INDIANAPOLIS- The State Budget Committee heard testimony today that the state's revenue is an unprecedented $3.3 billion above forecasts for the current budget cycle. The state will have reserves of $5.1 billion for this fiscal year and $4.1 billion in the next fiscal year. Senator [...]
INDIANAPOLIS- Indiana has seen a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks, reaching numbers that we haven’t seen in nearly a year. Concurrently, Statehouse Republicans announced their priority legislation that would directly oppose the wishes of businesses and healthcare leaders, even as [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—On Thursday, Senator Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis) introduced two amendments to the redistricting proposal, House Bill 1581, that would have responded to requests from Hoosiers to take politics out of the redistricting process. His first proposal would have changed the Republican proposed Senate map to one [...]
Word Count: 823 As a member of the Senate Elections Committee, I participated in hearings across the state and listened to Hoosiers about why they deeply care about a fair redistricting process. Their message was very clear – an external citizens redistricting commission should draw [...]
INDIANAPOLIS- Senate Elections Committee Ranking Minority Member Senator JD Ford (D-Indianapolis), and Minority Member Senator Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis), released the following statement prior to the first Senate Elections Committee redistricting meeting: "Redistricting plays a huge role in how communities across Indiana are represented in Congress [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — Today members of the Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus issued the following statement criticizing Attorney General Todd Rokita for releasing a “parents bill of rights” that not only has no legal standing, but also criticizes our state educators’ efforts to bring a more diverse [...]