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The Big Property Tax Bill Also Reforms the Local Income Tax
The governor signed Senate Bill 1 into law on April 15, 2025. This is the bill that was...
Digital Transformation Team Set to Launch Digital Education Programming
The Digital Transformation Team (DTT) has been working to provide digital education programming...
The Indiana Property Tax: It’s Complicated
The Indiana property tax is complicated. Each spring the county treasurer reminds us just how...
Property Tax Reform: What’s Going on in the Room Where it Happens?
The Indiana General Assembly is debating property tax reform. Senate Bill 1 is a focus of the...
Property Taxes on Farmland May Be Reformed
Property taxes on farmland went up a lot in 2023 and 2024. They’ll be going up a lot in...
Scrooge and Malthus
It’s a strange line, though. There’s a “surplus population”? Great...