An Oldenburg nunnery tour. The 2025 presidential inauguration. A high school debate competition. Annual industry conferences.

State officials logged roughly $97,000 in state expenses for trips across Indiana and the nation, according to new reports filed Wednesday.

That count includes Gov. Mike Braun, his cabinet secretaries and all statewide officeholders during the 2025 fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. Of the 19 reports reviewed by the Indiana Capital Chronicle, many officials had only been in office for part of the fiscal year.

A new state law mandates reporting every Oct. 1 on travel expenses for trips “taken in an official capacity,” including whether state funding was used to cover costs.

The legislature passed the bill on the heels of controversy, whe

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