One of the bills—which made the Senate Republican agenda—would require permits for projects that move significant amounts of water from one area of the state to another.

Leaders from the Senate Republicans outlined five priority bills addressing several high-profile issues, including rising property taxes and Medicaid costs.

The findings are consistent with a statewide water study released in August that concluded Indiana has a “plentiful” but unevenly distributed water supply.

Policymakers have proposed at least 12 bills seeking to create or adjust property tax credits or deductions and institute freezes.

The state's Medicaid program continues to increase in cost at a rate faster than state's revenue growth. It hit a tipping point last year when lawmakers learned about a $985 million shortfall in the…

The state will eventually recoup much of that investment when LEAP land is sold to tenants, officials from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said.

The board of the Indiana Public Retirement System unanimously voted to replace Black Rock as the provider of global inflation-linked bonds to the system.

Lawmakers are holding their collective breath in anticipation of Dec. 17 forecasts for tax receipts and Medicaid needs that will determine how they’ll proceed with writing the state’s next two-year…

The governor-elect's plans include creating a consolidated workforce development strategy and adding a new entrepreneurship office.

David Adams, a former state workforce development commissioner, will be Indiana’s next secretary of commerce in Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun’s administration, while current Secretary of Education…

Of the 147 people Braun chose to serve on his 12 transition councils, one in three are private-sector business leaders and two in three have not previously worked in state government, an IBJ analysis…