Indiana Taxpayers Would Foot the Bill for a Redistricting Special Session. What It Would Cost

Any redistricting special session must have legitimate basis beyond politics

The Indiana Statehouse fountain on July 8, 2025. (Niki Kelly/Indiana Capital Chronicle)I certainly didn’t have Indiana embroiled in a debate over new congressional maps on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are. My unsolicited advice to Republicans considering the likely unprecedented move: make the case. Give me population and demographic data that shows the maps must change immediately and then convince me how it will help Hoosiers. Not how it he…

Indiana taxpayers would foot the bill for a redistricting special session. What it would cost

Every day state lawmakers meet, taxpayers foot their bills. Here's what that could add up to if they meet to redistrict, as President Trump requested.