Torchbearer Public Affairs in the News
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Indiana lawmakers compromise on Republican priority bill to define and ban antisemitism
Despite previous opposition, representatives from the Hoosier Jewish community gave approval for the final version of House Bill 1002.
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Viewpoint: Could Indiana be the Crossroads of an Electrified America?
America is changing the way it drives, and Indiana is sitting in the driver’s seat. Our state will soon be home to thousands of new, good-paying jobs and record investment in electric vehicle and component production facilities at a moment when EVs are poised to take off.
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Midwest taps dueling strategies to supercharge renewables
Illinois and Indiana are separated by more than a state line, time zones and which political party dominates state government. The Midwest neighbors have also taken opposite tacks to enable more renewable energy development.
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Indiana lawmakers reach bipartisan agreement in bill labeling antisemitism discrimination
Indiana lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement on a contentious bill that condemns antisemitism as discrimination in educational settings in what will likely be the final hours of the legislative session Friday.
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Guest opinion: Keeping an eye on policy, not politics
The presidential election may be the talk of D.C. and the media, but this is also a busy time of the year for federal policy conversations for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
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Indiana lawmakers pass bill defining antisemitism, with compromises
Indiana lawmakers came to a compromise Friday to pass a bill defining antisemitism in state education code. The bill — meant to address antisemitism on college campuses — stalled this month amid persistent disagreement between lawmakers in the legislative session’s final days.
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Indiana weighs how to best manage transition from coal to renewable energy
Indiana is confronting a complicated choice faced by a number of U.S. states: whether to close coal plants in favor of advancing renewable energy or to keep them open to support jobs.
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Lawmakers reach compromise on antisemitism measure, send to governor’s desk
A bill to define and ban antisemitism in state public education institutions is headed to the governor’s desk.
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Other states outpacing Indiana in expansion of preschool funding
Preschool matters. A National Research Council report says that until a child reaches kindergarten age, his or her learning development “proceeds at a pace exceeding that of any subsequent stage of life.”
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Large Indiana employers asking utilities for `green tariffs’
Several of Indiana’s major employers want their local utilities to make it easier for them to buy power generated by wind and solar farms so they can move closer to their renewable energy goals.
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Indiana Lawmakers Pass Bill Defining Antisemitism, With Compromises
Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code.