by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 18, 2026 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday said he wants the state’s top ratepayer advocate to ask regulators to reconsider their decision to allow a $71 million increase for AES Indiana customers. “Yesterday’s decision by the (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission) to allow another rate increase by…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 16, 2026 A five-hole mini-golf course featuring Indiana mainstays like farming and motorsports will be the state’s exhibit at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., later this month. Gov. Mike Braun played on the course Monday at the Indiana State Museum and lauded the state’s “entrepreneurial spirit,”…
by Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle (Cover photo by Casey Smith as well)June 15, 2026 The Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board accepted Dubois County Sheriff Thomas Kleinhelter’s voluntary relinquishment of his certification Monday — but the action does not remove the embattled sheriff from his office. Kleinhelter will serve as county sheriff without the law…
by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 12, 2026 Prominent Republican leaders joined Democrats, religious leaders and devout Hoosiers at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday to condemn faith-based discrimination — a response to anti-Islam comments Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith made last month, including calling the religion a “demonic death cult.” “In recent weeks, words have…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 11, 2026 CORYDON, Ind. — Over 200 years since being drafted, Indiana’s first constitution is back home. The state’s original handwritten constitution will be housed temporarily at the Corydon home of Indiana’s third governor, William Hendricks. Gov. Mike Braun visited it Wednesday, as well as the stump of the…
by Jack Forrest, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 8, 2026 Legislation to restrict Indiana’s primary elections to registered members of their respective parties stalled the last two sessions. But a Republican state senate candidate’s push for a recount because of alleged “crossover voting” by Democrats has breathed life into the campaign for closed primaries in Indiana. A…
by Mackenzi Klemann and Tom Davies, Indiana Capital Chronicle June 3, 2026 Gov. Mike Braun extended an emergency order Wednesday suspending Indiana’s gasoline taxes for another 30 days. The suspension of the 62.5 cents per gallon of taxes that would otherwise be collected has contributed to Indiana having the nation’s lowest statewide average pump prices….
I filled up my gas tank in Indiana last week at $4.29 per gallon. That would’ve cost me $4.95 per gallon if Gov. Mike Braun had not suspended Indiana’s excise (per gallon) tax and sales tax. So, like most consumers, I was grateful for it. Indiana has a large set of rainy-day funds totaling about…
by Cathy Melton, Indiana Capital ChronicleJune 1, 2026 Cathy Melton is executive director of the Indiana Food and Fuel Association. The trade association represents independent small businesses operating in Indiana’s petroleum, convenience, and food retail industry. Given the recent increase in gas prices, along with the announcement by our Attorney General that more than 30…
by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle May 27, 2026 Indiana Gov. Mike Braun plans to push lawmakers on property tax relief in the next legislative session, particularly for older adults who’ve paid off their mortgages. “Once you get to 65, maybe you ought to have some relief from your own government to not have…
