state budget

Legislators were faced with a $2 billion revenue shortfall in the new budget. They filled it with a $2 per pack cigarette tax hike, major cuts to higher education and public health, and defunding things like public broadcasting and trails.

Workforce development leaders in Indiana say potential state budget cuts could threaten the future of programs that support students.

Republican budget architects said they made “a lot of progress” over the weekend crafting a state budget that takes into account $2 billion less in revenue than previously thought.

The state revenue forecast unveiled Wednesday is the worst since at least the Great Recession.

The Senate Republican budget proposal was unveiled Thursday.

The proposed state budget for 2025-2027 does not allocate any funding to the Next Level Trails program.

The move to deny pay raises comes as statewide elected officials will receive substantial hikes starting in January.

Rep. Ed DeLaney, of Indianapolis, outlined a new fiscal analysis on school funding.

Indiana's 2025 fiscal year began on a positive note, about $30 million ahead of the budget plan.

Indiana ended its fiscal year with a $421 million surplus, by far the lowest margin in the post-pandemic era — an era when, up to now, the state had been awash in federal pandemic funding.