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ALEC Policy Champions Highlight the National Debt as a Threat to National Security

ALEC Policy Champions Highlight the National Debt as a Threat to National Security ALEC is honored to recognize Rep. Timothy O’Brien, Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla, and Governor Mike Braun for their leadership in the unanimous passage of HR28 in the Indiana House of Representatives, which recognizes the seriousness of the U.S. national debt and its threat […]

Indiana and the ALEC-Backed National Debt Denunciation: Jonathan Williams in Indiana Capital Chronicle

Indiana and the ALEC-Backed National Debt Denunciation: Jonathan Williams in Indiana Capital Chronicle The Indiana Capital Chronicle covered Monday’s press conference in Indianapolis on the urgency of fixing the national debt. Featured speakers included Gov. Mike Braun, State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla, ALEC President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams, and others. Nieshalla recalled asking Jonathan Williams, the president […]

Indiana Capital Chronicle – Indiana leaders push ALEC-backed national debt denunciation

Indiana Capital Chronicle – Indiana leaders push ALEC-backed national debt denunciation Hoosier leaders gathered Monday to highlight their latest legislative call for a solution to the nation’s ballooning debt — with the support of an influential right-wing policy group. “We have become a model of fiscal responsibility, but we are vulnerable to the rapidly dissolving […]

WOWO EXCLUSIVE – Comptroller Elise Nieshalla – Federal Debt is a National Security Issue

WOWO EXCLUSIVE – Comptroller Elise Nieshalla – Federal Debt is a National Security Issue FORT WAYNE, IND. (WOWO) Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla joined Kayla Blakeslee on Fort Wayne’s Morning News to outline Indiana’s leadership role in what she calls a growing national movement to address America’s $38 trillion national debt. “Indiana, of all the states, Indiana is taking the lead right […]

Indiana State Leaders to Highlight Significance of National Debt Resolutions

Indiana State Leaders to Highlight Significance of National Debt Resolutions STATEHOUSE – Governor Mike Braun and Indiana State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla will host a press conference with legislative leaders to highlight Indiana’s role in growing a state‑driven movement to raise awareness about the $38 trillion national debt through resolutions that recognize its serious risk to America’s […]

WOWO: Indiana Closes 2025 with $676 Million Surplus, AAA Credit Rating Maintained

WOWO: Indiana Closes 2025 with $676 Million Surplus, AAA Credit Rating Maintained INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO) Indiana’s 2025 financial report shows the state remains in a strong fiscal position. Comptroller Elise Nieshalla says the year ended with a $676 million surplus and $2.5 billion in state reserves. The state also maintains the fourth-lowest debt per capita […]

WBIW: Indiana Achieves $676M Budget Surplus, Low Debt, and AAA Credit Rating, Comptroller Nieshalla Reports

WBIW: Indiana Achieves $676M Budget Surplus, Low Debt, and AAA Credit Rating, Comptroller Nieshalla Reports STATEHOUSE – State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla Today released the 2025 State of Indiana’s Financial Report, summarizing key findings from the audited Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the official accounting of state finances for fiscal year 2025. “Commonsense fiscal leadership over two […]

National Today: Indiana Achieves $676M Budget Surplus, Low Debt, and AAA Credit Rating

National Today: Indiana Achieves $676M Budget Surplus, Low Debt, and AAA Credit Rating Indiana’s State Comptroller Elise Nieshalla released the 2025 State of Indiana’s Financial Report, which showed the state achieved a $676 million budget surplus, has well-funded pensions, healthy cash reserves, and a AAA credit rating – making Indiana a ‘long-term, reliable model of […]

Governing: Federal Financial Reform and Lessons From Indiana

Governing: Federal Financial Reform and Lessons From Indiana OPINION: Elise Nieshalla – The state employed disciplined budgeting, debt repayment, spending cuts and targeted tax relief to dig itself out of a cash-flow crisis. To deal with crushing national debt, Washington policymakers should model this discipline. In public finance, the national debt is one of the […]

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