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Image Info: Representative Jim Pressel, Rolling Prairie (R) Representative Carey Hamilton, Indianapolis (D) Representative Ed Soliday, Valparaiso (R) Representative Wendy Dant Chesser, Jeffersonville (D)
Infrastructure
March 28, 2025
Do you call it a chuckhole or a pothole? A much tougher question: how do you pay to fill them all? Legislators look at a variety of funding options to satisfy Indiana’s growing need for infrastructure investment. From taxes to toll roads to targeted delivery fees, lawmakers try to find solutions that will keep Hoosiers on the road without widespread outcry about the cost.
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Higher Education
March 21, 2025
Indiana’s public colleges and universities are balancing autonomy and the legislature’s...
Energy
March 14, 2025
Indiana is coal country. But is that changing? Learn about the state’s energy future...
Indiana Lawmakers Episode 4408 - Halftime Report
February 28, 2025
Experts analyze the first eight weeks of the legislative session and the debates that lie ahead....
Indiana Lawmakers Episode 4407 - Healthcare
February 21, 2025
Legislators on both sides of the aisle have made the reduction of healthcare costs a top priority....
Indiana Lawmakers Episode 4406 - Education
February 14, 2025
Our panel discusses funding, access, and deregulation in education.
Governor Braun
February 7, 2025
Indiana’s Governor, Republican Mike Braun, talks about immigration, January 6th, DEI...
DEI or MEI
January 31, 2025
The governor changes DEI—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to MEI—Merit, Excellence,...
The 2025 Budget
January 24, 2025
The state budgeting process is, as they say, complicated. Host Jon Schwantes, sits down with...
Legislative Leadership part II
January 17, 2025
Host Jon Schwantes welcomes House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate Pro Tem Rodric Bray along...
Legislative Leadership Part I
January 10, 2025
Host Jon Schwantes speaks with Indiana's legislative Leadership, Speaker Todd Huston, Senate...
Session Review
March 22, 2024
As always, the last word on Indiana's legislative session goes to the people who follow it...
Caucus Leaders
March 15, 2024
At the outset of the 2024 short session, the leadership of Republican supermajorities predicted...
Higher Education
March 8, 2024
This month, "March Madness" might not necessarily refer to basketball, but to the...
Environment and Energy
March 1, 2024
Green comes in many shades, but they don't always go together. Take, for example, the seeming...
Elections
February 23, 2024
What's to blame for Indiana's nation-low voter turnout? We look for answers with Sen. J.D....
AI and Data
February 16, 2024
In an about-face from previous sessions, this year Hoosier lawmakers have shifted their focus...
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