State budget emerges largely unscathed from floor amendments

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State budget emerges largely unscathed from floor amendments

Lizton Republican Rep. Jeff Thompson, left, takes notes while Rep. Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis, presents an amendment to the budget on Feb. 19, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)The state’s funding plan for the next two years made it through second reading largely unscathed, approving just one relatively minor change out of the 11 amendments called on Wednesday.  The second reading process is when any member of the chamber can int…