By HILLARY CHERRY Press Secretary, Sen. Ryan Mishler Sen. Ryan Mishler has announced the passage of a new state budget that provides significant funding increases for K-12 education. The Indiana budget passed by the Indiana General Assembly is honestly balanced, focused on funding Indiana’s most important needs and creating a strong foundation for our economic …read more.

The monthly revenue report for March, along with commentary from Budget Director Brian Bailey, has been posted on the State Budget Agency webpage. The report can be found here: http://www.in.gov/sba/2631.htm. Data on March revenues can also be found on the MPH website here: http://in.gov/mph/staterevenue.html. Results include: State general fund revenues for March were $1,037.2 million, …read more.

It has been an honor to serve as the State Representative for the people of House District 22. We have spent the last eight weeks debating bills, and now we are at the halfway point where the bills that have passed through the House move over to the Senate and the Senate bills come to …read more.

The monthly revenue report of August 2012 state tax collections was released today and it shows a loss for Indiana. State general revenues totaled $948 million, $16 million (-1.7%) below target and $19 million (-2.0%) below collections for the same period last year. Sales tax collections totaled $560 million for the month, $6 million (+1.0%) …read more.

Indiana general revenue for July was $44 million above expectations and around $100 million higher than the same period a year earlier, according to the monthly revenue report of July 2012 state tax collections. The Indiana State Budget Agency says general revenues still need to increase less than 2.2 percent to meet the full fiscal …read more.