‘Tough decisions to make’: Indiana lawmakers discuss $2.4 billion budget shortfall

Hoosiers make last-ditch appeals before budget panel

INDIANAPOLIS — A Monday budget conference committee revealed little new information about ongoing negotiations between Republican caucuses, though a bicameral, bipartisan group heard roughly half an hour of public testimony.

State Lawmakers Scrambling After Projected Budget Shortfall – WRBI Radio

(Statehouse) – Last week, a new budget forecast showed a possible $2.4 billion shortfall over the next two years, sending state lawmakers scrambling to see what can be cut and to make a plan that would cut as few of the services you may use, as possible. “The thing that we want to protect and hold to the longest is to try and protect K-12. That’s a big priority for everyone,” said House Speaker Todd Huston. But, that may be difficult to accompli…

Hoosiers make last-ditch appeal before budget conference committee

A budget conference committee revealed little new information about ongoing negotiations between Republican caucuses, though a bicameral, bipartisan group heard roughly half an hour of public testimony.

‘Tough decisions to make’: Indiana lawmakers discuss $2.4 billion budget shortfall

INDIANAPOLIS — With roughly a week to go before the General Assembly has to end the 2025 legislative session by law, lawmakers have not yet announced a concrete plan to address a $2.4 billion budget shortfall. Republican leadership on the HB 1001 conference committee said Monday that they had made progress over the weekend on their budget re-evaluation, but did not go into much detail (save how K-12 education cuts would be their last resort). “W…

How Indiana Lawmakers Could Tackle Budget Woes

STATEHOUSE–Last week a new budget forecast showed a possible $2.4 billion shortfall over the next two years, sending state lawmakers scrambling to see what can be cut and to make a plan that would cut as few of the services you may use, as possible. “The thing that we want to protect and hold to the longest is to try and protect K-12. That’s a big priority for everyone,” said House Speaker Todd Huston. But, that may be difficult to accomplish, s…

Political analysts: K-12 cuts unlikely as lawmakers face revenue gap

By GARRETT BERGQUIST WISH-TV | wishtv.com Two members of Indiana’s best political team on Friday said they suspect lawmakers will find a way to avoid cutting K-12 funding to close a revenue gap. State lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon learned they are now projected to have $2.4 billion less to work with between now and the end of the 2027 budget year than they thought. The legislature’s top budget writers said all options are on the table in term…