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The $151 million budget includes wage increases for Police, Fire, and Community and Family Resource Departments, new affordable housing units, annexation planning and more.

The state revealed an error Tuesday in the estimates lawmakers used to write the budget earlier this year.

Council members gave preliminary approval for parts of the budget package following initial hearings in August.

Funding for capitol campus security and post-tornado repairs also approved

Some parents are raising eyebrows at new school fees, but officials say they’re needed – and far lower than before.

A few key details were released about the project on Friday, but most of the deal is still under wraps.

The program applies to full-time employees who have worked for the city for at least 12 months and would reimburse them up to $2500 a year for educational expenses.

The new budget includes salary increases of up to three percent for IU employees. Inflation currently stands at four percent.  

Freshman Republican lawmaker Lorissa Sweet of Wabash alleged without evidence that the Institute’s founder Alfred Kinsey sexually abused children.

Turmoil over the state budget at the end of the 2023 session delivered another $312 million for K-12 schools as lawmakers gave final approval to the new two-year, $44.5 billion spending plan.