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Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a complex 50-page bill Thursday that would provide some property tax relief for homeowners amid rapidly rising tax bills — but largely not until 2024. House Bill 1499 could save homeowners across Indiana more than $100 million in 2024, according to a fiscal analysis performed by the Legislative Services Agency. But …

Sen. Michael Crider spent months advocating for a boost of at least $100 million per year to transform Indiana’s struggling mental health system.  The Greenfield Republican’s companion bill to the state budget garnered nearly unanimous support and earned the coveted Senate Bill 1 spot, usually reserved for Senate Republicans’ top priority. Then in the thick …

A bill that will eliminate most competition for the ownership and maintenance of regional transmission lines was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday, handing a major win to the investor-owned electric utility companies that sought its passage. The bill had been the center of a fight among business interests with deep pockets …

The Chinatown area of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, was long a Democratic stronghold. The party’s candidates would often receive more than 70 percent of the vote there. Last year, however, the neighborhood underwent a political transformation. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican incumbent, beat Beto O’Rourke among Asian voters, 52 percent to 46 percent, and …

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Over the past decade, a liberal faction within America’s colleges and universities, corporate America and the media has promoted goals of diversity, equity and inclusion, endorsed regulations restricting “harmful speech,” encouraged the ostracization of dissenters and sought to grant enhanced status …

The Gist Monday marked a critical deadline for state lawmakers — the last opportunity for dozens of bills to pass at least one chamber in the Georgia General Assembly. “Crossover Day,” as it’s known, this year featured a cavalcade of bills receiving rapid-fire discussion, debate and votes, one after the other, from morning to almost …

Andrea Hunley and her teenage daughter stared at the rock climbing wall. Its red handholds snaked more than 10 feet into the air, but for two amateur climbers, the distance may as well have stretched five times that. “I’m really bad at it, but it’s also really good to try something new,” Hunley, 38, told …

The $44 billion state budget has several provisions that will impact Hoosiers, including school voucher expansion, faster tax cuts, and more health resources.