Citations, Legislation & Source Directory
Every claim on this site should be easy to check. Below is every statute, bill, and public record we've cited, with direct links to the original source.
Small modular nuclear reactors.
Site Claim Reference: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR) Financial Recovery Act. Referenced in our Accountability Files regarding shifting the financial risk of experimental nuclear reactor construction onto ratepayers.
Housing matters.
Site Claim Reference: Municipal Permit Fees & Fire Safety Codes. Referenced in our Accountability Files regarding the freezing of local municipal permit/impact fees and prohibiting local fire safety codes from requiring arc-fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs) in multifamily housing.
Electric generation.
Site Claim Reference: Electric Generation Task Force & Coal Unit Retirement Notification Act. Referenced in our analysis of utility ratepayer lock-in. Imposed mandatory IURC review and certification hurdles before investor-owned utilities can retire legacy coal generation plants.
IURC Public Dockets.
Site Claim Reference: Regional Utility Rate Increase Trajectory Data (+24% Average). Primary data source for the Household Utility Calculator. Aggregates multi-year residential base rate increase petitions filed by regional monopoly electric and gas providers across southern Indiana dockets.
Legislative Lobbying.
Site Claim Reference: Lobbyist Registration, Gift Disclosures & Reporting Thresholds. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding statutory disclosure requirements for legislative hospitality, entertainment, and lobbyist activity reporting.
Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures.
Site Claim Reference: District 78 PAC Donor Contribution Disclosures. Primary verification source for all campaign donation figures cited in the Accountability Brief regarding utility PACs, energy conglomerates, and corporate lobbying committees.
Fire and building safety commissions.
Site Claim Reference: Fire and Building Safety Commission Restructuring Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding real estate developer influence. Restructured the Indiana Fire and Building Safety Commission by altering professional membership requirements and replacing independent safety experts with apartment-industry representatives.
State Budget.
Site Claim Reference: Choice Scholarship Program Expansion & Public School Distribution. Referenced in our Education Priorities regarding the diversion of general fund tuition support away from rural public school corporations toward universal private voucher eligibility.
Public school corporations.
Site Claim Reference: Public Education Dissolution & Operational Asset Transfer Mandate. Referenced in Accountability Files regarding legislation co-authored to mandate the operational dissolution and administrative liquidation of public school districts when student voucher or charter usage exceeds 50%.
Minimum wage.
Site Claim Reference: State Minimum Wage Baseline & Local Government Wage Preemption. Referenced in our Working Family Economic Relief priority regarding Indiana's $7.25/hr wage floor and state statutory preemption preventing cities and counties from enacting local living wage standards.
State budget.
Site Claim Reference: State Biennial Budget & K-12 Public School Funding Formula Act. Referenced in our World-Class Schools priority and fiscal analysis regarding state general fund allocations, categorical grants for rural school districts, and the shifting ratio of tuition support toward private school vouchers.
Various tax matters.
Site Claim Reference: Utility Receipts Tax Repeal & Road Funding Acts. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding the legislative repeal of the 1.46% Utility Receipts Tax (URT), promoted as consumer relief ahead of $80M CenterPoint base rate increases, as well as state infrastructure fuel excise tax measures.
Local government regulation of energy.
Site Claim Reference: Local Energy Preemption & Utility Source Choice Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility monopoly lobbying that preempted local municipalities from establishing clean energy transition standards.
Electric vehicles and electricity pricing.
Site Claim Reference: Utility Energy Infrastructure & Public Tariff Tariffs Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility rate base expansion tariffs for public infrastructure projects.
Carbon sequestration projects.
Site Claim Reference: Carbon Sequestration Pilot Projects & Utility Underground Storage Act. Referenced in the Accountability Files regarding utility carbon capture projects, pore space property rights, and shifting long-term storage liability to Indiana taxpayers.
Isolated wetlands.
Site Claim Reference: State Isolated Wetlands Deregulation & Watershed Management Act. Referenced in our Environmental & Watershed Accountability investigations regarding developer lobbying to repeal state Class I and Class II isolated wetlands protections across Southwest Indiana floodplains.
Assessed value deductions.
Site Claim Reference: Property Tax Assessment Relief, Homestead Deductions & Circuit Breakers. Referenced in our Working Family Economic Relief agenda addressing runaway residential property tax re-assessments affecting middle-class families and fixed-income seniors across District 78.
Access to public records.
Site Claim Reference: Indiana Access to Public Records Act & Government Transparency. Primary statutory framework underlying our Open Government and Accountability Files, asserting the public right to inspect legislative schedules, lobbyist meetings, and state agency expenditures.
General school powers.
Site Claim Reference: Local Public School Corporation Governance & Educator Autonomy. Referenced in our World-Class Schools priority defending local school board decision-making and protecting teachers from unfunded administrative state mandates.