Trump’s trade war quietly worsens Indiana’s budget crisis

Written By Irene Gonzalez

Less funding for public health and higher education. Thousands of Hoosiers still on wait lists for Medicaid and child care. State support eliminated for public TV and radio.

In all the news about cuts to the new state budget, you may never see his name. But the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute warned — weeks ago — that President Trump's latest trade war would be especially damaging to Indiana's factories and farms, and thus to the tax revenues they generate.

Federal tariffs will negatively impact Hoosier manufacturing, agriculture industries

The White House’s announcement of additional and wide-ranging tariffs has sent financial markets reeling. (Getty Images)

By: Stephanie Wells
Mar. 19, 2025

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