Republican legislative leaders say it's "critically important" that Governor Eric Holcomb support their charge to raise taxes for road funding.

Roads task force co-chair Luke Kenley says indexing fuel taxes may not be a foregone conclusion.

Republican Senate President Pro Tem David Long said Monday the state's gasoline tax should be indexed to increase with inflation. But he was noncommittal about what other steps lawmakers should take.

Rodney Tyms-Bey has argued that the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act allows him to argue that paying his state taxes is a burden on his religion. He owes about $1,000.

October marks eight consecutive months in which the state's collections have failed to meet expectations.

The state is now 1.5 percent off the mark through the first two months of the 2017 fiscal year.

Individual income tax revenue was better than expected, but corporate income tax and sales tax revenues were below projections in July.

Indiana is riding a poor streak heading into the last month of the current fiscal year. The state's tax collections have fallen short of the mark three months in a row.

The April 18 deadline to pay income tax has come and gone, but taxpayers who missed the deadline aren't off the hook.

The Indiana Department of Revenue is continuing to offer free federal and state filing to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $62,000 or less.