Indiana lawmakers pass budget bill, adjourn 2025 session

Indiana Statehouse update: Final budget deal, health care costs, partisan school boards

The 2025 session of the Indiana General Assembly ended on April 25.(Brandon Smith / IPB News) Here's what you might have missed this week at the Statehouse. HEA 1001: State budget Republican leaders said they started closing the revenue shortfall by making cuts and then turned to a $2 per pack cigarette tax increase to finish closing the gap. Cuts in HEA 1001 include reducing local public health funding down to $40 million a year — from $150 mil…

Ken de la Bastide column: How will legislation impact Hoosiers?

Now that the Indiana Legislature has concluded the 2025 session, it will be interesting to see how their actions will impact Hoosiers.

What the balanced budget is costing local health departments and organizations

A balanced state budget is headed to Indiana Governor Mike Braun's desk after lawmakers ended the 2025 session early Friday morning. Balancing the budget comes at a cost to many state programs.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun set to have total control over IU Board of Trustees selection

The governor will be able to appoint all nine spots on the board.

Republicans finalize $44 billion budget

INDIANAPOLIS — With the passage of a new $44 billion budget for the next biennium Thursday night, this session of the Indiana Legislature is over.

Legislature Passes Budget, Adjourns – WRBI Radio

(Statehouse) – Indiana lawmakers wrapped up the 2025 session after midnight Friday, approving a two-year state budget worth $45 billion. The budget, House Enrolled Act 1001, remains about the same size as the last one, even though the state now expects to bring in $2.4 billion less over the next two years. To help make up the difference, lawmakers more than doubled the cigarette tax, raising it to $2 per pack. They also increased taxes on cigars,