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‘I want to live now’: Indiana death row inmate makes clemency plea ahead of execution
Jeffrey Weisheit, scheduled for execution on Nov. 5, asked Indiana’s parole board at a clemency hearing to let him serve life in prison. Board members questioned him about the killings of two young children and whether he could safely serve a life sentence.
Read at Indiana Capital Chronicle ↗Increases in farm building assessments fuel calls to revisit Indiana’s property valuation system
Indiana Farm Bureau representatives told a legislative study committee that updated state cost tables have raised assessed values of barns, grain bins and livestock buildings before next year’s tax bills. They said similar buildings are assessed differently across county lines and asked lawmakers to address it.
Read at Indiana Capital Chronicle ↗Ballard sues to force Indiana Election Commission to act on complaints
Lincoln Party secretary of state candidate Greg Ballard sued to make the Indiana Election Commission rule before Nov. 3 on four pending campaign finance complaints, two against Republican Max Engling and two against Democrat Beau Bayh.
Read at Indiana Capital Chronicle ↗Lawmakers at odds over childcare funding and capacity
At a legislative study committee, lawmakers debated whether loosening childcare regulations, such as classroom ratios and training rules, or increasing funding is the better way to expand Indiana’s childcare supply.
Read at WFYI ↗Report finds tax abatements may not be effective. Republicans aren't so sure
A report from Indiana’s Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis found little evidence that tax abatements on their own lead businesses to locate in an area. Lawmakers on an interim study committee disagreed sharply over the findings.
Read at WFYI ↗As deadline approaches for FEMA disaster assistance, officials urge residents to take action
Nearly 60,000 Hoosiers have applied for aid since August storms and flooding, state officials said, and the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance is Oct. 25. Applications: 1-800-621-3362 or disasterassistance.gov.
Read at WFYI ↗Indiana approves AES plan to power Google data center in Monrovia
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a $737.3 million AES Indiana plan, including solar and battery storage, to serve a Google data center in Morgan County, the first filed under a 2025 law on large electricity users. AES says Google will pay the costs; the Citizens Action Coalition objected to existing customers being assigned a share of upgrade costs.
Read at WFYI ↗AI giants, labor unions propose guardrails for Indiana data centers
A national coalition of AI companies, labor unions and investors, the American Infrastructure Alliance, launched an Indiana campaign for standards on new data centers, such as large users paying their own electricity costs, while opposing local moratoriums.
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