New Illinois casinos could bust Indiana's budget

INDIANAPOLIS | The ink is barely dry on Indiana's two-year state budget legislation, but the potential for new Illinois casinos is threatening to throw the Hoosier spending and tax cut plan out of balance.

April state revenue tops prior year's total

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue rebounded last month following a disappointing February and March that saw Indiana's tax receipts dip below 2012 levels.

EDITORIAL: Gambling on host communities' future

Indiana lawmakers are up to their elbows in surgery on casino taxes. They must remember as they do so that the reason for allowing casinos in Indiana in the first place was to benefit the host communities.

Region governments lose money under revised gaming proposal

INDIANAPOLIS | Casino tax revenue paid to Northwest Indiana communities would be cut under legislation amended and approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.

Rogers rolls the dice for Gary land-based casino

INDIANAPOLIS | State Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, is betting she can make Gary economic development legislation more palatable by rolling her proposal for a land-based casino into another gaming measure moving through the Senate.

State revenue tops forecast for third month in a row

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue in November beat expectations for the third straight month, pushing Indiana's surplus to $80 million for the 2013 budget year that began in July.

Hoosiers on pace for second automatic taxpayer refund

INDIANAPOLIS | Indiana ended the first quarter of its budget year Sunday with more revenue than expected and is on track for another annual surplus, state budget officials announced Friday.

State revenue beats target

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue continued to exceed expectations last month, even after budget officials boosted their revenue projections based on improved economic conditions.

State revenue beats estimate again

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue last month once again topped expectations, bringing in $10 million more than predicted by budget forecasters.

State beats revenue goal despite lackluster gaming taxes

INDIANAPOLIS | Total state revenue last month once again beat the state's revenue forecast even as Indiana's gaming tax revenue continued to slump.

Budget director warns of possible drop in state revenue

INDIANAPOLIS | State revenue for the first quarter of Indiana's budget year exceeded expectations by $67 million, but a top state finance official isn't cheering.

State revenue continues to improve

INDIANAPOLIS | February state revenue was up 12.3 percent compared with last February and came in $5 million higher than predicted by the latest state revenue forecast, according to a report released Wednesday by the State Budget Agency.