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Analysis: Latest Indiana budget drops spending 7% — with cuts ‘telling’Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana’s latest biennial budget — the first under new Gov. Mike Braun — effectively lowers state spending by 7% after inflation and an across-the-board holdback policy, the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute found in a Monday budget analysis. The $54.6 billion House Enrolled Act 1001, approved in May, spends 3% more than its $53 billion predecessor from 2023. But the state’s spending power has sunk 5% since then. And, the Office of Management and Budget was authorized to make the State Budget Agency withhold an additional 5% from what most agencies were allotted. Those two factors will “result in a dramatic decrease in actual spending” compared to the last budget, according to the independent, Indianapolis-based institute. Some agencies will feel the strain more than others. | Survey identifies employer roadblocks for work-based learning for students, adultsIndiana Capital Chronicle August 21, 2025 Hoosier employers want to work with students and adult learners seeking on-the-job training, according to a recent survey, but few take advantage because they don’t have the time, capacity or funds. The newly released results from a summertime survey conducted by Chamberlin/Dunn, LLC on behalf of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, included 348 employers across 62 counties and 17 industries. Both Ivy Tech Community College and the Indiana Chamber Research Foundation supported the study, which had both small employers with less than 50 employees and larger employers with over 1,000 employees. “We know that employer demand for workers continues to outpace Indiana’s supply of Hoosiers looking for work, leading to policy makers in the state to create robust youth and adult work-based learning and other talent development programming,” said Stephanie Wells, the president of IFPI. “This research was conducted, in part, to determine if that employer demand for talent translates into a willingness on the part of employers to participate in these programs.” |
