Indiana Lawmakers Support Keeping Current Definition of City
Senator Mike Braun and Senator Todd Young were against a proposal that would have changed how cities are defined.
Posted: Jul 16, 2021 5:55 PM
Posted By: Brian Miller
Senators Mike Braun Todd Young are celebrating the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to back off a proposal to change the federal definition of “city.”OMB instead decided to keep the current Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) designation in place.
According to the GOP senators, the proposed change would have doubled the population threshold for a city from 50,000 to 100,000 people. That designation would have negatively impacted five Indiana cities – Terre Haute, Columbus, Kokomo, Michigan City-LaPorte, and Muncie, according to the senators.