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Utilities notch legislative wins
Indiana’s powerful electric utility companies exited the state’s recent legislative session wielding key legislative victories though it might take years to know the ultimate ramifications. New laws are set to let the state’s existing utilities get first dibs on a billion-dollar slate of new transmission projects, put natural gas plant costs into rates before construction […]
The U.S. is undergoing its worst bird flu outbreak ever. Is a poultry vaccine the answer?
WASHINGTON — The deadliest outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history is prompting growing concern in Congress, and Department of Agriculture researchers are awaiting the preliminary results of four trials of vaccines for poultry. Some lawmakers are warming to the idea of a vaccination campaign, long considered a fringe idea due to the cost and […]
Time for a real job: teen employment teaches responsibility and builds confidence
Do you remember your first “real” job? The one beyond babysitting or mowing lawns, where you actually earned a paycheck. What did that job teach you about customer service? About finances? About personal responsibility and employer expectations? For many of us, our earliest jobs built confidence and skills, while also helping us develop the experience […]
After passing gas tax increase, lawmakers to tackle long-term road funding
Indiana’s gas tax will continue to rise with inflation — up to one penny a year — while key figures gather for a long-term look at how the state funds its roads: inflation, electric vehicles, local road woes and all. The three-year extension of the annual tax hike, inserted into the state budget, comes alongside […]
Graduates, Indiana needs the answers to these questions
We gather here today to commend you graduates, to praise you, to congratulate you. That’s what commencement ceremonies are designed to accomplish. Right? It’s not just an event where people wear funny caps and creepy gowns in front of family members who are pre-scolded for their inevitable outbursts of celebratory noise when their graduate’s name […]
Indiana bills on birth control, speed cameras, military tax exemptions are latest to become law
Dozens of new bills were signed into law Monday by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, including those that will allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control, establish a pilot program for speed cameras in road work zones and exempt military members from paying state income taxes. The 68 bills passed during the 2023 legislative session — which came […]
The big wins — and some losses — of Indiana’s 2023 legislative session
Of the 1,154 bills filed, Indiana lawmakers approved 252 of those in the 2023 legislative session, with many still waiting for a final signature from the governor. The Republican-controlled General Assembly convened for 110 days, during which education, health care and taxes dominated much of the discourse. The highlight, however, was the passage of Indiana’s […]
Finding an unexpected $1.5 billion could mean an avalanche of investment
In his 2012 comedy special, “In This Economy?”, Gary Gulman discusses the thrill of finding a twenty-dollar bill in an old coat when he was dead broke. He remembers the find being such a big deal, it caused him to change his weekend plans. He even added the guacamole to his bowl at Chipotle the […]
With decarbonization, advocates see a bright future for nuclear after decades of dormancy
IDAHO FALLS, Id. — At the sprawling array of laboratories and test facilities in the southeastern Idaho desert where the U.S. nuclear power industry was born more than 70 years ago, past, present and future are converging. Not far from where the first reactor to ever produce usable electricity made history in 1951, Idaho National […]
Governor signs slew of bills, others incoming
A flurry of bills were signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb Thursday, bringing the total number of bills to reach his desk to 93. Even as he finished, lawmakers finalized another handful of bills as they near the legislative deadline. The 79 bills Holcomb signed touched nearly every aspect of Hoosier lives, from legalizing […]