Gov. Mike Braun said he doesn't like that Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith recently called the Three-Fifths Compromise a "great move."

Gov. Mike Braun said his first 100 days in office has been a "wonderful opening act" while reflecting Wednesday on a legislative session in which the state budget saw major cuts and property tax reform that didn't go as far as Braun wanted.

Indiana First Lady Maureen Braun is launching a fundraising initiative to keep the Dolly Parton Imagination Library going statewide. It comes more than two months after Gov. Mike Braun tasked his wife with keeping the program alive.

Indiana's major property tax reform is already changing as lawmakers made tweaks on the final night of the legislative session.

Lawmakers finish the 2025 session with a state budget that covers a massive revenue shortfall. A measure meant to address high health care costs goes to the governor. And school board races will turn partisan under a narrowly-approved bill.

The two top priority bills this legislative session will have huge impacts on the financial futures of state and local governments, and many Indiana residents.

Following a series of internal investigations into the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Braun administration is launching a forensic audit. Secretary of Commerce David Adams said there are enough questions that a "comprehensive look" is necessary.

A bill to let utilities bypass some local laws to build new power plants on the site of old ones barely made it to the governor's desk. Debates over local control are likely what led the bill to pass through the House on Thursday by only one vote.

A significantly scaled-back bill that aims to ban diversity, equity and inclusion practices in state government and public education is headed to the governor's desk.

Republican leaders plan to make up a $2 billion budget revenue shortfall by raising the cigarette tax, cutting public health and higher education funding, and spending down reserves.