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E-News 11-21-25 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Indiana Senate Republicans reject redistricting push; won't convene in December Indiana Senate Republicans announced they will not reconvene in December for a special session on congressional redistricting, citing insufficient votes to move forward. The decision follows calls from President Trump and Gov. Mike Braun for lawmakers to redraw the state’s U.S. House map ahead of the 2026 election cycle. The canceled session also delays planned updates to Indiana’s tax code that were tied to the proposed special session. The announcement prompted statements from...
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E-News 11-14-25 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CFPB proposes streamlining small-business data collection rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing revisions to its small-business lending data rule to scale back the scope of data collection, saying that adopting a “longer-term” approach that allows for the future addition of more data points would be the best way to enforce the regulation. Read more CFPB proposes changes to fair lending enforcement The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to remove disparate impact from its enforcement of the Equal Credit...
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E-News 11-7-25 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Bowman: Regulation preventing banks from engaging in economic innovations The economy has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis, but regulation is holding back banks from fully engaging with those changes, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said. Read more Inspector general report finds CFPB cybersecurity lacking The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s procedures for securing its information systems have deteriorated in recent months, and the issue has been made worse by the loss of contractor resources...
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E-News 10-31-25 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Gov. Braun calls special session Indiana Governor Mike Braun called for a special session of the Indiana General Assembly to begin Nov. 3. Gov. Braun cited redistricting and updating Indiana state tax code to reflect tax law changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill as the grounds for calling a special session. Indiana lawmakers have 40 days from the date of the beginning of the special session to conclude all legislative work; however, there is no requirement that lawmakers must begin on the date that the special session was called. The Indiana General Assembly...
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