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Dec 20, 2024 · The new Big Ten is resulting in sharply higher carbon emissions BY: Shaun Chornobroff - December 23, 2024 Carbon dioxide emissions from Big Ten football team travel for regular-season conference games more than tripled in 2024 compared to 2023 after the addition of a quartet of West Coast schools, a Capital News Service analysis found.
Schoolhouse Rock, Indiana edition: How a bill becomes a law
1 day ago · A biennial budget of more than $40 billion is on the line come January, alongside hundreds of other proposals from Indiana lawmakers. Just a fraction become law. How do we get there? Some might call it organized chaos, but the legislative session has an established trajectory that begins with filing ...
Check out our top 10 stories of the year • Indiana Capital Chronicle
3 days ago · 9. Supercharging county public health. Also last year, lawmakers spent big on public health. After a yearlong analysis from the Governor’s Public Health Commission found that Indiana spends a paltry average of $55 per resident annually, they authorized $225 million over two years in optional funding for counties.. Whitney reported that nearly all counties opted into the first year of funding ...
Be warned: the 2025 legislative session has a ridiculously heavy …
Nov 15, 2024 · As I head into covering my 26 th regular legislative session, I have never seen such a behemoth load of major issues on the agenda.. The number of fiscal decisions to be made is staggering. Then add in major topics such as health care costs, child care needs and utility proposals and it could be one of the more momentous I have covered in my career.
What to expect in the final hours before Indiana's first execution ...
Dec 17, 2024 · Barring a last-minute intervention by Indiana’s governor, death row inmate Joseph Corcoran will die in less than 24 hours, before sunrise Wednesday. The convicted murderer is currently being held at the Indiana State Prison, located in Michigan City. The execution will be the first in 15 years ...
With one week (we think) left to go, here are some issues hanging …
Mar 4, 2024 · A Senate chamber vote is also expected Monday for House Bill 1001.The work-based learning proposal — which builds off a massive 2023 bill that put in motion statewide career-centered education and training programs — would expand career scholarships accounts (CSAs) for training and apprenticeships, rather than traditional college degrees. If passed, the bill still needs final approval from ...
Lawmakers hint at road funding changes • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Dec 19, 2024 · It appears all funding options are on the table as budget heads and other lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Indiana General Assembly to boost transportation infrastructure investment at the state and local levels. The two-year panel — the Funding Indiana’s Roads for a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow ...
Lawmakers get first glimpse of budget asks
Nov 13, 2024 · Indiana’s State Budget Committee on Tuesday kicked off its first hearing for the upcoming 2026 and 2027 fiscal years. Lawmakers are set to file an initial vision for the $40 billion-plus biennial budget in January.
Indiana governor candidates discuss absenteeism, literacy, and …
Oct 24, 2024 · Braun: Invest in career scholarship programs, support extracurricular exploration, and reward schools for graduating students prepared to excel in their career, college, or the military.. Q: School attendance in Indiana is improving, but remains below pre-pandemic levels. Lawmakers have passed and proposed a variety of solutions to absenteeism, including meetings with families to identify ...