfyi.org | Brandon Smith

April 18, 2025Article origination IPB News Indiana's unemployment rate is at its lowest level in nearly a year, improving to 4.1 percent last month. More than 9,000 fewer Hoosiers reported being unemployed in March — though some of that drop was people leaving the labor force. The manufacturing and leisure and hospitality sectors led job gains in Indiana last month. And more than 16,000 Hoosiers have reportedly found work in the last three months.

6 days ago | wfyi.org | Brandon Smith

April 18, 2025Article origination IPB News Lawmakers receive a historically bleak state revenue forecast. The property tax debate comes to a close. And the governor signs a bill on supplemental teacher pay. Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse. HB 1001: State budget Lawmakers use the state revenue forecast to determine how much money they'll have to spend in the new state budget, HB 1001.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Brandon Smith

“All options are on the table” for the state budget as lawmakers will have $2 billion less to spend than previously expected. The state revenue forecast unveiled Wednesday is the worst since at least the Great Recession. National economic uncertainty is driving the sharp decline in projected tax revenue — $2.4 billion less over a three-year period than what was expected just four months ago. Senate budget architect Sen.

1 week ago | wvxu.org | Brandon Smith

Gov. Mike Braun is withdrawing about 50 Indiana National Guard members from the southern U.S. border, ending a deployment that goes back to early 2024. Former Gov. Eric Holcomb sent members of the guard to the border last year as part of an ongoing showdown between the state of Texas and the federal government over the flow of migrants into the country. While it wasn’t the first time the Indiana National Guard was deployed to the region, previous missions had been led by the federal government.

1 week ago | wfyi.org | Brandon Smith

April 16, 2025Article origination IPB News "All options are on the table" for the state budget as lawmakers will have $2 billion less to spend than previously expected. The state revenue forecast unveiled Wednesday is the worst since at least the Great Recession. National economic uncertainty is driving the sharp decline in projected tax revenue — $2.4 billion less over a three-year period than what was expected just four months ago. Senate budget architect Sen.