With Indiana's state tax collections surging, a top Republican legislator is looking at possible significant changes to the state sales tax and cutting property taxes for some businesses.

Speaker Brian Bosma said in a statement Thursday that House Ways and Means Chairman Tim Brown is in therapy and continues to improve.

House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) was on a motorcycle trip in northern Michigan when he struck an SUV that pulled out in front of him.

Task force co-chair Sen. Luke Kenley says he wants members of the task force to be in a position to "say anything they want to say" as the recommendation is being developed.

House Ways and Means Chair Tim Brown says the tax cut, which would be spread out over the next 10 years, would balance out his caucus' road funding bill.

Indiana's sales tax revenues have underperformed this fiscal year and a new revenue forecast predicts the state won't collect as much as previously predicted.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation will soon decide which regions are awarded money through the Regional Cities Initiative; and lawmakers could decide this coming session whether more money will be given out.