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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 […]

An Endorsement of Elise Nieshalla for Indiana State Comptroller

An Endorsement of Elise Nieshalla for Indiana State Comptroller By Jeff Cardwell, Former Chairman, Indiana Republican Party Indiana has long been a state that understands the value of a dollar — earned honestly, spent wisely, and accounted for faithfully. As someone who has spent decades in both the business community and public life, I know […]

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 […]

American Habits: The Hoosier way – A model of fiscal responsibility

American Habits: The Hoosier way – A model of fiscal responsibility Indiana Comptroller Elise Nieshalla has built a reputation as a leading voice on fiscal responsibility, both in her state and across the country. As chair of the National Debt Crisis Task Force for the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF), she has been outspoken about the dangers […]

The Center Square: State officials urge Trump, Congress to address national debt

The Center Square: State officials urge Trump, Congress to address national debt (The Center Square) – Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and a coalition of state financial officers and lawmakers are urging Congress and President Donald Trump to address the national debt crisis before the nation’s 250th birthday. The group sent a letter to Congress and […]

NEWSMAX: 90 State Officials Tell Trump – Focus on Balanced Budget

NEWSMAX: 90 State Officials Tell Trump – Focus on Balanced Budget Ninety state financial officials reportedly are calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to confront what they warn is a spiraling national debt crisis, urging Washington to adopt a comprehensive plan by July 4, 2026 — the nation’s 250th anniversary — to put the […]

The Herald Republican: State comptroller to speak at GOP breakfast

The Herald Republican: State comptroller to speak at GOP breakfast ANGOLA — The Steuben County Republican Chairman’s breakfast will host the state comptroller this Saturday, Elise M. Nieshalla.   The breakfast starts at 8 a.m. with coffee and doughnuts. Donations are accepted. Following a brief business meeting, Nieshalla will speak. Since taking office in 2023, […]

WTWO WAWV TV: Indiana Comptroller visits Terre haute

State Comptroller Nieshalla Speaks at National Debt Crisis Forum at the U.S. Capitol TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana Comptroller Elise Nieshalla visited Terre Haute on Saturday. Nieshalla said Indiana is now the fourth lowest debt per capita state in the nation. This event was hosted by the Vigo GOP, a Vigo County Republican Party, […]

WBIW: State Comptroller Nieshalla Speaks at National Debt Crisis Forum at the U.S. Capitol

State Comptroller Nieshalla Speaks at National Debt Crisis Forum at the U.S. Capitol “Joining our federal leaders, we sounded the alarm on the massive and rapidly growing $37 trillion national debt,” stated Comptroller Nieshalla, Chairwoman of the National Debt Crisis Task Force for SFOF. “I can attest to how state financial officers from across the country understand the […]

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